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Mrs. Turnbull Set 5
Academic Vocab Set 5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| coming or occurring before something else | previous |
| We already knew the characters because we read about them in the ________chapter. | previous |
| One of the most significant inventions of the ________century was the personal computer. | previous |
| In our ________lesson, we learned the word ‘relative’. | previous |
| She is a famous actress now, but ________she worked as a high school teacher. | previously |
| The help wanted ad for a basketball coach might read “No ________experience necessary.” | previous |
| to show clearly; to explain or describe how something works or how to do something | demonstrate |
| My dad ________how to putt a golf ball | demonstrated |
| Our teacher ________how to perform a flame test with the Bunsen burner. | demonstrated |
| The director ________for the actors in the spring musical how to move like Elvis. | demonstrated |
| The television chef put on a ________of the proper way to stir-fry broccoli. | demonstration |
| The high school students held a ________in front of the state Capitol to try to convince the governor to increase school funding. | demonstration |
| In order to pass PE class, each student had to ________proficiency in basic swimming strokes. | demonstrate |
| unchanging over a period of time; in agreement | consistent |
| When writing, it is important to be ________in the verb tense you use. | consistent |
| The student ________got out of bed at 6:30 each morning in order to make it to school on time. | consistently |
| The marathon runner was able to maintain a ________pace throughout the race because he had trained for years. | consistent |
| Even though she had seen them many times, she ________confused the words you’re and your. | consistent |
| In order to ________get good grades, students must turn in homework and study for tests. | consistently |
| to understand | comprehend |
| This book is written at a very high reading level and deals with ideas that are difficult to ________ (understand). | comprehend |
| Our teacher instructs us in a clear way so that we can all ________ (understand) the lessons. | comprehend |
| One class I imagine might be rather difficult to ________is calculus. | comprehend |
| One great way teachers enhance (improve) student ________of the lessons is by creating opportunities to practice a new concept. | comprehension |
| At times I simply cannot ________the opposite sex. For example, I do not understand why girls spend so much time painting their fingernails crazy colors! | comprehend |
| I think I would be good at helping someone to ________the importance of eating healthy foods. | comprehend |
| facts about something that can be used in calculating, reasoning, or planning; information for computer processing | data |
| The scientists used their ________to draw conclusions about their experiment. | data |
| The students used the statistics they found as ________for their group project. | data |
| The teacher entered the score on each assignment into the computer in order to have accurate ________to determine each student’s final grade. | data |
| Based on the ________collected from prior sales, the car dealer concluded that most car buyers prefer a car that has wheels. | data |
| The zookeeper concluded that something was wrong with the tiger because the ________she had collected on the animal’s eating habits showed that the tiger was only eating half of her regular diet. | data |
| In order to decide who to admit, most colleges look at ________on grades and course selections, among other things. | data |
| to examine and judge something | evaluate |
| Most jobs include some sort of ________ (examination and judgment) during which an employer observes and assesses the worker’s job performance. | evaluation |
| The MEAP test students take every year ________ (examines and judges) our students in the areas of reading, writing, math, science, and social studies. | evaluates |
| In English class, students sometimes exchange papers in order to ________each other’s work. | evaluate |
| In a football game, it is the role of the quarterback to ________the situation on the field in order to determine which receiver is open for a pass. | evaluate |
| To ________a possible applicant for a job, the interviewer looks at letters of recommendation from previous employers. | evaluate |
| The most recent ________of soil samples revealed to the farmer that she needed to add fertilizer to her field. | evaluation |
| possible; capable of being done or carried out | feasible |
| It is not ________ (possible) for all of the students in our school to eat lunch at the same time. | feasible |
| This visual plan illustrates the ________ (possibility) of expanding MMS to include 6th graders. | feasibility |
| Would it be ________for our club to meet at the library every Tuesday at 3:15? | feasible |
| In social studies class we discussed the ________of Cuba ever becoming a democracy. | feasibility |
| A burglar stole our TV; however, no doors or windows had been disturbed. One ________explanation could be that the garage door had been left open while we were gone. | feasible |
| The East Lansing School Board explored the ________of adding a lacrosse field to the middle school. | feasiblity |
| to control somebody or something; to influence; to manage or use skillfully | manipulate |
| He ________ (controls) his parents to get what he wants. | manipulates |
| The construction worker must know how to ________ (use skillfully) the control levers of the equipment he or she uses. | manipulate |
| In science class we ________variables such as soil moisture to see how they would affect plant growth. | manipulate |
| Some newspapers, magazines, and TV news programs try to ________public opinion by telling only one side of a story. | manipulate |
| I have always wondered if it is hard to ________a sailboat. | manipulate |
| He completely trusted her until she tried to ________him into buying expensive jewelry for her. | manipulate |
| a general notion or idea | concept |
| Scientists use the ________ of physics to build space shuttles. | concepts |
| I need to make a ________map to help me study for my science exam. | concept |
| The three-year-old did not understand the ________of waiting her turn in line. | concept |
| The ________of an assembly line is that each worker does one task and then the item moves to the next worker who completes the subsequent task. | concept |
| His ________of exercise consisted of pushing the remote control and lifting the cookie jar lid. | concept |
| Some students have difficulty grasping the ________of voice level zero. | concept |
| measurements of something in one or more directions such as length, width, or height; proportions; the range over which something extends | dimensions |
| What are the ________ (measurements) of each of these hotel meeting rooms? | dimensions |
| How does bullying affect the six ________ (measurements) of well being? | dimensions |
| The ________of my bedroom are approximately 10 feet by 12 feet. | dimensions |
| Air pollution is a global problem of enormous ________. | dimensions |
| A person who only runs on the treadmill can add a new ________to his/her workout routine by also riding a bicycle. | dimensions |
| The home decorator measured every ________of the bathroom before designing the remodeling proposal. | dimension |
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