Specabulary 7
Terms
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copy deck
- foothold
- a secure position
- biomass
- material that was recently alive
- metaphor
- comparing two things by describing them in terms of another.
- hydroelectric
- making electricity from the energy of flowing water
- congruent
- having the same size and shape.
- right triangle
- a triangle in which one of the angles is a right angle
- solar energy
- energy from sunlight
- scalene triangle
- a triangle with sides of three different lengths and angles of three different measures
- cueras
- leather jackets
- simile
- comparing two things by using the words like and as.
- exaggerate
- to describe something as being greater or larger than it really is
- El Camino Real
- "the Royal Road" built by the Spanish
- nuclear energy
- energy that uses hot uranium to make steam, which makes electricity
- attributes
- a quality or characteristic someone or something has
- presidio
- military forts built to protect missions
- equilateral triangle
- all angles have the same measure and all sides have the same length.
- alliteration
- a technique of writing words with the same beginning sound or letter
- Pueblo Revolt
- when the Pueblo drove the Spanish out of New Mexico
- geothermal
- energy from the high temperatures inside the Earth
- isosceles triangle
- at least two angles have the same measure and at least two sides have the same length