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Altimeter - ANSWER-An instrument that uses air pressure to record height. Ex. height of a plance Anemometer - ANSWER-An instrument used to measure wind. Annuals - ANSWER-Plants that die after one growing season Asexual Reproduction - ANSWER-Reproduction involving only one parent. Atmosphere - ANSWER-The earth's atmosphere is primarily nitrogen and oxygen. Consists of atroposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, and thermosphere Bacillus - ANSWER-a rod-shaped bacteria. Blood - ANSWE...

Fossil - ANSWER-Evidence of past life. Fruit - ANSWER-The part of flowering plants that contains seeds. Gamete - ANSWER-Reproductive haploid cells that combine to create a zygote. Genus - ANSWER-The level of plant and animal between species and the family. Germination - ANSWER-The process by which seeds develop into seedlings. Gill - ANSWER-The tissues aquatic animals use to breathe in the water Glucose - ANSWER-A simple sugar and product of photosynthesis. Haploid Cell - AN...

Phonological Awareness: 2-4 Years - ANSWER--Typically no phonological awareness skills until around age 2 -Earliest phonological awareness skills involve rhymes -Between 2-3: recognize rhymes -Between 3-4: begin to make rhymes themselves Phonological Awareness: 4-5 Years - ANSWER--Identify and count syllables in words -Recognize and create their own onset sounds, like/b/ for 'back' and 'book' -Segment onset sounds and blends, such as /c/ + /at/ is 'cat' -Hear, count, and identify ...

Lyrical Poetry - ANSWER-Most lyrical poems are short, but there are longer examples. They also tend to be written in first person and include the writer in the poem. Another characteristic of lyrical poetry is in the types of moods and emotions the poem expresses. These emotions tend to lean toward the extremes in life, such as love, death or loss. Other emotions can be expressed, but the emotion is always very intense. Free Verse Poems - ANSWER-i.e. sonnets, odes, ballads, and epics 1. No...

3) Skill Development - ANSWER-This stage is the most difficult, the most critical. Usually begins by the end of first grade Problems arise when they realize that not all words are spelled phonetically Phonic rules need to be de-emphasized 4) Word Extension - ANSWER-Focuses on syllables within words as well as prefixes/suffixes Children struggle with issues such as doubling consonants when changing the endings (pot/potting, but look/looking) Dropping the final "e" (love/l...

phoneme - ANSWER-the smallest part of spoken language. Ex) check = /ch/ /e/ /k/ grapheme - ANSWER-the smallest part of written language that represents a phoneme in the spelling of a word. ex) "b" "sh" phonics - ANSWER-relationship between phonemes and graphemes phonemic awareness - ANSWER-The ability to hear, identify,and manipulate the individual sounds, phonemes, in oral language. phonological awareness - ANSWER--A broad term that includes phonemic awareness -It includes iden...

Bottom-up processing - ANSWER-Perceiving based on noticing separate *defining features* and *assembling*them into a recognizable pattern. Also called data-driven. Cause-and-effect - ANSWER-Determine *why something happens* as well as the *results*. Characteristics of prose - ANSWER-*No formal arrangement* but there *may be* some sort of *rhythm* Chunking - ANSWER-*Grouping items of information*, which expands the amount of information that can be stored in short-term memory. Closed w...

Quadratic Formula - ANSWER-x=-b±[√b²-4ac]/2a Sin - ANSWER-opposite/hypotenuse Cos - ANSWER-adjacent/hypotenuse Tan - ANSWER-opposite/adjacent Law of Sines - ANSWER-a/sinA=b/sinB=c/sinC Law of Cosines - ANSWER-a²=b²+c²-2bcCosA Area of a Triangle TRIG - ANSWER-K=1/2abSinC Area of a Triangle - ANSWER-A=1/2bh Area of a Trapezoid - ANSWER-A=1/2h(b1+b2) Lateral Area of a Right Circular Cylinder - ANSWER-L=2πrh Lateral Area of a Right Circular Cone - ANSWER-L=πrl ...

Literal Comprehension - ANSWER-Refers to the skills a reader uses to deal with the actual words in a text. Involves skills such as: ID the Topic Sentence Main idea important facts supporting details context clues to determine meaning sequencing events Critical Comprehension - ANSWER-Prior knowledge and an understanding that written material especially nonfiction is written from the authors view point Analysis of meaning Evaluation Validation Questioning Reasoning Skills ...