Fifth and Sixth Grade Vocabulary Pages with Definitions and Sentences 5th and 6th Grade Vocabulary Pages
5th and 6th Grade Vocabulary Pages Index
Vocabulary/Spelling Words 08/10/05
1. Chain - A series of things linked, connected, or associated together
There is a food chain from plankton to jellyfish to turtle to shark.
2. Manifestation An event, an occurrence, a result
His red face is a manifestation of his anger.
3. Attraction A pull, a thing that catches ones attention
The shark has an attraction for the shape of swimming turtles.
4. Murky Dirty, dingy, unclear, muddy
It was impossible to see in the murky water.
5. Occasionally At times, sometimes
Occasionally a shark mistakes a human on a surfboard for a turtle.
6. Tentacle A long, flexible arm or appendage
A jellyfish tentacle is much more delicate than a squids.
7. Polyps Little sacs or pouches
The jellyfish uses little digestive polyps to digest the fish it catches.
8. Consume Eat, ingest, use up, take in
The jellyfish consumes plankton so small that we cannot see it.
9. Digest To breakup in order to absorb or take in
The jellyfish secretes digestive juices that dissolve a fish.
10. Phagocytosis The process of eating and digesting
I watched a rather large gentleman engage in phagocytosis at Taco Bell.
11. Contract To draw in, become smaller or tighter
The tentacles ensnarled a little fish and began to contract.
12. Secreting To produce liquids or juices
The cat saw the food and began to secrete saliva and drool.
13. Enzymes Body chemicals that digest foods
We dropped the meat into the enzymes and watched it dissolve.
14. Proteins Body building blocks made of amino acids
Muscles are built from protein.
15. Carbohydrates Sugars, starches, and cellulose used as food
Sugar is a carbohydrate that is very popular in wealthy countries.
16. Fats Oily compounds used by the body to store food energy
Oils and fats are high in calories but may lead to obesity.
17. Crustaceans - Lobsters, shrimps, crabs, water fleas, and barnacles
Lobster is a delicious crustacean that looks like a big spider.
18. Algae Primitive plantlike, chlorophyll containing, organisms
The surface of the pool was covered with slimy algae.
19. Plankton Very tiny, even microscopic, sea plants and animals
It is hard to believe that a whale can live well by eating tiny plankton.
20. Ensnare To catch with a trap or trick
The jellyfish used its tentacles to ensnare the tiny fish.
21. Entangle To catch by trapping in strings, filaments, or tentacles
The cowboy tried to entangle the horses feet in the loop of rope.
22. Threads Small strings or filaments
The Space Shuttle had tiny threads exposed but they fixed the problem.
23. Marine Aquatic, living in the sea or water
Marineland is a wonderful aquatic park full of marine animals.
24. Reptile An air breathing, belly crawling, cold-blooded animal
The sea turtle is a reptile endangered because people eat its eggs.
25. Unusual Different, odd, abnormal
That is an unusual and obviously painful way to eat a taco.