Chapter 10

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Write the missing letters on the lines to finish each word.

1.
t o
An island consisting of a circular coral reef surrounding a lagoon
2.
b a r
A structure or object that impedes free movement
3.
c o t n l
Of or relating to or concerning the American colonies during and immediately after the American
4.
s l
A support that consists of a horizontal surface for holding objects
5.
o p
The property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal
6.
c l
Unfertilized lobster roe
7.
c r i l
8.
f f t
A phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
9.
c r
A showy growth of e.g. feathers or skin on the head of a bird or other animal
10.
r n t
A flow of electricity through a conductor
11.
d s i
How tightly packed the matter in something is
12.
l o
Light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam
13.
o l
People in general
14.
c a
Huge body of salt water
15.
t h e c i
16.
u m e s l
17.
s l i y
The taste experience when common salt is taken into the mouth
18.
c e a g p y
19.
o a
A measuring instrument that sends out an acoustic pulse in water and measures distances in terms
20.
t e
The periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon
21.
r e n
A ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth
22.
t u g
A narrow depression