skeletal system vocab

Skeletal System Vocabulary

Monday:  Match the following  scientific bone names to their common names

Tuesday: Draw and label a skeleton that shows all of the bones (can be of any animal that has all of the bones)

Wednesday: crossword

Thursday:   Study… test will be a skeleton to be labeled with scientific names

1.  cranium =________________________________

2.  mandible =________________________________

3.  clavicle =________________________________

4.  scapula =________________________________

5.  sternum =________________________________

6.  humerus =________________________________

7.  radius and ulna =________________________________

8.  vertebrae =________________________________

9.  coccyx =________________________________

10.  femur =________________________________

11.   patella =________________________________

12.   tibia and fibula =________________________________

13.   ribs =________________________________

14.   carpals =________________________________

15.   tarsals =________________________________

16.  phalanges =________________________________

backbone         collarbone             jawbone               hand bones    tailbone            fingers/toes          thighbone (upper leg)           skull          feet bones         chest bone            upper arm bone          knee cap   lower arm bones             lower leg bones           shoulder blade       pelvis/hipbone

Morning Girl vocab

Morning Girl Vocabulary

1. ______________________________ -lines of short hair that grow directly above the eyes

2. ______________________________ - in a soft, careful way; with kindness; kindly;

3. ______________________________ - to stay, stay on;  to stay the same or in the same place,    

                                                                    position, or situation; to last or endure; to continue

4. ______________________________ - proposed or offered an idea; recommended

5. ______________________________ - the daily rise and fall of the ocean level because of the  moon's 

                                                                    pull on the Earth

6. ______________________________ - the time in the morning when daylight first begins

7. ______________________________ - causing suffering or pain

8. ______________________________ (of a tree)- one of the larger branches of a tree

9. ______________________________ - a group of trees

10. ______________________________ - small, glowing pieces of coal or wood (in a dying fire)

11. ______________________________ - to wander; to be carried along by water or wind

12. ______________________________ - to demand

13. ______________________________ - the middle; center; being surrounded by something

14. ______________________________ - a large, rounded rock

15. ______________________________ – to force open; to look into something excessively

16. ______________________________ -  to hold on to; to understand

17. ______________________________ - to shake;  to move suddenly

18. ______________________________ -  to make

Word bank:

midst        insist      demand        assemble        cruel         suggested           dawn        brows  grove        tide         boulder        remain           gently         limb             embers            grasp/grasped  twitch        pry/pried           drift

Monday- write the word next to its definition and study the definitions!

Tuesday- use 10 words to create a news paper article that tells about an accident.

Wednesday- sort/group your words into at least 3 categories. Write how you sorted/grouped your words.

Thursday- Study for vocab. test

Homework the week of October 13th

Students are to record either their own personal waste or family's waste.  

This can be done for 1 day, 2 days, 3 days or 4 day!  Whatever is most  convenient!

Students do not need to empty trash... just check off items as they are thrown away or recycled...  You may record: trash/ recycle/  compost if you do not just have  trash.

The purpose is for students to see how much they are using and ?throwing away or recycling"  and to think of ways they might reduce their waste!

Waste Audit   For Home 

Total number of persons accounted for in data below:_______________________

“garbage” material	# of items
Plastic grocery bags
Plastic baggies
Plastic water bottles
Plastic lid/cap
Plastic soda bottles
Plastic spork/fork/ knife/spoon
Plastic straw
Plastic wrapper
Food wrapper
Cardboard trays
Other cardboard box
Napkin/tissue/ paper towel
Paper (binder paper/printer paper)
Milk carton
Juice box
Capri sun container
Metal “tin” can
Aluminum can
Glass
Food items:
Other items:

Conservation vocab.

Conservation Vocabulary

1.             watershed- n.  an area of land that that catches rain (and other precipitation)  and flows into a body of water (marsh, stream, river, ocean, groundwater).  An area of land drained by a body of water

2. audit- v.  to conduct an official examination/survey of

3.  plastic –n. a synthetic material composed of repeating chainlike-molecules called polymers. They are usually derived from fossil fuels.

4.  gyre- n. a ring-like system of ocean currents

5. albatross- n. a very large oceanic bird. (some have wingspans greater than 10 feet)

6. PSA (public service announcement)- n. a message to the public to raise awareness about an issue and to changes attitudes and behavior

7. conservation- n.  the act of preserving, protecting or restoring.  (protection)

8.  empower- v. to make stronger and more confident

9.  density- n. the compactness of a substance.  The ratio of a material’s mass to its volume. Density is the same value for a certain type of material, regardless of the size of the object.

10. buoyancy- n. the ability or tendency to flout in water (or other fluid)

11.  photodegrade-v. to be decomposed by light

12.  biodegrade- v. to be decomposed by bacteria or other living organisms

 3 ocean layers :

13. surface – the top most layer

14. pelagic- the open sea (not near the coast or ocean floor)

15. benthic- the bottom of a body of water

Homework

MONDAY- Definitions

TUESDAY- Sentences using 10 words

WENDESDAY- Crossword

THURSDAY- Study for vocabulary quiz