Vocabulary Unit 4

a set of events or actions that happen again and again in the same order; a repeating series of events or actions

an extremely large, powerful, and destructive storm with very high winds that turn around in an area of low pressure

to get around something in a clever and sometimes dishonest way

Choose an antonym for cyclical.

The clever bear was able to ___ hi capture by placing a branch in the hunter's trap.

General Sherman, the world's largest living tree by volume, has a ___ of over 102 feet around its base.

when two or more objects share the same center point

The family reunion was held in a ___ location so that nobody needed to travel too far to attend.

We counted all the ___ circles in the tree stump to calculate how many years the tree was alive before it was cut down.

the complete path that an electric current travels along

tending to act in strange or unusual ways

located in the center of a thing or place

wires : circuit :: _____ : car

Choose a synonym for eccentric

The rock ___ describes the repeated process that rocks go through as they become sedimentary, metamorphic, or igneous.

What effect might a cyclone have on a town?

What circumstance could most likely prevent a person from getting a job?

happening again and again in the same order; happening in cycles

the length of a line that goes around a circle or other round shape

a condition that surrounds or causes an event to happen