Amplify-Unit 1 Lesson 8/9 Vocabulary

Being unable to move is _____

• paralysis

• phlegm

• mucus

• bulbar polio

Which word means polio that infects the brain?

• bulbar polio

• paralysis

• mucus

• phlegm

Which word means asked nicely?

• coaxed

• paralysis

• iron lung

• nourishment

Which word means a machine that helped polio patients breathe?

• iron lung

• phlegm

• bulbar polio

• nourishment

Which word means food and other substances that help the body grow?

• nourishment

• phlegm

• mucus

• paralysis

Which word means version of a story or event written by a person that was there?

• first person account

• second person account

• coaxed

• paralysis

Which word means version of a story or event written or told by a person who did not experience it but gathered information from people who did, from books, or from other sources?

• Secondhand account

• firsthand account

• coax

• paralysis

Which word is a synonym for phlegm (thick, slimy liquid manufactured in the respiratory passages, especially the lungs and the throat)?

• mucus

• nourishment

• iron lung

• paralysis