1.      Abdomen – noun – the part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis

2.      Catalyst – noun – an agent that precipitates change

3.      Cube – noun – a solid with six equal square sides

4.      Dividend – noun – a number to be divided, or a sum distributed to stockholders

5.      Exterior – adj. – being on an outside surface; noun – an exterior part or surface

6.      Initiate  -- verb – to cause or facilitate the beginning of

7.      Money – noun – something generally accepted as a medium of exchange

8.      Origin – noun – the point at which something begins or arises, or from which it derives

9.      Precious – adj. --  of great value or high price

10.  Rebellion – noun – opposition to one in authority or dominance

11.  Rotate – verb – to turn about an axis or a center

12.  Settler – noun – one who takes up residence in a new region

13.  Tally – verb – to make a count of

 14.  Wavelengths – noun – the distance in the line of advance of a wave from any one point to the next point of corresponding phase

 15.  Weather – noun – state of the atmosphere with respect to heat or cold, wetness or dryness, calm or storm, clearness or cloudiness

1.      Actual – noun – existing in fact or reality

2.      Characteristic – noun – a distinguishing trait, quality, or property

3.      Desert – noun – an arid, barren area

4.      Ecology – noun –a branch of science concerned with the interrelationship of organisms and their environment

5.      Fame – noun – popular acclaim, renown

6.      Infect – verb – to contaminate with a disease-producing substance or agent

7.      Movement – noun – change of place, position, or posture

8.      Prism – noun – a polyhedron with two polygonal faces lying in parallel planes and with the other faces parallelograms

9.      Property – noun – material goods or a quality or trait belonging to an individual or thing

10.  Reflect – verb – to turn, throw, or bend off or backward at an angle

11.  Respiration – noun – a single complete act of breathing

12.  Rhombus – noun – an equilateral parallelogram usually having oblique angles

13.  Shiny – adj – bright in appearance

14.  Solstice – noun – the beginning of summer, June 22, and the beginning of winter, Dec. 22

15.  Theocracy – noun – government of a state by divine guidance

16.  Volunteer – noun – one who enters into service of his own free will

1.      Accurate – adjective – free from error

2.      Buoyancy – noun – the tendency of a body to float or to rise when submerged in a fluid

3.      Champion – noun – one that does battle for another’s rights or honor, also, a winner of first prize in competition

4.      Curious – adjective – marked by a desire to investigate and learn

5.      Earthquake – a shaking or trembling of the earth that is volcanic or tectonic in origin

6.      Factor – noun – any of the numbers that when multiplied together form a product; something that actively contributes to the production of a result

7.      Increase – noun – addition or growth in size, extent, or quantity

8.      Increase – verb – to become progressively greater

9.      Mountain – noun – a landmass that projects conspicuously above its surroundings

10.  Parallel – adjective – extending in the same direction, everywhere equidistant, and not meeting, as in lines that will never meet, no matter how far they are extended

11.  Prime number – noun – a number that can be divided only by itself and one

12.  Sheep –noun -- any of a number of ruminant mammals related to goats, but stockier and lacking a beard in the male

13.  Term – noun -- a limited or definite extent of time, a word or expression that has a specific meaning when used in connection with one of the arts or a profession or trade

14.  Volume – noun – space occupied as measured in cubic units; degree of loudness; a book

15.  Yard – noun -- an open space, or 36”