2012 Sant'Anna Spelling Bee
6th grade
LANGUAGE ARTS
WORD
SENTENCE USAGE
1
About
There’s nothing you can do about it now.
2
Admire
Let’s just sit and admire the view.
3
Against
We’re playing against the league champions next week.
4
Agree
When he said that, I had to agree.
5
Angry
Please don’t be angry with me. It wasn’t my fault.
6
Answer
Do you know the answer to question 12?
7
Asleep
He was so exhausted that he fell asleep at his desk.
8
Author
He is the author of three books on art.
9
Awake
The noise was keeping everyone awake.
10 Balloon
My balloon has burst!
11 Basement
The stray dog was kept in the basement.
12 Beautiful
The princess looked beautiful that night.
13 Because
He walked slowly because of his bad leg.
14 Behavior
His behavior towards her was becoming more and more aggressive.
15 Believe
Do you believe in ghosts?
16 Below
Answer the questions below.
17 Better
We’re hoping for better weather tomorrow.
18 Between
Children must attend school between the ages of 5 and 16.
19 Blessed
After the storm there was a moment of blessed calm.
20 Bottle
He drank a whole bottle of water.
21 Bought
My parents bought me a new t-shirt.
22 Bracketed
Read the bracketed passage and answer the questions.
23 Breath
His breath smelt of garlic.
24 Bundle
The fisherman held a bundle in his arms.
25 Carefully
She put the glass down carefully.
26 Cartoon
Donald Duck is a Walt Disney cartoon.
27 Change
Caterpillars change into butterflies.
28 Character
Roko is the main character in “The Wounded Wolf.”
29 Characteristics
Describe the main characteristics of the setting.
30 Cheek
He kissed her on the left cheek.
31 Childhood
My grandmother loved to talk about her childhood experiences.
32 Circle
The musk-ox herd walked in a circle.
33 Cliff
He bought a castle perched high on the cliff above the river.
34 Coffee
I’ll make a jar of coffee.
35 Cozy
I sat by the fire in a cozy little room.
36 Crowd
A small crowd had gathered outside the church.
37 Daughter
We have two sons and a daughter.
38 Decision
Greyling had to make a tough decision.
39 Definitely
I definitely remember sending the letter.
40 Dew
The grass was wet with early morning dew.
41 Dialogue
The novel has long descriptions and not much dialogue.
42 Disappear
I can never find a pen in this house. They disappear as soon as I buy them.
43 Driftwood
The floodwater was carrying branches and driftwood.
44 Drown
He won’t drown because he is a great swimmer.
45 Dying
The ravens flew above the dying wolf.
46 Earth
The earth revolves around the sun.
47 Enjoyable
We had an enjoyable weekend.
48 Event
The graduation party was the social event of the year.
49 Excellent
She speaks excellent French.
50 Except
We work every day except Sunday.
51 Exhausted
I’ve worked all day. I’m exhausted.
52 Exposition
The exposition includes characters and settings.
53 Feature
A simple plot is a feature of the short story.
54 Feeling
He suddenly had the feeling of being followed.
55 Fingernails
You have to stop biting your fingernails.
56 Fisherman
The fisherman lived by the side of the sea.
57 Flesh
Death is coming to the ridge. There will be flesh and bone for all.
58 Foggy
We were driving down a foggy road and couldn’t see the road signs.
59 Follow
Follow the instructions, please.
60 Foot
He hurt his foot playing soccer.
61 Garbage
Don’t forget to take out the garbage.
62 Gather
We went to the countryside to gather wild flowers.
63 Glanced
She glanced at her watch because she was a bit bored.
64 Grass
In summer we cut the grass every week.
65 Grief
The fisherman didn’t want his wife to know his grief and sadness.
66 Grizzly
The grizzly bear stumbles onto Toklat Ridge.
67 Grudgingly
She grudgingly admitted that I was right.
68 Happen
Accidents like this happen all the time.
69 Heart
The patient’s heart stopped beating for a few seconds.
