en CR Key Vocabulary Reading 2nd Bimester Exam 31 figurative language: words that create vivid pictures by comparing things in unexpected ways (2 words) lines: row of words rhythm: a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables rhyme: a repeating pattern in the final sounds of words repetition: a repeating pattern of sounds, words, phrases, or lines sensory language: words that describe how things look, smell, feel, taste, and sound (2 words) accomplish: to succeed in doing something accounting: a detailed narrative; a record of events aviation: the operation of aircraft disappearance: the state of having vanished inspiration: a positive example that encourages others to attempt to reach their goals journal: a personal record of events navigator: someone who plans and records the course of a plane runway: a strip of level ground where the airplanes take off and land taxied: moved slowly on the ground before taking off or after landing transmission: a message sent by radio common room: a large room where people gather to eat or share other activities (2 words) hearth: the floor of a fireplace kayak: a lightweight canoe, propelled by a double-bladed paddle, with only a small opening for one or two people mainland: the large land mass of a country or continent that does not include its islands phases: the changes in appearance that the moon goes through each month sod: a chunk of grassy soil held together by matted roots sparkling: giving off flashes of light suspicious: having the feeling that something is unusual or wrong village: a small settlement erosion: all the natural processes that wear away earth and rock evidence: the data used to draw a conclusion excavation: the process of finding something by digging for it extinct: no longer living on the earth; having died out fossils: the hardened remains of animals or plants of prehistoric times geologists: scientists who study the earth's crust and rocks hypotheses: scientific suggestions, based on what is known so far paleontologist: a scientist who studies prehistoric life

Key Vocabulary Reading 2nd Bimester Exam

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Across:

2.	to succeed in doing something
4.	giving off flashes of light
8.	all the natural processes that wear away earth and rock
9.	having the feeling that something is unusual or wrong
10.	row of words
11.	a personal record of events
14.	no longer living on the earth; having died out
15.	words that create vivid pictures by comparing things in unexpected ways (2 words)
20.	the changes in appearance that the moon goes through each month

21.	the floor of a fireplace
22.	a repeating pattern in the final sounds of words
23.	a detailed narrative; a record of events
24.	the hardened remains of animals or plants of prehistoric times
25.	moved slowly on the ground before taking off or after landing
27.	the operation of aircraft
28.	words that describe how things look, smell, feel, taste, and sound (2 words)
29.	a message sent by radio

Down:

1.	the state of having vanished
3.	a scientist who studies prehistoric life
5.	a positive example that encourages others to attempt to reach their goals
6.	the data used to draw a conclusion
7.	a chunk of grassy soil held together by matted roots
12.	a repeating pattern of sounds, words, phrases, or lines
13.	someone who plans and records the course of a plane

14.	the process of finding something by digging for it
16.	a strip of level ground where the airplanes take off and land
17.	a lightweight canoe, propelled by a double-bladed paddle, with only a small opening for one or two people
18.	a large room where people gather to eat or share other activities (2 words)
19.	scientists who study the earth's crust and rocks
21.	scientific suggestions, based on what is known so far
26.	the large land mass of a country or continent that does not include its islands

Key Vocabulary Reading 2nd Bimester Exam

Across:

2.	to succeed in doing something
4.	giving off flashes of light
8.	all the natural processes that wear away earth and rock
9.	having the feeling that something is unusual or wrong
10.	row of words
11.	a personal record of events
14.	no longer living on the earth; having died out
15.	words that create vivid pictures by comparing things in unexpected ways (2 words)
20.	the changes in appearance that the moon goes through each month

21.	the floor of a fireplace
22.	a repeating pattern in the final sounds of words
23.	a detailed narrative; a record of events
24.	the hardened remains of animals or plants of prehistoric times
25.	moved slowly on the ground before taking off or after landing
27.	the operation of aircraft
28.	words that describe how things look, smell, feel, taste, and sound (2 words)
29.	a message sent by radio

Down:

1.	the state of having vanished
3.	a scientist who studies prehistoric life
5.	a positive example that encourages others to attempt to reach their goals
6.	the data used to draw a conclusion
7.	a chunk of grassy soil held together by matted roots
12.	a repeating pattern of sounds, words, phrases, or lines
13.	someone who plans and records the course of a plane

14.	the process of finding something by digging for it
16.	a strip of level ground where the airplanes take off and land
17.	a lightweight canoe, propelled by a double-bladed paddle, with only a small opening for one or two people
18.	a large room where people gather to eat or share other activities (2 words)
19.	scientists who study the earth's crust and rocks
21.	scientific suggestions, based on what is known so far
26.	the large land mass of a country or continent that does not include its islands