Unit 2 Week 1

Choose the word or word group that has about the same meaning as the underlined word.

Thomas hopes to study marine biology in college.

• • part of a ship

• • related to the sea

• • a type of computer

• related to birds

Choose the word or word group that has about the same meaning as the underlined word.

We learned about the parts of an ecosystem.

• • banking process

• • data recorder

• • engine structure

• network of living things

Choose the word or word group that has about the same meaning as the underlined word.

The captain went to the flying bridge to steer around the iceberg.

• ship’s bow

• rescue boat

• high platform

• 
  ship’s stern

Choose the word or word group that has about the same meaning as the underlined word.

The chlorophyll in plants allows them to make food.

• 
  bacteria

• green substance

• small plankton

• nutrients

Which is a definition for nautical in the sentence below?

We are planning on sailing at least 15 nautical miles if the wind holds tomorrow.

• toward the horizon

• related to navigation

• natural history

• scientific observations

Choose the word that is correctly divided into syllables.

• label/ed

• 
  minu/tes

• 
  re/cord/ing

• 
  ma/nu/scri/pt

Choose the word that is correctly divided into syllables.

• na/ture

• setti/ng

• e/lem/ent

• at/mosp/here

Choose the word that is correctly divided into syllables.

• gig/an/tic

• lim/it/less

• me/asur/ed

• treme/nd/ous

Which word contains an open first syllable?

• connect

• frozen

• problem

• traffic

The word below that has been correctly divided into syllables is —

• sta/y/ing

• wa/it/ing

• ha/nging

• re/main/ing