Academic Vocabulary 2

The Wright brothers _____ the first airplane in 1903.

• allowed

• invented

• examined

• appeared

Answer explanation

invent = make for the 1st time

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2E

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.5.6

CCSS.L.6.6

The Wright brothers ____ their airplane design over time so it would fly better.

• improved

• improbable

• examined

• contained

Answer explanation

improve = make better

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

 If you look at sugar under a microscope, it ____ to be a cube.

• appears

• invents

• surfaces

• improves

Answer explanation

appear = seem to be something

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2E

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.5.6

CCSS.L.6.6

Select ALL images of objects.

• 
• 
• 
• 
• 

Answer explanation

Objects = NON-living things

Only an electron microscope will ____ you to see something as small as a virus.

• invent

• allow

• improve

• object

Answer explanation

allow = let happen

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

Microscopes ____that sand is made up of broken rocks and shells.  

• contain

• surface

• reveal

• develop

Answer explanation

reveal = show

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2E

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.5.6

CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.6.6

A microscope can give you a look at cells in an onion. What is a synonym for give in this sentence?

• examine

• provide

• appear

• reveal

Answer explanation

provide = give

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4A

CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.5C

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.5C

Compound microscopes _____ multiple lenses.

• contain

• claim

• create

• confirm

Answer explanation

contain = have inside

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Which pair of words are synonyms?

• describe-object

• discover-contain

• examine-observe

• reveal-hide

Answer explanation

synonym = same

Examine = look closely

Observe = watch closely

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4A

CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.5C

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.5C