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Vocab Quiz Sort Answer Key

Week 1: I C G J H D A F E B Week 14: E C F J H B D I A G

Week 2: F I J B C G H E A D Week 15: C J H G A B E I D F

Week 3: G F A I E H D C B J Week 16: F J B C G H A D E I

Week 4: C G A D I E B J H F Week 17: H C G I A D J F B E

Week 5: H B I C J D F A G E Week 18: I A H B E D F C G J

Week 6: C G H K A E D F B J I Week 19: C F I D G E A B J H

Week 7: F C J A B E H I G D Week 20: E F D J I C G A H B

Week 8: B G J H I C D A E F Week 21: B A F J G D C H E I

Week 9: C F I A B J D G E H Week 22: C H E B A J I G D F

Week 10: C F I B G A E J H D Week 23: E D J G H A C B F I

Week 11: D A E J I G H C F B Week 24: D C F B G A E I H

Week 12: D I H J G F A B C E Week 25: A E B G F C D I H J

Week 13: C D G B F H I J A E Week 26: F C G J A I B E D H


Name: _________________________

Week 1 Vocabulary Quiz

Directions: Write the letter for the correct definition in the space next to the vocabulary
word.

_____ difference A a title or heading below the main title of a


written text

_____ equation B the number or amount that comes from adding


two or more numbers

_____ expression C a statement in arithmetic that uses an equal


sign to show the equality of two quantities

_____ numeral D to offer to another to look at

_____ subject E a train in a city that carries passengers and


travels under the ground

_____ submit F to find the difference in amount between two


numbers, or to take away from a whole or
larger quantity

_____ subtitle G mathematical phrase or the part of a number


sentence that combines numbers, operation
signs, and sometimes variables, but does not
have an equal sign

_____ subtract H the thing that is written or spoken about

_____ subway I the answer to a subtraction problem

_____ sum J one or more words, symbols, or marks used to


express or represent a number
Name: _________________________

Week 2 Vocabulary Quiz

Directions: Write the letter for the correct definition in the space next to the vocabulary
word.

_____ fluency A to change from the words of another


language

_____ fluent B a quantity measured with respect to


another quantity

_____ genre C a short statement of what has been


previously stated

_____ rate D to carry from one place to another

_____ summary E change from one position, stage, or


situation to another

_____ transfer F the ability to speak or write smoothly


and easily

_____ transform G to move or carry from one person or


place to another

_____ transition H to change the form, look, or shape of

_____ translate I able to speak or write easily and


naturally

_____ transport J a particular type, sort, or category


Name: _________________________

Week 3 Vocabulary Quiz

Directions: Write the letter for the correct definition in the space next to the vocabulary
word.

_____ character A a question to be discussed or solved

_____ climax B the outside of something

_____ problem C having the highest rank, position, or


authority

_____ resolution D to direct during the carrying out of a task

_____ setting E the time and place in which something


happens

_____ superior F the point at which a conflict reaches a crisis


in a work of literature

_____ supervise G a person in a story, play, or movie

_____ supreme H much better than others in quality; excellent

_____ surface I a solution or end to an argument or other


conflict

_____ survival J the fact of continuing to live through


dangerous or hard conditions
Name: _________________________

Week 4 Vocabulary Quiz

Directions: Write the letter for the correct definition in the space next to the vocabulary
word.

_____ multiple A to say ahead of time that something will


happen

_____ prefer B a school for children below five years of age

_____ predict C having or made of more than one part; many

_____ factor D one of the causes of something; something


that makes a difference in the result

_____ prepare E earlier

_____ previous F the number that is obtained by dividing one


number into another

_____ preschool G to choose above others as the best liked or


most wanted

_____ preview H something that is made by humans, animals,


or machines that did not exist before

_____ product I to make ready

_____ quotient J to see or study ahead of time


Name: _________________________

Week 5 Vocabulary Quiz

Directions: Write the letter for the correct definition in the space next to the vocabulary
word.