70 Heavily
It was raining heavily.
71 Hoof
The caribou kicked the wolf with its hoof.
72 Horns
Rhinos’ horns are very dangerous.
73 Hose
He watered the plants with a hose.
74 Howl
I heard the howl of a wolf in the middle of the night.
75 Hungry
The hungry animals gathered around a dead rabbit.
76 Hurry
You’ll have to hurry if you want to catch that train.
77 Husband
This is my husband, Steve.
78 Ignored
The father ignored the comment about the stray dog.
79 Knock
There was a knock on the door after midnight.
80 Knowledge
We activate our prior knowledge looking at pictures and illustrations.
81 Laugh
She always makes me laugh with her jokes.
82 Lawn
I’ll mow the lawn to earn some pocket money.
83 Leader
Kiglo was the leader of the pack.
84 Lesson
I’m taking driving lessons.
85 Liquid
The detergent comes in powder or liquid form.
86 Listen
Listen! What’s that noise? Can you hear it?
87 Little
I lived in America when I was little.
88 Massive
The explosion made a massive hole in the ground.
89 Memories
The photos bring back lots of good memories.
90 Mess
‘What a mess!’ she said, surveying the scene after the party.
91 Message
I left a message on your answering machine.
92 Mighty
The mighty caribou attacked the pack of wolves.
93 Mountain
We spent a week walking in the mountains.
94 Mouth
Kiglo carried meat in his mouth.
95 Narrator
The story is told through a first-person narrator.
96 Neighbor
A new neighbor has moved last weekend.
97 Newspaper
I’m reading an interesting newspaper article.
98 Noisy
The teacher complained about the noisy classroom.
99 Ocean
Greyling dived into the ocean.
100 Outside
I didn’t go into the temple—I only saw it from the outside.
101 Owl
The owl sat and waited for the wolf to die.
102 Paragraph
Write a compare and contrast paragraph.
103 Passage
Read the passage carefully and answer the questions.
104 Paw
The dog hurt its paw on the hot floor.
105 Photograph
His photograph appeared in the local paper.
106 Pillow
He lay back on the grass using his backpack as a pillow.
107 Place
This would be a good place for a picnic.
108 Please
Please, sit down.
109 Pocketknife
The man carried a sharp pocketknife to defend himself.
110 Polish
He had to polish the car after applying with wax.
111 Prelude
The snowfall was the prelude to a season of starvation.
112 Puppy
The puppy looked hungry and cold.
113 Quickly
He replied to my letter very quickly.
114 Really
What do you really think about it?
115 Rescue
Greyling dived into the sea to rescue his father.
116 Ridge
The pack of wolves wandered around the ridge.
117 Road
The dog escaped down the road.
118 Scraps
Roko shared the scraps with the starving animals.
119 Scream
I thought I heard a scream.
120 Seal
Greyling was in fact a seal.
121 Season
People are getting ready for the holiday season.
122 Setting
Toklat Ridge is the setting of “The Wounded Wolf.”
123 Shatter
If you drop the glass it will shatter.
124 Shear
The farmers can shear hundreds of animals at a time.
125 Shelter
Roko fell on its way to the shelter rock.
126 Shine
The sun will shine tomorrow.
127 Shore
The fisherman swam from the boat to the shore.
128 Shyness
He tried to overcome his shyness taking up drama lessons.
129 Skill
The job requires skill and an eye for detail.
130 Smile
He had a big smile on his face.
131 Snarl
Dogs snarl when they are angry.
132 Sneeze
People sneeze when they have a bad cold.
133 Snout
The dog used its snout to open the door.
134 Snowdrift
The car got stuck in a snowdrift.
135 Snowy
The weather in January is often cold and snowy.
136 Something
We stopped for something to eat.
137 Soul
There was a feeling of hope in her soul.
138 Speech
He made the announcement in a speech on television.
139 Starvation
Many animals died of starvation during the cruel winter.
140 Story
The story has an interesting plot.
