Word Study 29

the study of the physical features of the earth and its atmosphere, and of human activity as it affects and is affected by these, including the distribution of populations and resources, land use, and industries.

• geography

• geology

• boomerang

• thermal

an instrument for measuring and indicating temperature, typically one consisting of a narrow, hermetically sealed glass tube marked with graduations and having at one end a bulb containing mercury or alcohol that expands and contracts in the tube with heating and cooling.

• thermos

• meter

• thermometer

• geology

an optical instrument designed to make distant objects appear nearer, containing an arrangement of lenses, or of curved mirrors and lenses, by which rays of light are collected and focused and the resulting image magnified.

• perimeter

• telescope

• iPhone 12

• teleprompter

the continuous line forming the boundary of a closed geometric figure.

• TikTok

• milimeter

• geode

• perimeter

....is the body of myths originally told by the ancient Greeks and a genre of Ancient Greek folklore.

• mythology

• perimeter

• geology

• LFMS

the science that deals with the dynamics and physical history of the earth, the rocks of which it is composed, and the physical, chemical, and biological changes that the earth has undergone or is undergoing.

• pickles

• perimeter

• geometry

• geology

a device that automatically regulates temperature, or that activates a device when the temperature reaches a certain point.

• thermostat

• My Little Pony

• thermos

• geology

an apparatus consisting of a tube attached to a set of mirrors or prisms, by which an observer (typically in a submerged submarine or behind a high obstacle) can see things that are otherwise out of sight.

• thermostat

• banana

• periscope

• mythology

an instrument measuring atmospheric pressure, used especially in forecasting the weather and determining altitude.

• bathtub

• geology

• thermometer

• barometer

the branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings.

• ecology

• environment

• line dancing

• geology