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In 1998,the American Hospital Associationsigned an agreement with the EPA tostart eliminating mercury fromhospitals and clinics. A number ofstates and cities have recently passedlaws making the sale of mercurythermometers illegal.WORD SEARCH1. What seven-letter adjective in the readingmeans “displaying data numericallyrather than physically”?_________________________d2. What 11-letter noun in the reading means“the conditions that surround a person,animal, or plant and affect its characterand growth”?_________________________e243. What four-letter noun in the readingmeans “the basic unit of weight in themetric system: about 1/28 of an ounce”?_________________________g4.
What eight-letter noun in the readingmeans “a place where garbage or rubbishis disposed of by being buried under ashallow layer of earth”?_________________________lGREEK ROOTS• The Greek root therm, meaning “heat ,” appears in a number of English words.Complete each sentence with a familiar English word containing this root. Addconsonants to complete the words.1. __ __ e __ __ a __ underwear helps to hold in body heat.2. Taylor’s __ __ e __ __ o __ bottle keeps her vegetable souphot until lunchtime.3.
Bradley uses the __ __ e __ __ o __ __ a __ to turn the furnaceon and off.4. If the __ __ e __ __ o __ e __ e __ reading is 100°, you have a fever.• The Greek root meter means “measure.” Add consonants to complete the wordscontaining this root.5. The __ i a __ e __ e __ of a circle is a straight line passingthrough its center.6. A unit of length called a __ e __ __ i ___ e __ e __ is oneone-hundredth of a meter.7. Because it measures atmospheric pressure, a__ a __ o __ e __ e __is used to help forecast the weather.8. An aircraft’s a __ __ i __ e __ e __ shows height above sea level.25ANTONYMSWrite a letter to match each boldface word from the reading with its antonym(word with the opposite meaning).1.
_____ incinerateda. purify2. _____ polluteb. frozen3. _____ elevatedc. beneficial4. _____ dangerousd. loweredSYNONYMSFirst unscramble the words from the reading. Then write each word next to itssynonym (word with a similar meaning).MUPD ______________________NUQUIE __________________________SHART ______________________GALLILE __________________________1. ____________________: unlawful3. ____________________: rubbish2. ____________________: discard4. ____________________: unusualSUFFIXESWhat word form will correctly complete each phrase? Rewrite each boldface word,adding the correct suffix.1.
hazard ______________________________ waste site2. signed an agree ______________________________3. measure temperature fast ______________________________4. new digit ______________________________ thermometers26SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY WORDSUNIT 1REVIEWHere’s your chance to show what you’ve learned in this unit!SENTENCE COMPLETIONWrite words you studied in Unit 1 to correctly complete the sentences.1. ____________________ such as un-, re-, and inter- are added to thebeginnings of base words to change their meaning.2.
The suffix ____________________ means “one who practices or doessomething.”3. Ecological is the adjective form of the noun ____________________.4. The words nourishment and nutrition are ____________________.5. The word ____________________ means “to influence or producean effect.”6.
The Greek root ____________________ means “birth.”ANALOGIESRemember that analogies are statements of relationship. Figure out the relationshipbetween the first two words. Then show the same relationship by completing eachanalogy with a word you studied in Unit 1.1. Oak is to maple as stratus is to ____________________.c2.
Slender is to chubby as ____________________is to lazy.i3. Page is to chapter as bit is to ____________________.b4. Horizontal is to horizontally as ____________________is to vertically.v5. Steak is to protein as pasta is to ____________________.c6. Off- is to “away from” as ____________________is to “between.”i27HIDDEN WORDS PUZZLEFind and circle the words in the puzzle. Words may go up, down, across, backward,or diagonally.
