Unit 2 Week 3 Vocabulary

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desperate

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You feel hopeless or needful

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jagged

Back

Has a sharp, rough surface

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clarified

Back

Made to be clearer or more understandable

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glinting

Back

Something that is shining

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Customary System

Back

The United States standard system of measurement

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Metric system

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A system of measuring based on the meter for length (base 10)

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Round

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A method of approximating a number to its nearest place value

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Attribute

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A characteristic of an object such as color, shape, size, etc

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Tectonic plates

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Huge pieces of the Earth’s crust that slowly move around. They can bump, slide, or pull apart from each other.

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magma

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Melted rock that is found deep underground, beneath the Earth’s surface. When it comes out of a volcano it is called lava.