Looking and Measuring

Grade 6 · Vocabulary · Page 1 of 3

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DIRECTIONS: Build each word from the roots in the box. It must fill the squares exactly.
Read the clue as a sum: measures heat = heat + measure.
Every answer is built from scope (look at), meter (measure), micro (small) or therm (heat).
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Across

  1. 4 An instrument that measures heat (11)
  2. 7 You look through this at what is too small to see (10)
  3. 8 The distance straight across a circle (8)

Down

  1. 1 A flask that keeps a drink hot all day (7)
  2. 2 You look through this at what is far away (9)
  3. 3 A tube of mirrors for seeing over the top of things (9)
  4. 5 A tiny piece of silicon that runs a computer (9)
  5. 6 An oven that heats food very quickly (9)

Writing and Drawing

Grade 6 · Vocabulary · Page 2 of 3

DIRECTIONS: Same again.
Every answer is built from graph (write, draw) — often with photo (light), auto (self), geo (earth) or bio (life).
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Across

  1. 3 Beautiful handwriting done as an art (11)
  2. 6 A picture made with light (10)
  3. 7 The subject that describes the earth and its places (9)
  4. 8 A block of writing with one main idea (9)

Down

  1. 1 The story of a life, written by somebody else (9)
  2. 2 An old machine that sent messages down a wire (9)
  3. 4 A signature you ask a famous person for (9)
  4. 5 A picture or diagram printed in a book (7)

The Study Of

Grade 6 · Vocabulary · Page 3 of 3

DIRECTIONS: Same again.
Every answer is built from logy (the study of), bio (life), geo (earth) or hydro (water).
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Across

  1. 5 Power made by falling water (13)
  2. 6 The study of rocks and what the earth is made of (7)
  3. 7 A street fitting a fire crew connects a hose to (7)

Down

  1. 1 A medicine that kills bacteria (10)
  2. 2 The study of animals (7)
  3. 3 Dried out, with the water gone (10)
  4. 4 The study of living things (7)
  5. 6 The part of math about shapes and angles (8)