_____ circuit A able to be divided into equal parts without


anything left over

_____ circular B having the shape of a circle; round

_____ circulate C a condition or fact connected with or having


an effect on an event or situation

_____ circumstance D made up of several parts

_____ circus E not possible to be divided evenly by any


whole number except itself and one

_____ composite F a number with one or more digits to the


right of the decimal point

_____ decimal G the number in an arithmetic problem by


which another number is to be divided

_____ divisible H the complete path followed by an electric


current

_____ divisor I to move or flow along a closed path or


system

_____ prime J a show that travels from town to town to


entertain people; people and trained animals
perform inside a ring
Name: _________________________

Week 6 Vocabulary Quiz

Directions: Write the letter for the correct definition in the space next to the vocabulary
word.

_____ audience A a relaxing break from an activity, such as


school classes or trials in court

_____ cause and effect B to say or produce sound a second time

_____ elaborate C a group of people gathered to see or hear


something

_____ explode D to bring into your mind from your memory

_____ recess E to put used things through a process that


allows them to be used again

_____ recycle F to put something in good condition again


after being broken; fix

_____ remember G of, pertaining to, or arising from a


connection between two events in which
one causes the other to happen

_____ repair H to add details to something; explain more


fully

_____ repeat I to correct or edit so as to improve

_____ respect J the honor that someone gives to another


person

_____ revise K to suddenly break open because of too much


pressure inside
Name: _________________________

Week 7 Vocabulary Quiz

Directions: Write the letter for the correct definition in the space next to the vocabulary
word.

_____ acute A to go out; leave

_____ example B to feel certain of something happening

_____ exclaim C something that shows what a group of things


is like

_____ exit D a flat, closed figure that has three straight


sides

_____ expect E to try to understand something by looking at


it in detail

_____ explore F an angle of less than ninety degrees

_____ obtuse G in keeping with what is fair and good

_____ quadrilateral H of an angle, greater than ninety degrees and


less than 180 degrees

_____ right I any flat, closed figure with four straight


sides, such as a square or parallelogram

_____ triangle J to say in a loud voice and with strong


feeling
Name: _________________________

Week 8 Vocabulary Quiz

Directions: Write the letter for the correct definition in the space next to the vocabulary
word.

_____ antibacterial A rate of movement; how fast something


moves

_____ antonym B active in killing bacteria

_____ chronological C to overcome or lessen the effect of through


opposition or opposite action

_____ contradict D a story, description, or account of events

_____ contrast E writing or speech in its usual form of a


series of sentences. Most language that is
not poetry can be described as prose.
Novels, short stories, essays, and letters are
examples of writing done in prose.

_____ counteract F change from one position, stage, or situation


to another

_____ narrative G a word that has the opposite meaning of


another word

_____ pace H to say the opposite of; deny the truth of

_____ prose I to compare in order to show differences

_____ transition J according to the order in which things


happen
Name: _________________________

Week 9 Vocabulary Quiz

Directions: Write the letter for the correct definition in the space next to the vocabulary
word.

_____ parallelogram A to gather together

_____ rhombus B a flat, closed figure with four straight sides.


Of these sides, only two are parallel.

_____ community C a flat, closed figure with four straight sides.


The opposite sides are parallel and equal to
each other.

_____ collect D a business firm or organization

_____ trapezoid E a triangle having sides of unequal lengths

_____ combine F a flat, closed figure in which all four sides


are parallel and equal to each other

_____ company G a two-dimensional figure with straight sides


having two equal sides

_____ isosceles H to exchange ideas or information

_____ scalene I a group of people who live close together or


who have same interests

_____ communicate J to bring or join together into a whole


Name: _________________________

Week 10 Vocabulary Quiz

Directions: Write the letter for the correct definition in the space next to the vocabulary
word.

_____ biceps A a way of thinking about or looking at


something

_____ bicycle B a piece of music written for or performed by


two players or singers

_____ conclusion C the large muscle at the front of the upper


arm that bends the elbow

_____ duet D speaking all at the same time, or singing at


the same time in the same pitch

_____ monopoly E the form of verbs that shows when an action


happens. In English, verbs change their
form to show past or present time. In the
sentence I stopped the car, the verb
stopped is in the past tense.

_____ point of view F a light vehicle with two wheels, one behind
the other. You make the wheels turn by
pushing on pedals.

_____ tense G a company that has such control

_____ theme H without any differences; alike

_____ uniform I an ending or result

_____ unison J the main subject or topic


Name: _________________________

Week 11 Vocabulary Quiz

Directions: Write the letter for the correct definition in the space next to the vocabulary
word.

