U5W1 Progress Checkup Practice

Directions: Choose the word or word group that has about the same meaning as the word in red

Gold and silver are types of minerals.

Directions: Choose the word or word group that has about the same meaning as the word in red

Atoms are particles that form the building blocks of matter.

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The miners were able to locate deposits of coal.

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The hurricane caused erosion along the coast.

Directions: Read the question. Then choose the best answer.

Which word is a synonym for principles in the sentence below?

The principles of plate tectonics suggest that Earth's plates are always moving.

Directions: Choose the word pair that has the same type of consonant change in pronunciation as each boldfaced word pair below.

duplicate - duplication

Directions: Choose the word pair that has the same type of consonant change in pronunciation as each boldfaced word pair below.

music - musician

Directions: Choose the word pair that has the same type of consonant change in pronunciation as each boldfaced word pair below.

distinct - distinction

Directions: Choose the word pair that has the same type of consonant change in pronunciation as each boldfaced word pair below.

logic - logician

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The suffix -ian can be used to change the word politic into ---