Unit 3 Week 5 Vocabulary Practice

Improvements that move an idea ahead

• Obstacles

• Advancements

• declines

• setbacks

the science and business of raising crops and farm animals

• Agriculture
• Horticulture
• Aquaculture
• Forestry

qualities that identify a person or thing

• Features
• Traits
• Characteristics
• Attributes

A worried interest in something

• calmness
• concerns

• indifference
• serenity

to not agree with someone or something

• disagree
• agree
• accept
• concur

to receive from a parent or other relative

• borrow
• donate
• bequeath
• inherit

common or widespread

• rare
• uncommon
• isolated
• prevalent

the act of fighting against something

• defiance
• submission
• cooperation
• resistance

Read the sentence below:
Scientists are working on new ________ in technology to make computers faster and more powerful.
Which word best completes the sentence?

• advancements
• concerns

• limitations
• decrements

Read the sentence below:
Many early civilizations relied on ________ to grow food and raise animals for survival.
What does the missing word most likely mean?

• a type of building

• the practice of farming

• a way to create tools

• the study of science