_____ compare A to compare in order to show differences

_____ contrast B one of three children or animals born at a


single birth

_____ evidence C a large muscle in the back of the upper arm


that straightens the elbow and has three
points of attachment

_____ quart D to say or note how something is similar to or


different from something else

_____ quarter E something that gives proof of or a reason to


believe something

_____ related F a vehicle with three wheels ridden by


pushing pedals with ones feet

_____ triangle G having some connection

_____ triceps H a flat, closed figure that has three straight


sides

_____ tricycle I one of four equal parts of a whole

_____ triplet J a standard unit used to measure liquid. One


quart equals 32 ounces or two pints.
Name: _________________________

Week 12 Vocabulary Quiz

Directions: Write the letter for the correct definition in the space next to the vocabulary
word.

_____ area A a unit of equal length to one thousandth of a


meter or 0.03937 inch (abbreviated: mm)

_____ centimeter B the word for the number 1,000,000

_____ century C the length of this boundary or border, equal


to the sum of the length of its sides

_____ congruent D the amount of surface within a certain space

_____ decade E being almost the same as something else

_____ decimal F a number in the base ten system written with


a decimal point. Money amounts are written
as decimals.

_____ millimeter G a unit of time equal to ten years

_____ million H a period of time equal to one hundred years

_____ perimeter I a unit of length equal to one hundredth of a


meter or 0.3937 inch (abbreviated: cm)

_____ similar J exactly the same in shape and size


Name: _________________________

Week 13 Vocabulary Quiz

Directions: Write the letter for the correct definition in the space next to the vocabulary
word.

_____ intercept A the process of deep or serious thinking, or a


particular thought that results from this
process

_____ intercom B being in the middle

_____ interior C to stop or take hold of; interrupt the


movement or progress of

_____ intermediate D a system or device that allows communication


from room to room

_____ interrupt E a state in which both sides of something are


balanced in size, form, or arrangement

_____ intersect F to begin to speak before someone else has


finished speaking

_____ interview G the inside area of a house, building, or car

_____ irregular H to meet or cross at a point

_____ reflection I a conversation in which someone asks


questions of a person in order to learn more
about that person

_____ symmetry J not even in some way


Name: _________________________

Week 14 Vocabulary Quiz

Directions: Write the letter for the correct definition in the space next to the vocabulary
word.

_____ affix (affixes) A an instrument that uses lenses and sometimes


mirrors to make distant objects appear larger

_____ multicolor B a device that records changes in bodily


functions such as respiration rate, heartbeat,
and blood pressure, sometimes used during
interrogation of suspected criminals; lie
detector

_____ multiplication C combined form of color

_____ phrase (phrases) D a message sent in code by electronic means


over wires

_____ polygon E an element of meaning that is added to a word


to change its meaning or function; prefix or
suffix. The suffix pre- and the suffix -
ness are both affixes.

_____ polygraph F an operation with two numbers in which one


number indicates how many times the other
number is added

_____ telegram G a piece of electronic equipment that receives


sound and moving images that are sent from a
long distance. Many people can watch the
same programs at the same time.

_____ telephone H a flat, closed figure with three or more sides


bounded by straight lines

_____ telescope I a piece of electronic equipment that sends and


receives sound over long distances. A
telephone has a part for speaking into and a
part for listening.

_____ television J a group of words forming part of a sentence


but not having both a subject and a verb. In
the kitchen and taking a shower are
phrases.
Name: _________________________

Week 15 Vocabulary Quiz

Directions: Write the letter for the correct definition in the space next to the vocabulary
word.

_____ earthquake A a break or crack in the Earths lithosphere


along which the rocks move

_____ encourage B to come to live in a country where you were


not born

_____ enduring C a strong shaking in a part of the earths


surface

_____ environment D any of the several segments of the Earths


crust that move in relation to one another,
causing such phenomena as continental drift
and volcanic eruptions

_____ fault E a thing or person that can affect another thing


or person

_____ immigrate F an opening in the Earths surface through


which melted rock, ash, and gases are forced
out

_____ influence G everything that surrounds living things and


affects growth and health; the natural world

_____ Pangaea (or Pangea) H long-lasting, permanent, or persistent

_____ tectonic plate I in plate tectonics, the single land mass that
(plates) was composed of all the land on Earth until it
began breaking into smaller continents 300
million years ago

_____ volcano J to give hope or courage to someone; give


confidence or support
Name: _________________________

Week 16 Vocabulary Quiz

Directions: Write the letter for the correct definition in the space next to the vocabulary
word.