141 Strawberry
I have strawberry plants in my backyard.
142 Stray
The stray dog appeared on a cold, winter’s day.
143 Street
The bank is just across the street.
144 Struggle
The animals had to struggle to find food.
145 Suddenly
I suddenly realized what I had to do.
146 Sunlight
The morning sunlight flooded into the room.
147 Survive
The animals fight in order to survive.
148 Swallowed
He chewed and swallowed a mouthful of steak.
149 Sweat
She wiped the sweat from her face.
150 Tail
The dog ran up, wagging its tail.
151 Tasty
I had a tasty meal last Sunday night.
152 Technique
The teacher should use a new technique to work with the class.
153 Teeth
You have to brush your teeth after every meal.
154 Thought
I never thought this could happen to me!
155 Together
Get all the ingredients together before you start cooking.
156 Tree
They cut down a tree to build a swimming pool.
157 Trouble
We have trouble remembering some grammar rules.
158 Trowel
He used a trowel to dig up the weeds.
159 Trunk
The sap carried food up and down the tree trunk.
160 Valley
They live in a small town set in a valley.
161 Visual
The presentation had great visual aids.
162 Warehouse
Steve works as a warehouse supervisor and driver.
163 Wave
I was swept by a giant wave while I was surfing.
165 Weep
She started to weep when the dog was taken to the shelter.
166 Whisper
She decided to whisper the answer in the middle of the exam.
167 Whiteness
The wolves couldn’t see in the blinding whiteness.
168 Wife
The fisherman didn’t want his wife to suffer anymore.
169 Window
She looked out of the window.
170 Women
Women students tend to spend more than men.
171 World
My biggest dream is to travel all over the world.
172 Wounded
The Wounded Wolf is a real story that took place in Alaska.
173 Writing
Your writing has improved a lot.
174 Yawn
He was very tired and everybody saw him yawn.
175 Young
Roko was a young wolf.
SCIENCE
WORD
SENTENCE USAGE
1
Predator
Def: n an animal that kills and eats other animals
Eg: The lion is a predator that feeds mostly on zebras and antelopes
2
Prey
Def: n An animal hunted or caught for food;
Eg: Zebras and antelopes are the lion’s favorite prey.
3
Parasite
4
Consumer
5
Decomposers
Def: n An organism that grows, feeds, and is sheltered on or in a different organism
while contributing nothing to the survival of its host.
Eg: Ticks are external parasites that feed on blood.
Def: A heterotrophic organism that ingests other organisms or organic matter in a
food chain.
Eg: Cows, goats and horses are considered a first order consumer because they feed
on plants.
Def: An organism, often a bacterium or fungus, that feeds on and breaks down dead
plant or animal matter, thus making organic nutrients available to the ecosystem.
Eg: Fungi and bacteria are the most important decomposers in tropical ecosystems.
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Omnivore
Def: An organism that eats both plants and animals
Eg: A bear is considered an omnivore because it can feed either on plants or on
animals depending on the season.
Carnivore
Def: An animal that feeds chiefly on the flesh of other animals.
Eg: An example of a carnivore is a predator such as a lion, or a scavenger such as a
vulture.
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Herbivore
9
Ectothermic
10 Endothermic
11 Metabolism
12 Hibernation
Def: An animal that feeds chiefly on plants
Eg: An herbivore is an animal such as a cow or a goat.
an organism that regulates its body temperature largely by exchanging heat with its
surroundings; cold-blooded.
Eg: Ectothermic animals have a very low metabolism in the cold weather.
Def: an organism that generates heat to maintain its body temperature, typically
above the temperature of its surroundings; warm-blooded.
Eg: Most paleontologists believe that dinosaurs were endothermic animals.
Def: the chemical processes that occur in living organisms, resulting in growth,
production of energy, and elimination of waste.
Eg: Endothermic animals have a higher metabolism than the ectothermic ones.
Def: To pass the winter in a dormant or torpid state.
Eg: Bears spend the whole hibernation period without feeding.
