Vocabulary Test 9!

Question 1

humble

Answer 1

1. not proud; modest
2. simple; not fancy (not bragging)

Question 2

friction

Answer 2

disagreement between people or groups of people

Question 3

loathe

Answer 3

to dislike greatly; to hate
antonym: adore

Question 4

sincere

Answer 4

genuine; true

Question 5

tragedy

Answer 5

1. an unfortunate or sad event
2. a play, movie, or story with a terribly sad ending (Shakespeare)

Question 6

pulsate

Answer 6

to beat in rhythm, as the heart does

Question 7

undaunted

Answer 7

not discouraged; not hesitating because of danger or difficulties

Question 8

aptitude

Answer 8

a natural ability or talent

Question 9

seeping

Answer 9

flow or leak slowly

Question 10

cowling

Answer 10

a removable cover of an aircraft or engine

Question 11

rudder

Answer 11

a flat piece for steering a boat or airplane

Question 12

turbulence

Answer 12

a violent or unsteady movement of air or water

Question 13

altitude

Answer 13

measured height above sea level

Question 14

tundra

Answer 14

a treeless plain of land

Question 15

transmitter

Answer 15

a set of equipment used to transmit information

Question 16

propeller

Answer 16

a mechanical device that propels an aircraft or boat forward

Question 17

ecosystem

Answer 17

a particular enviroment where plants, animals, and other organisms interact

Question 18

endangered species

Answer 18

a species that may not longer exist in the future

Question 19

prey

Answer 19

the animal that is being hunted and eaten

Question 20

predator

Answer 20

the animal that is hunting another animal for food

Question 21

invasive species

Answer 21

an organism that is not native to the ecosystem and causes a threat to the other organisms

Question 22

abiotic factors

Answer 22

nonliving things in an ecosystem such as salt water, and sunlight

Question 23

biotic factors

Answer 23

living things in an ecosystem such as animals, plants, and other organisms

Question 24

consumers

Answer 24

an organism that eats other plants or animals

Question 25

producers

Answer 25

organisms like plants, algae, and some bacteria that make their own food through photosynthesis

Question 26

food web

Answer 26

the connections among species and how they get their food or energy within their ecosystem

Question 27

food chain

Answer 27

the sequence in which each species are eaten

Question 28

herbivore

Answer 28

a consumer that eats only plants

Question 29

carnivore

Answer 29

a consumer that eats only meat

Question 30

omnivore

Answer 30

an organism that eats both plants and meat

Question 31

symbiotic relationship

Answer 31

they are categorized as mutualism, meaning both species benefit from each other

Question 32

commensalism

Answer 32

a relationship where one species benefits from the other and the other is unaffected

Question 33

parasitism

Answer 33

a relationship where one species benefits and the other is harmed

Question 34

partial products

Answer 34

the products you add together to get the final product in a multiple digit multiplication problem

Question 35

final product

Answer 35

the answer to a multiple digit multiplication problem after adding the partial products

Question 36

perimeter

Answer 36

the distance around a closed, flat shape

Question 37

radius

Answer 37

the distance from the center of a circle to the point of a curve

Question 38

diameter

Answer 38

the distance across the whole circle through its center

Question 39

circumference

Answer 39

the distance around a circle, the perimeter

Question 40

equilateral triangle

Answer 40

a triangle where all sides are equal and have equal angles (a regular polygon)

Question 41

regular polygon

Answer 41

a polygon in which all sides have equal length and all angles have equal measures