_____ atom (atoms) A not familiar; not known

_____ circuit B a kind of energy that is used for light and heat
and for making things operate

_____ electricity C a very small particle that moves outside the


nucleus of an atom and has a negative charge

_____ electron (electrons) D different

_____ static electricity E having no limits, bounds, or restrictions

_____ unkind F the smallest possible unit of a chemical


element

_____ unknown G the collection of electrical energy in one spot

_____ unlike H not kind or sympathetic; harsh

_____ unlimited I not able to be known beforehand

_____ unpredictable J the complete path followed by an electric


current
Name: _________________________

Week 17 Vocabulary Quiz

Directions: Write the letter for the correct definition in the space next to the vocabulary
word.

_____ average A impossible to reverse, turn back, or change

_____ fiction B words that have no meaning or make no sense

_____ illegal C writing that tells a story from an authors


imagination

_____ irregular D the average of a data set

_____ irreversible E the difference between the greatest and least


number in a data set

_____ mean2 F the number found most often in a data set

_____ median G against the law or rules

_____ mode1 H the number that results when you add two or
more numbers together and then divide them
by the number of numbers

_____ nonsense I not even in some way

_____ range J the middle value in a series of numbers


Name: _________________________

Week 18 Vocabulary Quiz

Directions: Write the letter for the correct definition in the space next to the vocabulary
word.

_____ battery A the act or process of building

_____ construction B to bring in from another country, especially as


something to be sold

_____ export C to provide enough for

_____ import D a route or course that takes one from one


point or stage to another

_____ load E a device that uses electricity

_____ pathway F a statement or story about something that has


happened

_____ report G a device that opens and closes an electric


circuit

_____ support H the act of sending goods to another country to


sell

_____ switch I a device that makes electricity by using


chemical reactions. This device gives power
to many things, including cars, toys, and
watches.

_____ transport J to carry from one place to another


Name: _________________________

Week 19 Vocabulary Quiz

Directions: Write the letter for the correct definition in the space next to the vocabulary
word.

_____ biography A the passing of characteristics from parent to


offspring

_____ describe B a group of living things that are the same in


many important ways. Members can produce
young together.

_____ gene (genes) C the written story of the facts and events of a
persons life

_____ genetics D how characteristics are passed on from parent


to offspring. This is concerned with the
influence of genes on the appearance,
development, and evolution of plants and
animals.

_____ geography E the study of the way the words of a language


are put together and used for communication

_____ grammar F to tell or write about

_____ heredity G the physical features of a region or place on


the earth

_____ species H a characteristic or quality that makes a person


or animal different from others

_____ subscription I a particular characteristic, such as eye color or


hair color, to be passed on from parent to
offspring

_____ trait (traits) J an agreement to pay for a magazine,


newspaper, or tickets to a series of events
Name: _________________________

Week 20 Vocabulary Quiz

Directions: Write the letter for the correct definition in the space next to the vocabulary
word.

_____ chemical A the form of energy that you feel as warmth

_____ conservation B a component that is changed in a chemical


reaction

_____ gene C a particular type, sort, or category

_____ generation D a tiny section of a chromosome. This causes a


particular characteristic, such as eye color or
hair color, to be passed on from parent to
offspring.

_____ genetic E a substance used in or made by a chemical


process

_____ genre F the protection of natural resources such as


soil, water, or forests from harm

_____ genuine G honest; sincere

_____ heat H things that can be seen and touched

_____ physical I of, concerning, caused by, or influenced by


heredity, especially by genes

_____ reactant (reactants) J the entire group of people who were born
around the same time
Name: _________________________

Week 21 Vocabulary Quiz

Directions: Write the letter for the correct definition in the space next to the vocabulary
word.

_____ dissolve A an object that has the power to pull things


made of iron toward itself

_____ magnet B to mix completely with a liquid

_____ matter C the physical world and living things in their


natural state; all things that are not made by
people

_____ maximum D a person born or raised in a particular place

_____ nation E a form of matter that holds its own shape

_____ native F all substances of the universe that can be seen,


touched, or measured. This includes solids,
liquids, and gases.

