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Saving the Rain Forest Vocabulary Words

Explore the importance of charities, recycling, and industrial impact on the equator basin. Learn how erosion affects the tropics, where water evaporates. Understand concepts including charities, exported goods, and the industrial process. Enrich vocabulary with words like 'evaporates' and 'erosion.' Discover literary elements like fact versus opinion and prefixes to enhance language skills. Engage with environmental issues and brainstorm solutions for the rainforest problem.

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Saving the Rain Forest Vocabulary Words

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  1. Saving the Rain ForestVocabulary Words Sixth Grade Unit 1 Week 4

  2. charities recycled Words to Know equator exported erosion industrial evaporates tropics basin

  3. equator basin charities equator erosion evaporates exported industrial recycled tropics An imaginary circle around the middle of the Earth

  4. industrial basin charities equator erosion evaporates exported industrial recycled tropics Engaged in or connected with business, trade, or manufactured goods

  5. recycled basin charities equator erosion evaporates exported industrial recycled tropics Processed or treated so it can be used again

  6. basin basin charities equator erosion evaporates exported industrial recycled tropics All the land drained by a river and the streams that flow into them

  7. erosion basin charities equator erosion evaporates exported industrial recycled tropics Process of gradually wearing away by glaciers, running water, waves or wind

  8. basin charities equator erosion evaporates exported industrial recycled tropics tropics Regions near the equator that are also the hottest parts of the Earth

  9. basin charities equator erosion evaporates exported industrial recycled tropics charities Organizations for helping those in need or the environment

  10. basin charities equator erosion evaporates exported industrial recycled tropics exported Sent goods out of one country for sale and use in another

  11. basin charities equator erosion evaporates exported industrial recycled tropics evaporates Changes from a liquid to a vapor

  12. You’ve got it!

  13. More Words to Know exhale retract recalculate express

  14. Prefixes • A prefix is a letter or group of letters at the beginning of a word. • A prefix has its own meaning that adds to or changes the meaning of a base word or root.

  15. Prefixes ex- and re- • The prefix re- can mean: • again • The prefix ex- can mean • out; beyond; removal

  16. recalculate exhale recalculate retract express To calculate or compute again

  17. retract exhale recalculate retract express take back or withdraw

  18. exhale exhale recalculate retract express to breathe out

  19. express exhale recalculate retract express state out loud; to put into words

  20. Comprehension Skill: Literary Elements FACT AND OPINION

  21. Fact and Opinion • A statement that can be proved true or false is called a fact. • A statement that tells a person’s thoughts, feelings, or ideas is called an opinion.

  22. Opinion Opinions may be either valid or faulty. Valid opinions are supported by facts or are stated by experts. Faulty opinions are not supported by facts; they might be based on a false statement of fact.

  23. Essay Question • Look Back and Write: (from textbook) • The Earth Summit meeting’s action plan included three ideas to help solve the rain forest problem. Look on page 127; then write the three ideas in your own words.

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