Vocabulary Test 6

Question 1

falsehood

Answer 1

a lie or untruth

Question 2

navigate

Answer 2

to steer or direct 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 (also a fish)

Question 9

law of conservation of mass

Answer 9

the law that mass cannot be created or destroyed

Question 10

reflectivity

Answer 10

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

Question 11

magnetism

Answer 11

electrons spin around the atom creating an electric current

Question 12

measurable property

Answer 12

properties of mass that can be measured

Question 13

observable property

Answer 13

can be observed or seen

Question 14

chemical property

Answer 14

tells how matter will change under special conditions

Question 15

thermal conductivity

Answer 15

How well materials carry thermal energy

Question 16

electrical conductivity

Answer 16

How well a substance conducts or carries electricity

Question 17

physical property

Answer 17

can be observed or measured without changing the matter

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 something 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

Scientist who studied items left behind by people throughout history

Question 22

primary source

Answer 22

Created by people who saw or experienced something

Question 23

secondary source

Answer 23

Made by people who didn’t see or experience the event.

Question 24

pioneers

Answer 24

People who are among the first to do something.

Question 25

Cattle Baron

Answer 25

A person who raises cattle

Question 26

Cattle Drive

Answer 26

Trails ranchers use to take their cows to market (herding was hard)

Question 27

Delirious

Answer 27

a disturbed state of mind resulting from illness

Question 28

Depriving

Answer 28

Not giving something

Question 29

Feeble

Answer 29

Lack of physical strength

Question 30

Ward

Answer 30

a child with no parents and no home (the state has to take care of them)

Question 31

Mirage

Answer 31

Something that seems to appear but is not possible

Question 32

Sheepishly

Answer 32

An embarrassed manor

Question 33

Percent

Answer 33

a fraction whose denominator out 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 lines

Answer 36

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

Question 37

Perpendicular lines

Answer 37

two lines that intersect to form right angles

Question 38

Exact number

Answer 38

a number that has not been rounded

Question 39

round number

Answer 39

a number that ends with one or more zeros

Question 40

round

Answer 40

to express a calculation or measure to a certain degree

Question 41

Elapsed time

Answer 41

the difference between the start and finish