6th Grade Vocabulary Words

the study of people, places, and the environment

operations that undo each other

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

the distance a number is from zero on a number line

a debatable statement that is opposing the initial claim

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

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

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

a structure enclosed by its own membrane

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

the biggest number that will divide two or more numbers exactly

a number divided by another number

manner in which a story is narrated or depicted

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

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

the answer to a subtraction problem

the grouping of things according to their similarities

the downhill pull of gravity on an object

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

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

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

the smallest basic unit of matter

to tell how things are the same in an essay

a mathematical sentence with an equal sign

a whole number that divides exactly into another number

summary of paragraph or essay; relates the topic or thesis

conversations between characters

a position on earth

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

a letter that takes the place of or represents a number

any value or values that make an equation true

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

the answer to a multiplication problem

the answer to a division problem

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

the overall feeling or atmosphere of the written work

a passage or segment taken from a longer work

special physical and human features of a location

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

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

the answer to an addition problem

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

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

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

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

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

two ratios that have the same value

anything that has mass and takes up space

it tells how many times a number is multiplied by itself

where you find your research information

a list of your sources

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

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

the amount of space that matter in an object occupies

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

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

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

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

the basic unit of all living things

the average of a set of numbers

a number that another number can be divided by

a period of great change

an instrument which makes an object appear bigger than it is

to tell how things are different in an essay

the order of events in a story

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

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

the point the writer is trying to prove in an essay

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

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