Scholastic Vocabulary #1

What does a sociologist study?

• social media

• human behavior

• rocks

• space

If something erodes, does it build up, wear away, or get ripped to pieces?

• builds up

• wears away

• get ripped to pieces

The condition of feeling uneasy or worried about what may happen

• anxiety

• insecure

• embrace

• proceed

a journey with a specific purpose, such as exploring

• descend

• elusive

• expedition

• petition

5th graders sent a ______________ to Ms.Griffith asking for longer Recess times.

• noble

• withering

• complicated

• petition

Thrown off balance and falling

• appreciated

• reeling

• embrace

• elusive

If you are determined to finish something, you will most likely,...

• complete it

• never finish

• get easily distracted

• walk away from it.

If I descend the staircase, am I going up, or down the stairs?

• down

• up

I am a prospector, what am I looking for?

• appliances

• designer clothing

• food

• valuable minerals, like gold

Are you going to find a lot of people in an uninhabited space?

• yes

• no

• sometimes