Def: A symbiotic relationship between two organisms of different species in which
13 Commensalism one derives some benefit while the other is unaffected.
Eg: The shark and the remora fish are examples of commensalism.
Def: An association between organisms of two different species in which each
member benefits.
14 Mutualism
Eg: The relation between algae and fungi to form lichens is an example of
mutualism.
15 Stimuli
16 Symbiosis
17 Heterotrophic
18 Autotrophic
19 Eukaryote
20 Prokaryote
21 Pollution
22 Environment
23 Atom
Def: Something causing or regarded as causing a response.
Eg: Light and temperature are two important stimuli that control ectothermic
animals’ metabolism.
Def: A close, prolonged association between two or more different organisms of
different species that may, but does not necessarily, benefit each member.
Eg: There are some crustacean species which spend their whole lives in symbiosis
with sea sponges.
Def: An organism that cannot synthesize its own food and is dependent on complex
organic substances for nutrition.
Eg: The species belonging to the animal and fungi kingdoms are necessarily
heterotrophic.
Def: An organism capable of synthesizing its own food from inorganic substances,
using light or chemical energy.
Eg: Green plants, algae, and certain bacteria are autotrophic.
Def: Species with cells containing an organized nucleus.
Eg: Protists, Fungi, Plants and Animals are eukaryote kingdoms.
Def: Species without an organized nucleus in their cells.
Eg: Bacteria form the only prokaryote kingdom.
Def: harmful or poisonous substances introduced into an environment .
Eg: Water pollution has killed half of the fish population.
Def: the external surroundings in which a plant or animal lives, which tend to
influence its development and behavior .
Eg: Ecologists are scientists who study the relations among species living in the same
environment.
Def: the smallest unit of matter which can take part in a chemical reaction.
Eg: The hydrogen atom is the smallest element in the Periodic Table.
Def: the simplest unit of a chemical compound that can exist, consisting of two or
more atoms held together by chemical bonds.
24 Molecules
Eg: Water molecules are capable of diluting most substances.
Def: The phenomenon through which living beings transform sunlight into chemical
25 Photosynthesis energy.
Eg: Plants and algae are the only living things capable of doing photosynthesis.
SOCIAL STUDIES
WORD
1
Agriculture
2
Anthropologist
3
Archeologist
SENTENCE USAGE
Def: The science, art, or occupation concerned with cultivating land, raising crops,
and feeding, breeding and raising livestock.
Eg: The agriculture is America is made of mostly corn and wheat planting.
Def: A scientist who studies bones and remains of animals and plants to learn about
the past.
Eg: The anthropologist has identified a new dinosaur.
Def: A scientist who digs up artifacts of old civilizations to discover more about
them.
Eg: The archaeologist has discovered many things about Aztecs at the excavation.
4
Artifact
6
Civilization
7
Culture
8
Democracy
9
Dynasty
10 Empire
11 Hierarchy
12 Irrigation
14 Mandate
15 Monarchy
Def: An object that is from the past and was made by people in the past.
Eg: The artifact made of gold is very valuable.
Def: An advanced state of human society, in which a high level of culture, science,
industry, and government has been reached.
Eg: The civilization discovered was very advanced.
Def: The behaviors and beliefs characteristic of a particular social, ethnic, or age
group.
Eg: The culture of America is considered to be very modern.
Def: The form of government in which all citizens participate in making decisions.
Eg: America's government is a democracy.
Def: A sequence of rulers from the same family, stock, or group.
Eg: The Ming dynasty is a very well known Chinese dynasty.
Def: A group of nations or people ruled over by an emperor, empress, or other
powerful sovereign or government.
Eg: The Roman Empire is considered to be the most famous empire by many
historians.
Def: Any system of persons or things ranked one above the other.
Eg: The hierarchy of the school begins with the Superintendent.
Def: A system of moving water from a river or a lake to the fields of a civilization for
the use of agricultural needs for a particular civilization.
