Exercise
Earth & Space Science Context Clues
Strengthen your vocabulary by using context clues in passages about Earth and space science. Learn to infer the definitions of key terms from the surrounding text.
Questions
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Based on the sentence: 'Heavy rain and rushing stream water caused severe soil erosion along the riverbank,' what does 'erosion' mean?
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Based on the sentence: 'Compressed layers of mud and sand turned into sedimentary rock over millions of years,' what is 'sedimentary' rock?
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Based on the sentence: 'Earth's atmosphere is a protective envelope of nitrogen, oxygen, and other gases surrounding the planet,' what is the 'atmosphere'?
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Based on the sentence: 'Earthquakes occur when massive tectonic plates shift along underground fault lines,' what are 'tectonic' plates?
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Based on the sentence: 'Earth completes its orbit, or curved revolution path, around the Sun once every year,' what is an 'orbit'?
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Based on the sentence: 'The Milky Way is a spiral galaxy made of billions of stars, gas, and dust held together by gravity,' what is a 'galaxy'?
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Based on the sentence: 'Heat from the sun causes evaporation, transforming liquid puddle water into invisible water vapor,' what is 'evaporation'?
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Based on the sentence: 'Rain, hail, and snow are all forms of precipitation falling from storm clouds,' what is 'precipitation'?
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Based on the sentence: 'Beneath the thin outer crust lies Earth's mantle, a thick layer of hot semi-solid rock,' what is the 'mantle'?
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Based on the sentence: 'Solar panels capture energy radiated directly from the sun,' what does 'solar' mean?
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Based on the sentence: 'Astronomers tracked a large asteroid, a rocky space body orbiting between Mars and Jupiter,' what is an 'asteroid'?
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Based on the sentence: 'Water droplets formed on the cold glass due to condensation of warm air vapor,' what is 'condensation'?