6th Grade Vocabulary Test Group 4

Target Language or Knowledge:

deforestation dependent clause dependent variable desertification diagonal dialect diameter direct proportional relationship domestic policy drawing conclusions dynasty

reducing the number of trees to damaging extent the spreading of desert areas the defining characteristics of a culture a group of words that contains a subject and verb but does not express a complete thought the struggle between opposing forces that brings about the action within a character in a story or drama a group of words that contains a subject and verb and expresses a complete thought the variable that responds to the independent variable; the results of a scientific investigation when energy changes from one type to another the number of occurrences in a specific amount of time the spreading of desert areas reducing the number of trees to damaging extent belonging to the same period of time; a person of the present age a line segment through a polygon with endpoints that are two non-adjacent vertices a chord that passes through the center of the circle and has endpoints on the circle the introductory remarks at the beginning of a book or speech a variety of a language (specifically, often a spoken variety) that is characteristic of a particular area, community or group, often with relatively minor differences in vocabulary, style, spelling and pronunciation a universal statement relating to, determined by, or concerned with main elements rather than limited details the working language/writing of people language a chord that passes through the center of the circle and has endpoints on the circle a line segment through a polygon with endpoints that are two non-adjacent vertices the side opposite the right angle in the right triangle a relationship between two variables in which one is a constant multiple of the other. In particular, when one variable changes the other changes in proportion to the first. Both quantities are increase or decrease by the same factor. the ratio of the number of times an event occurs to the total number of trails, or time that the activity is performed. any number in the set of all positve and negative whole numbers and zero the official political policies that deal with the country itself a succession of rulers from the same family those who have ideas for, then operate and assume the risk for a business venture coming to a final decision reached by reasoning based on evidence in the text a universal statement relating to, determined by, or concerned with main elements rather than limited details a phrase beginning with a preposition used to expand and extend meaning a succession of rulers from the same family those acts for which a person is accountable / civil rights or liberties the doctrine or belief that there is only one God

Write sentences using words from above: Choose at least 5 different words.