Wonders Grade 4 Unit 2 Week 3 Vocabulary

Front

Broke into small pieces

Back

crumbled

Front

Thrived or grew strongly

Back

flourished

Front

All the living and nonliving things in an area

Back

ecosystem

Front

Delicate and tends to break easily

Back

fragile

Front

Long periods of dry weather without rainfall

Back

droughts

Front

A series of small waves on the surface of water

Back

ripples

Front

A state of being out of balance

Back

imbalance

Front

The process of plants and animals adapting to their environment

Back

adaptation

Front

A natural community of plants and animals interacting with each other and their environment

Back

ecosystem

Front

The condition of being extinct, no longer existing

Back

extinct