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Ascent Ascent describes a movement in describes a movement in a certain direction. a certain direction.

Do you think it means a movement Do you think it means a movement up or down?up or down?

AscentAscent

Definition:Definition: the act of climbing or the act of climbing or moving moving upwardsupwards

AscentAscent

AscentAscent

Description:Description: something that “juts something that “juts out” sticks out further than the out” sticks out further than the other things around it other things around it

Sample sentence:Sample sentence: “The tall “The tall jagged rocks were jagged rocks were juttingjutting out over out over the land below.”the land below.”

Try it!Try it! If you jut your chin out, If you jut your chin out, you move it so that it sticks you move it so that it sticks forward. forward.

JuttingJutting

Definition:Definition: A raised, flat surface A raised, flat surface

Try it!Try it! Make a raised, flat surface Make a raised, flat surface with your arm and hand.with your arm and hand.

PlatformPlatform

Try it again!Try it again! Now make your Now make your platform jut, or stick out.platform jut, or stick out.

Jutting PlatformJutting PlatformWhen Rudi stands on a “When Rudi stands on a “jutting jutting platform,platform,” it is a flat surface that ” it is a flat surface that sticks out from the mountain. It sticks out from the mountain. It looks something like this.looks something like this.

What do you already know about the What do you already know about the root word “steep”?root word “steep”?

Which of the following “mountains” Which of the following “mountains” would be considered steep?would be considered steep?

Mountain 1

Mountain 2

SteepnessSteepness

What do you already know about the What do you already know about the root word “steep”?root word “steep”?

Therefore, Mountain 2 is Therefore, Mountain 2 is steep.steep.Steepness just describes Steepness just describes the property of being the property of being steep.steep.

Mountain 1

Mountain 2

SteepnessSteepness

Steep = slopes at a high angleSteep = slopes at a high angle

AscentAscent is the act of moving is the act of moving upwardsupwards..

DDescent escent is the process of moving is the process of moving ddownown..

DescendDescend

DescendedDescended

When someone has descendWhen someone has descendeded, he or , he or she has movshe has moveded from a higher level to from a higher level to a lower one.a lower one.

Make a Make a steep steep mountain with your mountain with your arms.arms.

Show what the Show what the ascentascent up that up that mountain would look like.mountain would look like.

Now show the Now show the descentdescent down. down.

Make a Make a platform platform with your hand.with your hand.

Now make your raised, flat surface Now make your raised, flat surface jutjut..

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