from Life on Earth and Beyond Word Study

 I was hoping to speak to an astrobiologist about judging the exhibits. 

•  an astronaut studying space travel 

•  an engineer studying rocket science 

•  a chemist studying space particles 

•  a scientist studying life in the universe 

 Studying microbes allows scientists to better understand the world. 

•  tiny living things 

•  pores in rocks 

•  drops of snowmelt 

•  dangerous radiation 

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

 NASA has invested in rovers that can explore other planets. 

•  cargo planes 

•  mechanical body parts 

•  research stations 

•  vehicles controlled remotely 

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.3

 Scientists built sensors on the outside of the spacecraft. 

•  light bulbs 

•  detecting devices 

•  hammers and chisels 

•  design procedures 

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

 The scientist said that certain types of radiation are not dangerous to people. 

•  energy rays 

•  light beams 

•  waves of light 

•  rock samples 

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

 Which word is a synonym for colony in the sentence below? 

 Scientists hope that by studying the prairie dog colony living at the zoo, they will learn more about their behavior. 

•  association 

•  crowd 

•  group 

•  neighborhood 

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

root meaning light 

• proton 

• chronology 

• geology 

• photosynthesis 

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

root meaning Earth 

• psychology 

• astrophysics 

• geometry 

• autograph 

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

root meaning study of

• chronograph

• chronicle

• geology

• synchronize

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

The word containing the Greek root meaning to measure is —

• biology

• photograph

• astronomy

• photometer

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B