WWTW 5.1

WWTW 5.1

These were the five least-frequently missed words on the list 5 pretest.

This week's five words are...

• scope means look

• thermo means heat

• meter means measure

• geo means earth

• octa means eight (8)

Scop (scope), spec, and spect

These roots all mean look/see. What words can you think of that use "spec," "spect," or "scope" roots?

How about...

• telescope

• microscope

• periscope

• inspect

• respect

• aspect

Therm means heat

This is a photo of thermal underwear. Lots of people from the Midwest call these "long johns." The first company to make them started 225 years ago! There was a popular heavyweight boxer named John L. Sullivan who wore them in the ring and made them famous.

Therm means heat. Can you reason out what these words mean?

thermos

thermometer

thermostat

hyperthermia

hypothermia

thermodynamics

Meter means measure

This is the NASA Mars Climate Orbiter. It was designed to study Mars from orbit and serve as a communications relay for the Mars Polar Lander and Deep Space probes. The mission failed because someone forgot to translate English units to metric. True story!

Geo means earth

Geology

Geography

Geothermal

Geometry

Geographer

Octa means eight (8)

Octopus

Octogon

Octagonal

You have reached the end of this week's super easy vocab lesson.

Good job.