Vocabulary Test 6!

Question 1

falsehood

Answer 1

a lie or an untruth
antonym: truth

Question 2

navigate

Answer 2

to steer or direct the course of a ship or an aircraft

Question 3

kindling

Answer 3

dried twigs or small pieces of wood used to start a fire

Question 4

domestic

Answer 4

1. related to the home or family
2. tame; not wild
3. staying in the country

Question 5

rustic

Answer 5

having to do with the countryside, not the city

Question 6

lapse

Answer 6

1. a small mistake or failure
2. the passing of time

Question 7

correspond

Answer 7

1. to communicate in writing
2. to match in some way

Question 8

coy

Answer 8

shy or bashful

Question 9

Law of Conservation of Mass

Answer 9

mass cannot be created or destroyed; it is always conserved

Question 10

reflectivity

Answer 10

a property that tells how well light bounces off or reflects off a material

Question 11

magnetism

Answer 11

when a material’s electrons spin in the same direction

Question 12

measurable property

Answer 12

things that you can measure which includes amount, length, weight, mass, volume, and density

Question 13

observable property

Answer 13

things that can be observed or seen

Question 14

chemical property

Answer 14

tells how matter will change under special conditions

Question 15

physical property

Answer 15

things that can be observed or measured without changing the matter

Question 16

electrical conductivity

Answer 16

how well a substance conducts or carries electricity

Question 17

thermal conductivity

Answer 17

how well materials conduct thermal energy

Question 18

solubility

Answer 18

the ability of a substance to dissolve in water

Question 19

oral history

Answer 19

recorded interviews with someone who experienced an event in the past

Question 20

artifacts

Answer 20

human-made objects that help us learn about past civilizations and how they developed

Question 21

archaeologists

Answer 21

scientists who excavate and study items left behind by people throughout history

Question 22

primary source

Answer 22

sources created firsthand or by people who actually experienced something

Question 23

secondary source

Answer 23

sources made by people who didn’t experience an event (researched)

Question 24

pioneers

Answer 24

people who are among the first to do something

Question 25

cattle baron

Answer 25

cattle rancher/a person who raises cows on the Texas prairie

Question 26

cattle drive

Answer 26

trails ranchers used to take their cows to the market, but herding was hard on these drives

Question 27

delirious

Answer 27

crazy and insane from illness

Question 28

depriving

Answer 28

taunting/torturing

Question 29

feeble

Answer 29

to lack physical strength

Question 30

ward

Answer 30

a child who has no parents and no home so the state has to care for them

Question 31

mirage

Answer 31

something that seems to appear, but is not possible

Question 32

sheepishly

Answer 32

in an embarrassed manner

Question 33

percent

Answer 33

a fraction whose denominator of 100 is expressed as a percent sign

Question 34

intersect

Answer 34

to share a point or points

Question 35

intersecting lines

Answer 35

lines that cross

Question 36

parallel

Answer 36

lines that stay the same distance apart, go in the same direction, and do not cross

Question 37

perpendicular lines

Answer 37

two lines that intersect at right angles

Question 38

exact number

Answer 38

a number that has not been rounded

Question 39

round number

Answer 39

a whole number that ends with one or more zeros

Question 40

round

Answer 40

to express a calculation or measure to a certain degree of accuracy

Question 41

elapsed time

Answer 41

the difference between a starting time and an ending time