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Scott Foresman Reading Vocabulary Unit 5
Wreck of the Titanic
Narrative Nonfiction
| cramped | shut into a small space |
| debris | scattered fragments; ruins |
| interior | inner surface or part; inside |
| ooze | a soft mud or slime, especially at the bottom of a pond or river or on the ocean bottom |
| robotic | a machine with moving parts and sensing devices controlled by a computer |
| sediment | material that settles to the bottom of a liquid |
| sonar | device for finding the depth of water or for detecting and locating underwater objects. Sonar sends sound waves into water, and they are reflected back when they strike the bottom or any object. |