Across
- 1. information (facts, details, quotes) from a fiction or nonfiction text that is used to support an inference, claim, opinion, or answer.
- 6. what the author is trying to teach the reader, what the text is mainly about.
- 7. what happens when something is crushed or compressed.
- 9. plot display of data on a number line, using a dot or another mark to show frequency
- 11. the process where earth materials are broken down and moved from one area to another
- 15. A conclusion or opinion that is reached because of known facts or evidence.
- 16. e.g., the 3 in 3/5 indicates 3 fractional units are selected
Down
- 2. the process of minerals sticking individual grains of sediment together.
- 3. standard or reference point by which something is measured
- 4. number number made up of a whole number and a fraction
- 5. process by which weathered and eroded material is deposited by wind, water, or ice
- 8. denominator when two or more fractions have the same denominator
- 10. the action of physical conditions on Earth that cause earth materials to change in color, texture, composition, or form; process which breaks down rocks into smaller pieces
- 12. e.g., the 5 in 3/5 names the fractional unit as fifths
- 13. Text- nonfiction writing, written with the intention of informing the reader about a specific topic
- 14. the way authors organize information in text.