Let’s go through each question one by one. We’re looking for a word that matches the description — and we want to make sure it fits perfectly.
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1) This lists words alphabetically at the back of a book, to help find those words in the book.
→ Think: What do you look up in the back of a textbook or novel? It’s like a mini-dictionary just for that book.
✔ Answer:
Index
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2) This event occurs periodically for people to choose new leaders.
→ People vote every few years (like every 4 years in the US). That’s an election.
✔ Answer:
Election
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3) This type of word can replace a noun.
→ Instead of saying “Sarah went to school,” you might say “She went to school.” “She” is replacing “Sarah.” That’s a pronoun.
✔ Answer:
Pronoun
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4) This protects the Earth from things like dangerous radiation and meteors.
→ The atmosphere (our air layer) blocks most harmful stuff from space.
✔ Answer:
Atmosphere
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5) This type of punctuation is used to mark what people say.
→ When someone talks in writing, we use quotation marks: “Hello!”
✔ Answer:
Quotation mark
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6) This is money collected by government to pay for needed services like schools and police.
→ You pay this when you buy things or earn income — it funds public services.
✔ Answer:
Tax
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7) This group of people decides guilt or innocence in a court of law.
→ In trials, regular citizens sit together and decide if someone did something wrong. That’s a jury.
✔ Answer:
Jury
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8) This process wears away dirt and rock over time.
→ Wind, water, ice slowly break down rocks — that’s erosion.
✔ Answer:
Erosion
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9) This word describes 100 years.
→ A century = 100 years. Like the 20th century was 1901–2000.
✔ Answer:
Century
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10) The completion of this causes electricity to flow.
→ For electricity to move, there needs to be a full loop — called a circuit. If it’s broken, no flow. When completed, current flows.
✔ Answer:
Circuit
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Final Answer:
1) index
2) election
3) pronoun
4) atmosphere
5) quotation mark
6) tax
7) jury
8) erosion
9) century
10) circuit
Parent Tip: Review the logic above to help your child master the concept of fill in the blank worksheet.
