Wonders Vocabulary 5.2 4th Grade PRACTICE Quiz

Sentence: The penguins were plunging into the water.

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What does "plunging" mean?

• Diving or falling suddenly down.

• A person who explores for gold and other minerals.

• Made fun of or teased.

• A colony or new region where people start living.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

Sentence: The prospector used his pickaxe to look for gold nuggets.

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What does "prospector" mean?

• To wrinkle and shrink.

• A person who explores for gold and other minerals.

• Made fun of or teased.

• A colony or new region where people start living.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

Sentence: The boy scoffed at Pepper’s skateboarding skills.

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What does "scoffed" mean?

• To wrinkle and shrink.

• Large areas of land.

• Made fun of or teased.

• A colony or new region where people start living.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

Sentence: The miners moved into the new settlement where they hoped to find gold.

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What does "settlement" mean?

• To wrinkle and shrink.

• Large areas of land.

• To fall or make fall forward.

• A colony or new region where people start living.

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

Sentence: The basketball began to shrivel since it had a hole in it.

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What does "shrivel" mean?

• To wrinkle and shrink.

• Large areas of land.

• To fall or make fall forward.

• Shriveled or dried up.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

Sentence: The California territory belonged to different countries before it became part of the USA.

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What does "territories" mean?

• Diving or falling suddenly down.

• Large areas of land.

• To fall or make fall forward.

• Shriveled or dried up.

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

Sentence: The dominoes began to topple when the ball hit them.

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What does "topple" mean?

• Diving or falling suddenly down.

• A person who explores for gold and other minerals.

• To fall or make fall forward.

• Shriveled or dried up.

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

Sentence: The plant withered when it had not been watered.

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What does "withered" mean?

• Diving or falling suddenly down.

• A person who explores for gold and other minerals.

• Made fun of or teased.

• Shriveled or dried up.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C