Check off each word as you find it.___ TOPOGRAPHY___ FEATURES___ EVOLUTION___ ECOLOGY___ DISKETTES___ SURFACE___ CHEMICAL___ FOSSILS___ VERTEBRATES___ VITALITY___ EXPERIMENT___ CRYSTALSNDTNEMIREPXEOSILTOMDCWVOFOSSILSCOOCSCHUOKWHGLUEERTRGOELUDRNTYEFOMHTOUBRASTAIMIITHNMRTICMORANEAWBAAENCETCBSPELMREFOOEYCRTSEYTILATIVORWFANOWTHMZVEIOLGEHLWVUTVGJYHPARGOPOTNow use each word in a sentence of your own. Be sure that your sentence makes theword’s meaning clear.1. crystals: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________2. topography: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________3.
experiment: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________4. features: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________5.
vertebrates: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________6. vitality: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________7.
evolution: _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________288. ecology: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________9. chemical: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________10. fossils: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________11.
diskettes: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________12. surface: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________COMPOUND WORDSWrite the compound word from Unit 1 that answers the question or completesthe sentence.1. A place where garbage is buried is called a _______________________.2. In the wintertime, plants can be grown in a _______________________.3. What is a synonym for dawn? ____________________________________4.
Sun dogs are little patches of ________________________ color aroundthe sun.5. Your bones release calcium into your _____________________________.6. What do we call the distance betweensuccessive crests of waves?___________________________MULTIPLE-MEANING WORDSCircle the word in each pair that can have an entirely different meaning when it’sused in a different context.1. crustcrunch5. fracturesfeatures2. sellcell6.
swellswollen3. treatedtraded7. wavesurface4. bigbit8. drinkdrop29UNIT 2SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY WORDSPREVIEWHere’s an introduction to the vocabulary terms, concepts, and skills you will study inthis unit. Answers are upside down on the bottom of the page.WORD COMPLETIONAdd vowels (a, e, i, o, u) to complete the words.1. __x t__n c t animals are no longer living on the Earth.2. C__r b__n is part of every living thing.3. The verb form of observation is the word __b s__r v__.4. The bowhead whale is an __n d__n g__r__d species.TRUE OR FALSEWrite T or F to show whether each statement is true or false.1. _____ Adding the suffix -al can change a noun to an adjective.2.
_____ The plural form of the word theory is theorys.3. _____ The words characteristics and properties are synonyms.4. _____ The words disprove and verify are antonyms.5. _____ Homonyms are synonyms that sound alike.6. _____ The prefix kilo- means “one million.”7. _____ A compound word is made up of two or more words.TRUE OR FALSE :ANSWERS:1. extinct 2. carbon 3. observe 4. endangered1. T 2. F 3. T 4. T 5. F 6.
F 7. TWORD COMPLETION :30UNIT 2SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY WORDSLesson 1GLOSSARYA glossary is an alphabetical list of unusual or specialized words from a certainfield of knowledge. Following are some important words from the fields of scienceand technology.cold-blooded animals whose bodytemperature changes with thetemperature of their environmentcondensation the process by whichgas turns into a liquidcontinents the seven major landmasses on Earth: Africa,Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe,North America, and South Americaenvironment all the conditions thatsurround a person, animal, or plantand affect its lifeevaporation the process by whichheat changes water to water vaporextinct no longer living on Earth;used to describe a species thathas died outozone a form of oxygen in a thin layerwithin the stratosphereprecipitation any moisture that fallsfrom the atmosphererespiration the way a cell gets energyby mixing food and oxygensatellite an object that revolvesaround a planetsolar system the sun and all theplanets that revolve around itwarm-blooded animals whose bodytemperature stays the same in hotand cold weatherwater cycle natural process by whichwater continually condenses,evaporates, and condenses againWORDS IN CONTEXTUse context clues (the other words in the sentence) to help you complete the sentenceswith words from the glossary.
If you’re not sure, check a dictionary.1. The ____________________ of Antarctica is in the SouthernHemisphere.2. Fish and snakes are ____________________ animals.313. In 1957, the first manmade _______________________ circledthe Earth.4. Every living thing responds to changing conditions in its_______________________.5. The dinosaur and the woolly mammoth are examples of_______________________ creatures.6. Jupiter and Saturn are two planets in our ___________ ____________.7. In humans, _______________________ begins when the lungstake in air.8.
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