_____ nature G a country made up of people living under


their own government

_____ related H having some connection

_____ solid I a particular kind of matter or material

_____ substance J the largest possible amount or number


Name: _________________________

Week 22 Vocabulary Quiz

Directions: Write the letter for the correct definition in the space next to the vocabulary
word.

_____ intersect A very small; reduced in size, length, or number


(intersecting)

_____ line1 B an appliance that uses special radio waves to


heat food and liquids

_____ microscope C to meet or cross at a point

_____ microwave D a part of a line having a point at one end

_____ mini- E an instrument that uses a lens to make very


small objects larger so that they can be seen
by the eye

_____ miniature F the point where the sides of an angle or


geometric solid come together

_____ minimum G a standard unit used to measure time; equals


60 seconds

_____ minute1 H a long, thin mark

_____ ray1 I the smallest possible amount or number

_____ vertex J on a very small scale


Name: _________________________

Week 23 Vocabulary Quiz

Directions: Write the letter for the correct definition in the space next to the vocabulary
word.

_____ angle1 (angles) A at a right angle to

_____ cooperate B a sentence that asks for an answer

_____ corresponding C a semicircular instrument with graduated


markings, used in mathematics, surveying,
and the like to construct and measure angles

_____ inquire D to do what someone else asks without


complaint

_____ operation E the figure made by two lines coming from a


single point

_____ perpendicular F to ask for something

_____ protractor G to try to find out by asking

_____ question H the act or process of working or running

_____ request I a part of a line bounded by a point at each


end; line segment

_____ segment J similar in function, purpose, or the like


Name: _________________________

Week 24 Vocabulary Quiz

Directions: Write the letter for the correct definition in the space next to the vocabulary
word.

_____ aquarium A in mathematics, a symbol placed to the right


of and above another, to denote the power to
which the other is to be raised

_____ aquatic B to write or print something using capital


letters

_____ capital1 C living or growing in or on water

_____ capitalize D a tank or other container filled with water in


which water animals and plants are kept

_____ captain E the condition of not being equal

_____ exponent F the city where the government of a country or


state is located

_____ inequality G a leader

_____ integer H either of a pair of marks used in writing ( ).


They are used to enclose information that is
not part of the main sentence. They are also
used as symbols in mathematics.

_____ parenthesis I a positive or negative whole number or zero


Name: _________________________

Week 25 Vocabulary Quiz

Directions: Write the letter for the correct definition in the space next to the vocabulary
word.

_____ collaborate A to work with someone else on a project

_____ drama B the physical features of a region or place on


the earth

_____ geography C the study in mathematics of objects and


shapes such as lines, angles, circles, and
triangles

_____ geology D a group of words that expresses a complete


idea and has a subject and a verb

_____ geometric E a story written so that it can be acted out for


an audience; play

_____ geometry F made up of lines or shapes like those of


geometry

_____ sentence G the study of the physical structure of the earth


and how it has changed over time. Geologists
gain this knowledge by studying rocks. Some
geologists study other planets.

_____ terrace H land or ground, or the natural characteristics


of its surface

_____ terrain I a flat surface covered with brick or concrete


outside a building

_____ territory J an area of land marked by certain natural


features or claimed by an animal as its own
Name: _________________________

Week 26 Vocabulary Quiz

Directions: Write the letter for the correct definition in the space next to the vocabulary
word.

_____ autobiography A a phrase that describes something by


comparing it to some other thing

_____ biography B a group of related lines in a poem that make


up one section within the poem. These often
have a regular meter and rhyme pattern.

_____ biology C the written story of the facts and events of a


persons life

_____ inference D one line or one section of a poem

_____ metaphor E to continue to live and grow or continue to


exist

_____ simile F the story of a persons life written or told by


that person

_____ stanza G the study of how living things grow, function,


and develop

_____ survive H a substance needed for the health and normal


working of the body

_____ verse1 I a figure of speech in which two different


things are compared by using the words like
or as. March comes in like a lion and goes
out like a lamb is an example of this.

_____ vitamin J a conclusion derived from inferring

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