Name: ____________________
Date: _________ Period: _____
Vocabulary Note-Taking Chart Reading: What Killed the Dinosaurs?
Term
decline, n.
Synonym/Explanation
Decrease or go ______.
______________ slope.
gradual, adj.
catastrophic,
adj.
Example/Image/Showing Sentence
Lately, there has been a
_____________ in the crime
rates in parts of Sacramento.
Happening or changing
____________ over a long
period of time.
I noticed a _______________ change in her
behavior over the last year.
An event which is a terrible
and ____________
disaster.
My parents receiving my report
could be a ________________
event if I don’t raise my grades by
doing all my work.
The closing of many businesses over the years
has caused a ___________ decline of the
number of jobs.
climate, n.
The long-term or typical
___________ conditions in a
particular area.
The ____________ of Los Angeles
is warm and dry. The rainforest has a
wet and warm ____________.
dormant, adj.
Not active or growing but
able to be active later,
____________.
The seeds lay ______________ in the soil all
winter long. Mt. St. Helen’s the volcano is no
longer considered _______________.
concentration,
n.
The ___________ of
something in a place or area.
There is a high ______________________
of students in the cafetera at lunch.
ecosystem,
n.
All the living things that are in
a particular _______ and the
climate in which they live.
The desert ___________ is dry and
hot and has a lot of plants and animals
that can live without much water.
Mass Extinction Hypotheses: Gradual or Catastrophic?
Continental Drift is a ____________________________________ because
_________________________________________________________________
An asteroid impact is a ___________________________________ because
_________________________________________________________________
Volcanism is a ___________________________________________ because
________________________________________________________________________________
Mammal competition is a __________________________________ because
_________________________________________________________________________________