CommonLIT Unit 4 Vocab Quiz 1

When Malik learned that the Hawksbill Turtle was a critically endangered species, he knew he wanted to help protect them. He decided he would do something to raise money to protect the future of these animals.

• Conservation

• Legislation

• Debris

After completing a unit in school about the world’s changing oceans, Malik began to wonder if the turtles were in danger because of pollution harming their homes in the oceans.

• Legislation

• Habitat

• Abundance

Switzerland is known for its large amount of cat staircases and ladders. Many apartment buildings have these as a way to give their 1.5 million house cats the freedom to leave and come back home.

• Legislate

• Abundance

• Marine

On Saturdays, Lindsey barely has time to take a break at her job even to eat lunch. So whenever she gets a chance, she sneaks and eats some candy or a snack bar to help her get through the shift until she can eat.

• Sustain

• Legislate

• Populate

Two senators wanted to make sure that their state bird became a protected animal, so they wrote a law making it illegal to kill the bird.

• Debris

• Abundance

• Legislation

After the storm, there were tree limbs and leaves everywhere. Some of the limbs covered the road and had to be removed by crews with big chainsaws.

• Debris

• Habitat

• Conservation

Samara and Alanna were so excited to share their research on ocean animals. They talked about fish, turtles, stingrays, and various other creatures that live in the sea.

• Populated

• Legislative

• Marine

At first, the new apartment building stood empty. Over the next six months, families moved in. By the end of the summer, every apartment was full.

• Sustained

• Legislated

• Populated

The protestors were against logging because it would destroy the forest and they wanted to protect the ___ of the owl that lived in those forests.

• Legislation

• Marina

• Habitat

In an animal cell, vacuoles act like the trash collectors, removing ___ from inside the cell.

• Debris

• Marine

• Abundantly