S7B U7 Vocab

S7B U7 Vocab

By Michael Cousins

Pick the odd one out and type it -

Prepare to give you reason.​

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Odd one out

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remodel / revolutionise / stimulate / transform

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apparatus / machinery / substance / utensils

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automated / computerised / manual / mechanical

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assumption / forecast / prediction / prophecy

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discard / filter / purify / sterilise

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cube / cylinder / rectangle / sphere

Read the sentence, and pick the correct word for the blank.

Pick the correct words

Multiple Choice

When Archimedes, the mathemetician, stepped into a bath, he realised that his body had _____ an equal volume of water.

• displaced

• replaced

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Metals such as copper and aluminium are known to be good _____ of electricity.

• conductors

• monitors

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Beginning with hydrogen and ending with ununoctium, there are currently 118 chemical ______ in the periodic table.

• components

• elements

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According to the ______ known as the 'Mpemba effect', a very hot liquid can sometimes freeze faster than an equal quantity of cold liquid.

• anomaly

• phenomenon

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Metals _____ because we use them in environments where they are chemically unstable.

• corrode

• erode

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Alfred Nobel, the Swedish chemist who established the Nobel Prizes, was the inventor of dynamite and other ______.

• bombs

• explosives

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Unlike most substances, when water changes from liquid to solid ice, it _______ and becomes less dense.

• expands

• extends

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When Mt. Vesuvius erupted, Pompeii was buried under ash and rock not, as many people believe, _______ lava.

• liquefied

• molten

Look and think about the following words. IMPORTANT!! Remember what they are, you will need them. DO NOT WRITE - focus - use your brain power.

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Compound nouns

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make compound nouns about computers -

control

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pass

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home

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hard

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laser

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memory

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recycle

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search

Try to recall (say) all the compound nouns you can remember

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What were the compund nouns?

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You'll find the site's complete menu on their

.

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Google is the most controlled

on the web, unfortunately, most people who use it get a very 1 dimensional view of the world.

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Transfer the photos onto this

and then we can upload them to my computer.

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Lot's of information can be stored on a computer's

including movies.

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You need to remember your

so that you can log in to your computer.

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These days you can use a

to print your own high quality photographs.

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Don't forget to empty the

after you've deleted all those old audio files.

First, choose the best word to complete the idiomatic sayings, then match the idiom to its meaning.

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Idioms

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To change the settings on your computer go to the

.

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To change the settings on your computer go to the

.

Multiple Choice

Why reinvent the _____ when this technology already exists?

• button

• edge

• science

• wheel

• wires

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Why reinvent the wheel when this technology already exists?

• at the forefront of progress in its area

• to waste time trying to develop something that already exists

• a misunderstanding between two people, especially when making arrangements

• respond to a situation by becoming very frightened or worried

• not very complicated or difficult to understand

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Oh dear, we got our _____ crossed. I thought we were meeting at the train station, but Bob was waiting at the bus stop.

• button

• edge

• science

• years

• wires

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Oh dear, we got our wires crossed.

• at the forefront of progress in its area

• being a long way in front of others in terms of development, success etc.

• a misunderstanding between two people, especially when making arrangements

• respond to a situation by becoming very frightened or worried

• not very complicated or difficult to understand

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Calm down, it's just a minor glitch that our engineers can fix; there's no need to push the panic ______.

• button

• edge

• science

• years

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To push the panic button.

• at the forefront of progress in its area

• being a long way in front of others in terms of development, success etc.

• respond to a situation by becoming very frightened or worried

• not very complicated or difficult to understand

Multiple Choice

The instruction manual shows you how to assemble the table. Honestly, it's not rocket _____.

• edge

• science

• years

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it's not rocket science.

• at the forefront of progress in its area

• being a long way in front of others in terms of development, success etc.

• not very complicated or difficult to understand

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This new 3-D, HD, wide-screen TV is really cutting

. I've never seen anything like it before!

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it's cutting edge

• at the forefront of progress in its area

• being a long way in front of others in terms of development, success etc.

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Reviewers are raving about the Nebula N3; they say it's light

ahead of any other phone on the market.

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light years ahead

• at the forefront of progress in its area

• being a long way in front of others in terms of development, success etc.

Look and remember the spelling

Draw

Just kidding, what medical / health words can you create with the letters in the so-called. 'longest word in the English language'.