Vocabulary Quiz: -sect

This is what a student would do he or she were to investigate the inside of a squid for science class.

• section

• dissect

• sectional

• insect

What would you call a fly since it has a head, an abdomen, and a thorax?

• insect

• sector

• sectional

• intersection

What do you call a section of the business world that produces clothing?

• sector

• transect

• intersection

• sectional

There is often a streetlight on this part of the road for safety reasons.

• intersection

• sectional

• vivisection

• sector

A scientist is researching cancer treatments with the help of animals. What does he likely perform?

• vivisection

• bisecting

• sectional

• intersection

A chapter of a book can be called one of these in comparison to the whole book.

• vivisection

• trisect

• transect

• section

When building a new road, a special blade is used to cut across the cement. What will this blade do?

• vivisection

• transect

• intersection

• sector

Sometimes in science investigations, you'll be asked to investigate a species by cutting it in three separate pieces. What will you do?

• bisect

• trisect

• dissect

• quadrisect

Mr. Smith hopes to put a huge one of these in his new living room so he can seat his entire family.

• sectional

• sector

• intersection

• dissection

Did you already cut your soft cookie into two pieces to share with me? What did you do?

• bisect

• quadrisect

• dissect

• trisect