6th Grade Vocabulary Words

a list of your sources

operations that undo each other

a structure enclosed by its own membrane

manner in which a story is narrated or depicted

a passage or segment taken from a longer work

a debatable statement that is opposing the initial claim

the number in front of a variable which is being multiplied to the variable

an instrument which makes an object appear bigger than it is

a whole number that divides exactly into another number

the point the writer is trying to prove in an essay

comparing two or more amounts or things, for example: 3 girls to 5 boys

the beliefs, traditions, language, food, or customs shared by a group of people

plane containing two perpendicular axis (x, y) intersecting at a point called the origin (0,0)

a period of great change

the amount of space that matter in an object occupies

two ratios that have the same value

a document or a physical object which was written or created during the time under study

to move to another country that is not your native land and settle permanently

the number that appears the most often in a set of numbers

the biggest number that will divide two or more numbers exactly

any quarter of a coordinate plane divided by an x and y axis

the distance a number is from zero on a number line

the answer to an addition problem

a debatable statement that is presented as a fact, and is the main idea for the argument

an area with at least features such as climate, land forms, population, or history

a position on earth

the overall feeling or atmosphere of the written work

a form of government where the people or the citizens have the power

a number that another number can be divided by

a theme of geography that describes how people, ideas, and products move

the smallest number that is a multiple of 2 or more numbers

an organized group of people who make and enforce laws for a country or area of land

a mathematical sentence that contains >, <, ≥, ≤; compares things that are not equal

the total amount of inhabitants living in one specific area or place

conversations between characters

terms that cannot be combined because they do not have the same variable

a mathematical sentence with an equal sign

figure of speech comparing something of a different kind, used to make a description more vivid

the answer to a division problem

the order of events in a story

any value or values that make an equation true

the average of a set of numbers

special physical and human features of a location

a large group of one-celled organisms that sometimes cause disease

the answer to a multiplication problem

the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristic to something nonhuman

a letter that takes the place of or represents a number

a method an author uses to describe the characters in his or her story

system that a community uses to produce and distribute goods and services

where you find your research information

the middle number in a set of numbers ordered least to greatest

the smallest basic unit of matter

presenting someone else's work as if it is your own

to tell how things are different in an essay

information that has been gathered by researchers and recorded about a particular topic

it tells how many times a number is multiplied by itself

the basic unit of all living things

a scientific method of computation, a step by step method to a solution

a characteristic that enables an organism to survive and reproduce in its environment

the study of people, places, and the environment

writing that describes using the senses - see, hear, taste, touch, smell

the answer to a subtraction problem

a figure of speech where a phrase is applied to something which it is not literally applicable

the theme of geography that describes how humans adapt to demand on or change their environment

summary of paragraph or essay; relates the topic or thesis

to tell how things are the same in an essay

a number divided by another number

the grouping of things according to their similarities

anything that has mass and takes up space

the downhill pull of gravity on an object