6th Grade Vocabulary Sort

A) A guess based on evidence and reasoning, B) A summary of the story, C) A character’s exact words

A) The act of voting, B) The exchange of goods or services, C) The start of a war

A) A number that never changes, B) A symbol that represents an unknown number, C) A kind of graph

A) A solid that stays still, B) The ability to do work or cause change, C) A tool used in experiments

A) A number that includes fractions, B) A symbol that represents multiplication, C) A whole number that can be positive, negative, or zero

A) A push or pull that causes motion, B) A measurement of temperature, C) A liquid used in chemistry

A) Something that has mass and takes up space, B) A type of energy, C) A gas that doesn’t move

A) A type of weather pattern, B) A group of rocks found together, C) A community of living and nonliving things that interact

A) A group of animals in the wild, B) A complex society with cities, government, and culture, C) A temporary settlement

A) A factual news article, B) A type of writing that tells a story, C) A list of vocabulary words

A) A nation’s laws and military, B) Natural landforms like mountains and rivers, C) The beliefs, customs, and way of life of a group of people

A) A sentence with an equal sign, B) A math phrase with numbers and operations but no equal sign, C) A word problem

A) A group of teachers in a school, B) The system of rules and leaders in a society, C) A team of scientists

A) A list of characters in a story, B) The central message or lesson of a story, C) The setting where a story takes place

A) A math sentence that shows two equal expressions, B) A shape with four sides, C) A number with a decimal point

A) A guess based on a dream, B) A chart of data, C) A testable prediction in a scientific experiment

A) The system of producing and exchanging goods and services, B) A plan for building roads, C) The election of a new leader

A) A type of dialogue between characters, B) Literal descriptions of events, C) Words or phrases that go beyond their literal meaning

A) The order of events in a story, B) The perspective from which a story is told, C) The number of pages in a book

A) A type of graph, B) A comparison of two quantities using division, C) A repeating decimal