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
