"Warm Up - 11/29/12"

1. (?) Which vocabulary words this week can be used as verbs?
2. (?) Which vocabulary words this week can be used as nouns?

"Vocabulary Pretest #11 - 11/29/12"  Write the word for each blank in your notebook.
You might use words more than once. You might not use them all. NO cheat sheet.
flounder, conscientious, meddle, efficacy, revelry, whorl, meander, bustle, ample, compendium, daft

1. Esteban's project was almost finished, and then his mother started to ______ with it. He was up all night fixing it.
2. Jane the Midwife _____(ed)  into the room and took charge of the situation.
3. Sometimes the _____ of a cure lies in the mind of the person who believes it will work.
4. I hope you left yourself ________ time finish the essay AND proofread it.
5. He wasn't a very ______ student so his grades were not very good.
6. The field full of flowers was a ______ of color as the wind blew them this way and that.
7. Unless you leave Laguna with some good reading skills, you will _____ in high school.
8. The holiday season is a time for _____  and for quiet family gatherings.
9. The road  "______(ed) easterly and northerly until it ended in the glory that was St. Swithin's Day Fair."
10. exact : approximate  ::  nonchalant : _____
11. wander : meander :: interfere : _____
12. Many times organizations try new things and make major changes without testing the _______ of the changes. Sometimes the changes make things worse.
13. In every ScoobyDoo episode, the villain always curses "those _______(ing) kids" for interfering with his plan.

"Maps, Charts, and Graphs - 11/29/12"
Write the answers in your notebook.

1. Every horizontal line on p346 represents...
2. (p346) Many of the satellite photos we see on tv and on the 'net are provided by the NOAA. What does that abbreviation stand for?
3. On a graph like the one marked A on p346, we read the data...  a) right to left, and bottom to top  b) left to right, and bottom to top  c) right to left, and top to bottom  d) left to right, and top to bottom  e) It doesn't matter.
4. On p346, what does ^oF mean? 

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5. In this context (p347), the word precipitation means...  a) snow  b) rain  c) ice/hail  d) all of the above  e) none of the above
6. What does the big capital H on the map on p347 mean?
7. What do the shaded bands on the map on p347 mean?
8. (p347) Areas of low pressure seem to be associated with...  a) warm temperatures  b) a lot of wind  c) ice  d) bad weather  e) cheese
9. Which of these is the warmest city on the map on p347?  a) San Francisco  b) Las Vegas  c) Honolulu  d) Phoenix  e) Miami
10. (p347) Which of these cities has weather that is most similar to our current weather?  a) San Francisco  b) Billings  c) Honolulu  d) Phoenix  e) Miami
11. According to the map on p347, about how far is it from San Francisco to Salt Lake City?  a) 350 miles  b) 1000 miles  c) 1500 miles  d) 750 miles  e) You can't tell.