Chapter7_Vocabulary

=Unit 4 - Chapter 7: Plants and Animals=

Reading and Listening Activity

 * 1) Go to @http://breakingnewsenglish.com/0910/091016-arctic_ice.html
 * 2) Listen to the news article, "**Arctic Ice May Disappear In a Decade**"
 * 3) Do the online quiz at @http://breakingnewsenglish.com/0910/091016-arctic_ice-t.htm

Vocabulary Activity
1. Read the three passages included in chapter 7: __**R 1: Living Things**__, __**R 2: Plant Life**__, and **__R 3: Animal Life__**. 2. Try to guess the meaning of new words included in the 3 readings (the new words are listed in the table below). 3. Remember to pay attention to the **clues that signal a definition**, (which you have learned during this course **- see pages 8 and 151 in the course textbook**). 4. If you are unable to guess the meaning of a new word, use any of the following online dictionaries: (Hint: just copy the word you need to learn its meaning from the table below, and then, paste it in the search box of any of the following online dictionary).
 * Directions:**
 * **Google Dictionary** @http://www.google.com/dictionary
 * **Dictionary.com** []
 * **Merriam Webster** []
 * **Living Things - p. 141-142** ||  || **Life Plant - p. 147-148** ||   || **Animal Plant - p. 155-156** ||
 * cell ||  || roots ||   || species ||
 * movement ||  || stem ||   || vertebrate ||
 * diversity ||  || leaves ||   || invertebrate ||
 * diverse ||  || seedless ||   || backbone ||
 * multicellular ||  || spore ||   || spinal cord ||
 * tissue ||  || provide ||   || nerves ||
 * organism ||  || provider ||   || skull ||
 * living ||  || photosynthesis ||   || shell ||
 * variety ||  || loss ||   || symbiotic ||
 * nucleus ||  || disaster ||   || symbiosis ||
 * cytoplasm ||  || deforestation ||   || mutualism ||
 * membrane ||  || drought ||   || commensalism ||
 * differ ||  || healer ||   || parasitism ||
 * different ||  || ingredient ||   || parasitic ||
 * difference ||  || glucose ||   || endangered ||
 * similarity / similarities ||  || survival ||   || extinct ||
 * similar ||  || survive ||   || warning ||
 * ||  ||   ||   || auditory ||
 * ||  ||   ||   || tactile ||
 * ||  ||   ||   || howl ||