This Week's ELA 4.5

4^th 9 Weeks, Week 5

Spelling: Greek/Latin Roots #13 therm and socio

*Quizlet.com is a great online site to study the meanings of these words.

*You need to know the definitions of these words as well as how to spell them for the tests on MONDAY.  Use the definitions to help you study.

therm = ________________________________   socio = ___________________________________

1.             therm (n.) a unit of heat equal to 1,000 great calories  

2.             thermal (adj.) related to heat and temperature

3.             thermometer (n.) an instrument that measures temperature or heat

4.             thermostat (n.) a devise used to control the temperature

5.             thermos (n.) a container that is used to keep things warm, such as your soup; a double-walled container that keeps things warm

6.             endothermic (adj.) heated from within the body

7.             exothermic (adj.) requires heat to be absorbed from outside the body

8.             thermograph (n.) a devise that automatically writes down (records) changes in temperature

9.             thermodynamic (adj.) caused or operated by heat that has changed into different forms of energy

10.         thermophile (n.) an organism that has adapted to living in a very high temperatures (heat), such as bacteria or algae

11.         social (ad.) friendly; a person who enjoys companions

12.         unsocial (adj.) not social; having or showing a dislike

13.         association (n.) a group of people who have gathered based on similar goals or beliefs

14.         associate (n.) a fellow worker or friend (usually related to an office)

15.         antisocial (adj.) against the basic rules of a group; harmful to people in a group 

16.         disassociate (v.) to break ties with a group; to end a friendship; to sever a relationship

17.         sociology (n.) the study of how people get along

18.         sociopath (n.) a person who suffers from an antisocial mental disorder

19.         socialite (n.) a person who is important or of high rank within a specific, usually fashionable group

20.         sociogram (n.) a diagram that represent each person’s friends in a classroom or group

**5^th grade is taking the Milestones test for ELA (English/language arts) Thursday morning and writing Friday morning!**

Milestones Math Vocabulary                       

Test 4/27/15                       

1.        equation – a mathematical “sentence” that says that two things are equal (3 – 1 = 2; 7 + n = 12); it is always true

2.        expression – a mathematical “phrase” that stands for a numerical value (3 – x; 7n)

3.        evaluate – to calculate the value of; to solve

4.        prime number – a whole number greater than 1 that has only two factors, itself & 1

5.        composite number – a whole number greater than 1 that has more than two factors

6.        sum – the answer to an addition problem

7.        difference – the answer to a subtraction problem

8.        product – the answer to a multiplication problem

9.        quotient – the answer to a division problem

10.     array – an arrangement of items in rows and columns; can be used to show multiplication and area

11.     reciprocal – the flip (or inverse) of a fraction; example, the reciprocal of ½ is 2/1

12.     multiple – a number that is the product of a given number and any whole number; example: the multiples of 3 are: 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24, 27, 30, 33, 36, etc.

13.     least common multiple (LCM) – the least number, other than 0, that is a common multiple of two or more numbers; example, the LCM of 3 and 5 would be 15.

14.     factor – the two (or more) numbers that are multiplied to get a product

15.     greatest common factor (GCF) – the greatest number that is a factor or two or more numbers; example, the GCF of 8 and 12 is 4

16.     divisible – when a number can be divided by another number equally with a whole number quotient (6 is divisible by 1, 2, 3, & 6; a number is divisible by all of its factors)

17.     simplest form – a fraction in which the greatest common factor of the numerator and denominator is one; also called lowest terms or reduced

18.     ordered pair – a pair of numbers used to locate a point on a graph; the x coordinate is followed by the y coordinate

19.     congruent –having the same shape AND the same size; identical

20.     attribute – a property or characteristic of something (An attribute of a rhombus is four congruent sides.)

21.     perimeter – the distance around a figure; the sum of the lengths of the edges of a figure

22.     area – the number of square units needed to cover a flat surface (measured in square units)

23.     volume – the number of cubic units needed to fill a space figure (measured in cubic units)

24.     capacity – a measure of an amount of liquid (often measured in cups, gallons, liters)

25.     weight – a measure of how light or heavy something is (often measured in pounds or ounces)

26.     mass – a measure of the quantity of matter in an object (often measured in grams)

27.     convert – to change a measurement form without changing its amount (1.2 m = 120 cm)

28.     vertex (plural = vertices) – the common endpoint of two rays in an angle, two line segments in a polygon, or three or more edges in a space figure (corner)

29.     face – a flat surface of a polyhedron (three-dimensional solid figure)

30.     edge – a line segment where two faces meet on a polyhedron (three-dimensional solid figure)