ELA 8th Grade Vocabulary Week 7

Bi-

two

Centrafugal

A message that the brain sends outward to a muscle group is a ________ message; the message that the muscles send back to brain is a centripetal message.

Upheaval

A violent earthquake can cause great _________.

Sparse

Deserts are dry regions with ______vegetation and little water. Generally, deserts are though of as hot places that cannot support many plants, but some are cold in the winter.

Flora.. Fauna

Ecologist are interested in all the life in a region, so they study both the _______ and the _______.

Carnivorous

Ecologists and naturalists are delighted that wolves may soon return to national parks, but sheep and cattle ranches who live near the parks are worried about having ________ animals near their herds.

Stagnant

The term _________ force was first used by astronomers to explain why they planets remained in their orbits and did not move inward toward the sun.

metamorphosis

The third stage in a butterfly's _________ is the pupa. This is almost motionless, stiff object conceals the changes that are occurring in the insect's body.

Stagnant

When water becomes ________, a scummy green substance called algae may appear on the surface.

Sector

a part or division

Upheaval

a sudden, violent upward movement; great disorder or radical change, a violent disturbance

Metamorphosis

a transformation or dramatic change

Fauna

all the animal life in a particular region

Carnivorous

meat-eating

Centrifugal

moving or tending away from the center

Stagnant

not running or flowing; foul from standing still; inactive, sluggish, dull

-Ary

pertaining to

Flora

plants of a region or era

Granular

resembling or consisting of small grains or particles.

Sparse

thinly dispersed or scattered

Aud-

to hear

Voc-, Vok

voice, call

Bell-

war, telephone