School words and subject words
Grade 6 Reading Worksheet - Challenge Me
Circle the best answer.
Ari reads: “In 4x, the coefficient 4 tells how many groups of x.” What does coefficient mean?
- number added after a variable
- letter that represents a value
- number that labels a graph axis
- number multiplying a variable
Bo reads: “An ecosystem has plants, animals, water, and soil affecting one another.” What does ecosystem mean?
- an economic system managing money
- living and nonliving things interacting
- a group of animals in one place
- one living thing by itself
Esme reads: “The legislature’s members debated a bill and then voted on it.” What does legislature mean?
- a group that makes laws
- an executive office that carries out laws
- a written list of a state’s laws
- a court that decides legal cases
Jun reads: “The metaphor calls the library a treasure chest of ideas.” What does metaphor mean?
- comparison saying one thing is another
- a book found in a library
- a simile using like or as
- a plain fact without comparison
Luz reads: “In 3x + 5, the constant 5 stays the same while x changes.” What does constant mean?
- fixed rule for solving equations
- letter that changes its value
- number that stays the same
- number that changes in a pattern
Milo reads: “The clay bowl is an artifact: villagers shaped it by hand, and it lay buried for 2,000 years.” What does artifact mean?
- material used in art class
- a natural object shaped by water
- object made by people long ago
- an object made by people today
Noah reads: “Before testing, Kira’s hypothesis is that bean plants near a sunny window will grow taller; seven days later, Kira will measure them.” What does hypothesis mean?
- an experiment with measured test results
- a conclusion reached after the test
- an idea that testing can check
- a fact already proven true
Pia reads: “The bee carries pollen between flowers. The flowers provide nectar for the bee. Scientists call this mutualism.” What does mutualism mean?
- a relationship that benefits both organisms
- a flower’s process of making nectar
- a group of the same organisms living together
- one organism using another without helping it
Ren reads: “The narrator describes what happened to the hikers.” What does narrator mean?
- author who wrote the hikers’ story
- the voice telling a story
- reader sharing a story aloud
- person walking in the story
Zee reads: “The map legend explains what the blue line and red dot mean.” What does legend mean?
- map key explaining symbols
- map drawing without symbols
- old story passed down orally
- map picture showing locations