The Last Dog Vocabulary and Word Study

Threatening

• having a hostile or deliberately frightening quality or manner.

• (of a species, family, or other group of animals or plants) having no living members; no longer in existence.

• the changing of the structure of a gene, resulting in a variant form that may be transmitted to subsequent generations, caused by the alteration of single base units in DNA, or the deletion, insertion, or rearrangement of larger sections of genes or chromosomes.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

extinct

• having a hostile or deliberately frightening quality or manner.

• (of a species, family, or other group of animals or plants) having no living members; no longer in existence.

• the changing of the structure of a gene, resulting in a variant form that may be transmitted to subsequent generations, caused by the alteration of single base units in DNA, or the deletion, insertion, or rearrangement of larger sections of genes or chromosomes.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

mutation

• having a hostile or deliberately frightening quality or manner.

• (of a species, family, or other group of animals or plants) having no living members; no longer in existence.

• the changing of the structure of a gene, resulting in a variant form that may be transmitted to subsequent generations, caused by the alteration of single base units in DNA, or the deletion, insertion, or rearrangement of larger sections of genes or chromosomes.

Would a dog park be a threatening environment for a cat?

• Yes

• No

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

Mackenzie has been begging her parents to take her to see a duck-billed platypus at the zoo for over a week, but her Dad says they are extinct. Would next week be a better time for Mackenzie to see the extinct platypus?

• Yes

• No

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

If a group of animals has developed fins and specialized tails in order to swim, is it likely that these animals have undergone a mutation?

• Yes

• No

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

The suffix: -tion added to the end of a verb creates a ________.

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• adverb

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

rejection

• the dismissing or refusing of a proposal, idea, etc.

• a person or thing that is excluded from a general statement or does not follow a rule.

• the state of being fascinated

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

exception

• the dismissing or refusing of a proposal, idea, etc.

• a person or thing that is excluded from a general statement or does not follow a rule.

• the state of being fascinated

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

fascination

• the dismissing or refusing of a proposal, idea, etc.

• a person or thing that is excluded from a general statement or does not follow a rule.

• the state of being fascinated

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4