Vocabulary 4 Unit 2

Skunks: a very large expanse of sea, in particular each of the main areas into which the sea is divided geographically. I do not like skunks.

Paleontologist: a scientist who specializes in the study of life forms that existed in previous geologic periods, as represented by their fossils. The Paleontologist saw a weird dinasour.

Granite: a very hard, granular, crystalline, igneous rock consisting mainly of quartz, mica, and feldspar and often used as a building stone. I saw granite.

Reptile: a vertebrate animal of a class that includes snakes, lizards, crocodiles, turtles, and tortoises. The turtle is a reptile.

Asteroid: a small rocky body orbiting the sun. Asteroids are strong.

Bacteria: a member of a large group of unicellular microorganisms which have cell walls but lack organelles and an organized nucleus, including some that can cause disease. Bacterias are bad.

Limestone:a hard sedimentary rock, composed mainly of calcium carbonate or dolomite, used as building material and in the making of cement. Limestone is a rock.

Saber-toothed cats: a large extinct carnivorous mammal of the cat family, with large, curved upper canine teeth. I like Saber-toothed cats.

Coyotes: a wild dog that resembles the wolf, native to North America. Coyotes are wild animals.

Rabbits: a burrowing, gregarious, plant-eating mammal with long ears, long hind legs, and a short tail. Rabbits are white.

Prehistoric: relating to or denoting the period before written records. Dinosours are prehistoric.

Earth: the planet on which we live; the world. We live on Earth.

Arthropod: an invertebrate animal of the large phylum Arthropoda, such as an insect, spider, or crustacean. An arthropod is small.

Worms: any of a number of creeping or burrowing invertebrate animals with long, slender soft bodies and no limbs. The worms are slow.

Mammal: a warm-blooded vertebrate animal of a class that is distinguished by the possession of hair or fur, the secretion of milk by females for the nourishment of the young, and (typically) the birth of live young. Humans are mammals.

Ocean: a very large expanse of sea, in particular each of the main areas into which the sea is divided geographically. The ocean is blue.

Insect:a small arthropod animal that has six legs and generally one or two pairs of wings. The insects are small.

Marble:a hard crystalline metamorphic form of limestone, typically white with mottlings or streaks of color, that is capable of taking a polish and is used in sculpture and architecture. The table is made of marble.

Chemical: relating to chemistry, or the interactions of substances as studied in chemistry. This is chemical.

Anphibian:a cold-blooded vertebrate animal of a class that comprises the frogs, toads, newts, and salamanders. I like anphibians.