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310896043815Learning Target: I can use roots as clues to the meaning of a word & I can use context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence, paragraph, or text; a word's position or function in a sentence) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase. 00Learning Target: I can use roots as clues to the meaning of a word & I can use context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence, paragraph, or text; a word's position or function in a sentence) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase. Roots List #15ROOTDEFINITIONEXAMPLEStropoturnheliotrope, troposphere, tropism, trophy, phototropism, apogeotropismgastrostomachgastronomy, gastroscope, gastropod, gastroenteritis, hypogastricarthojointArthritis, arthropod, arthralgia, arthrospore, arthroscopicventribellyventriloquist, ventral, ventricle,dorsoventral, ventriculusdorsbackdorsal, dorsoventral, dorsum, dorsal finmacrolargeMacrobiotic, macrocephalic, macrocosm, macron, macroscopicdextroright or clockwisedextrose, dextral, dexterity, dexterous, dextrorotationbrachyshortbrachycephalic, brachypterous, brachycranic, brachylogybrachioarmbrachiopod, brachiation, brachiate, brachiumbranchiogillsbranchiopod, branchiate, branchiakinmotionkinetic, kinescope, hypokinesia, hyperkinetic, telekinesisphylokindphylum, phylogeny, phyla, phylogenesis, subphylumblastoembryoBlastocyst, blastogenesis, erythroblastdactylofingerpterodactyl, dactylic, dactylology, dactylographyphoslightphosphorus, phosphene, phosphoroscope, phosphorescegonanglepentagon, tetragon, decagon, hexagonal, diagonal, orthogonallitemineral or fossilanthracite, perlite, cryolite, stalactite, halite, coprolite voreeatingomnivore, herbivore, carnivore, voracious, devour, fructivorousholowholeholocaust, hologram, holometabolous, holograph, holophrastic, holistichaplosingle or simplehaploie, haplopia, haplosis, haplologyopiasightmyopia, hyperopia, hemeralopia, synopsis, diplopia, biopsylentfull ofcorpulent, virulent, turbulent, excellent, succulent, insolent, indolentefouteffusive, effulgent, efflux, efficacy, effeminate, effluvium, effluentiuman elementradium, sodium, uranium, germanium, iridium, einsteiniumdichoin two partsdichotomy, dichotomize, dichogamous, dichotomistUsing the context clues from the sentence and your understanding of the root, define the underlined words in the following sentences.1.In the tropics the leafy heliotropes turn toward the sun.___________________________________________ 2.The gastrologist studies the stomach; the gastronome prepares the food. ___________________________________________3.The aged arthropod suffered from arthritis and arthralgia. ___________________________________________4.The popular ventriloquist had a heart operation on his left ventricle. ___________________________________________5.Dorsiventral leaves have distinct upper and lower surfaces. ___________________________________________6.The universe is sometimes referred to as the macrocosm. ___________________________________________7.Are right-handed people really more dexterous? ___________________________________________8.Brachypterous insects have short wings. ___________________________________________9.Brachiate trees have widely spreading branches in pairs, like arms. ___________________________________________10.The branchiopods are underwater crustaceans that breathe through gills. ___________________________________________11.The hyperkinetic little boy did not possess telekinesis, fortunately. ___________________________________________12.The vertebrate species Homo sapiens belongs to the Chordata phylum. ___________________________________________13.Reproduction by budding is also called blastogenesis. ___________________________________________14.If fingerprinting is dactylography, is sign language dactylology? ___________________________________________15.If you press your closed eyelids, you will see phosphenes. ___________________________________________16.What is the difference between a pentagram and a pentagon? ___________________________________________17.Perlite is a volcanic glass that resembles obsidian. ___________________________________________18.The voracious carnivore devoured the small herbivore. ___________________________________________19.The glowing hologram could be viewed from all sides. ___________________________________________20.The diploid structure divided into two haploid structures. ___________________________________________21.Far-sightedness is sometimes known as hyperopia. ___________________________________________22.For the corpulent boy, dieting was a turbulent and strenuous mental effort. ___________________________________________23.The effeminate host made an effort not to be effusive. ___________________________________________24.Which element does society more harm, uranium or sodium? ___________________________________________25.There is a sharp dichotomy between your ideas and mine.____________________________________________________ ................
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