Eg: The Egyptians used irrigation to control the Nile River, allowing them to develop
an historically great civilization.
Def: A command or form of authorization to act in a particular way on a public issue
given by the electorate to its representative.
Eg: The president has a clear mandate to end the war.
Def: Supreme power or sovereignty held by a single person.
Eg: The monarchy of England has changed the religion many times.
16 Monotheism
17 Nomad
18 Oligarchy
19 Philosophy
Def: The doctrine or belief that there is only one god.
Eg: Christianity is an example of monotheism.
Def: A member of a people or a tribe that has no permanent abode but moves about
from place to place; usually seasonal movement.
Eg: The nomad moved across the grasslands of America.
Def: A form of government in which all power is vested in a few persons or in a
dominant class or clique; government by the few.
Eg: An oligarchy was a common form of government in Greece.
Def: The rational investigation of truths and principles of being, knowledge, or
conduct.
Eg: Socrates was a teacher of philosophy.
Def: The belief or religion that there are many gods, not one.
20 Polytheism
Eg: The religion which many people in Greece practice is an example of polytheism.
MATH
WORD
SENTENCE USAGE
2
Acute
Circumference
Acute angles are smaller than 90 degrees.
There are two formulas used to calculate the circumference of a circle.
3
Concave
A concave polygon is the opposite of a convex polygon.
4
Convex
A concave polygon is the opposite of a convex polygon.
5
Cylinder
6
Denominator
The trash can in the 6 th grade class is shaped like a cylinder.
The denominator is the bottom number in a fraction.
7
Diagonal
Triangles do not have a diagonal line.
8
Diameter
The diameter of a circle is twice the size of the radius.
9
Dividend
The dividend is the number being divided.
1
10 Divisible
Thirty six is divisible by many numbers.
11 Dodecagon
A polygon with twelve sides is called dodecagon.
12 Equilateral
An equilateral triangle has three congruent sides.
13 Exponent
The exponent of a number can be positive or negative.
14 Factorization
The prime factorization of 12 is 2x2x3.
15 Hundredth
We read 0.01 as one hundredth.
16 Integer
Negative six is an integer.
17 Intersecting
Intersecting lines form angles.
18 isosceles
The roof of my house is shaped like an isosceles triangle.
19 Multiple
Ten is a multiple of two.
20 Nonagon
A polygon with nine sides is called nonagon.
21 Numerator
The numerator is the top number in a fraction.
22 Obtuse
Obtuse angles are greater than 90 degrees but smaller than 180 degrees.
23 Octagon
A polygon with eight sides is called octagon.
24 Parallel
The walls in our classroom are parallel to each other.
25 Parallelogram
A rectangle is a parallelogram.
26 Percent
Twenty five percent is equivalent to one fourth.
27 Perpendicular
A pair of perpendicular lines forms four 90 degrees angles.
28 Polygon
A triangle is a polygon.
29 polygonal
Polygonal lines form polygons.
30 Polyhedron
A rectangular prism is an example of polyhedron.
31 Product
The product of five and four is twenty.
32 Protractor
To find the measure of an angle you need a protractor.
33 Quadrilateral
A parallelogram is a quadrilateral.
34 Quotient
The quotient of thirty and six is five.
35 Radius
The diameter of a circle is twice the size of the radius.
36 Reciprocal
Three fifths is the reciprocal of five thirds.
37 Rhombus
A rhombus has four congruent sides.
38 Right
A square has four right angles.
39 Simplest
A fraction is in the simplest form when no longer can be reduced.
40 Simplify
To simplify means to work the problem until nothing else can be done.
41 Straight
Polygons are figures with straight sides.
42 Tenth
We read 0.1 as one tenth.
43 Ten-thousandth We read 0.0001 as one ten-thousandth.
44 Thousandth
We read 0.001 as one thousandth.
45 Trapezoid
A trapezoid is a quadrilateral.
46 Vertex
A vertex is a place where two lines meet.
47 Vertices
A pentagon has 5 vertices.