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Language of Science PRACTICE Part 2

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  • What are two suffixes that mean cut or cut out?
    -ectomy , -sect
  • Would you want to be careful when touching an animal called an ECHINDNA?
    Yes - it is spiny!
  • How does a tiny animal called a ROTIFER travel through water?
    by turning (something)
  • What are two prefixes that mean above or on?
    epi- , super-/sur-
  • In 1969, where did the LUNAR missing land?
    the moon
  • Where is CHLOROPHYLL located?
    in green leaves (plants)
  • If a medicine is CONTRAINDICATED for you, should you take it?
    NO - goes 'against' you (what is indicated for your)
  • Is a NEONATE a tiny baby or an old person?
    tiny baby
  • What are two prefixes that mean one or single?
    mono- , uni-
  • Is a koala bear a HERBIVORE?
    YES
  • Does an AMPHIBIAN live on land or water?
    both!
  • Does a human have BILATERAL arrangement of body parts?
    yes (two + side)
  • What are two prefixes that mean two?
    bi- , di-
  • Is it healthy to have a lot of ADIPOSE tissue in your body
    no (fat tissue)
  • An ALBINO rabbit is what color?
    white
  • Can you name an organism that goes through METAMORPHOSIS?
    butterfly, frog, etc.
  • If you visited the Elysian Park ARBORETUM, what would you expect to see?
    trees
  • Is a bear an ENDOTHERM or ECTOTHERM?
    ENDOTHERM (in +temperature)
  • What kind of organism is a PROTOZOA?
    'first' or simple/single cell
  • What do ICHTHYOLOGISTS do?
    study fish
  • What is another name for a CHRONOMETER?
    stopwatch or watch (time + measure)
  • What is OSTEOPOROSIS?
    condition of the bones
  • Why do they call this symbol (*) an ASTERICK?
    looks like a star
  • What does a CARNIVORE eat?
    meat
  • Is a CRANIOTOMY a serious injury?
    yes - it's a procedure that involves temporary removal of the skull (head)
  • A DERMATOLOGIST works with what part of the body?
    skin