CHECK FOR UNDERSTANDING.Name: -- Killers Without Cures Directions: True or false? Circle the correct letter, then rewrite false statements to make them true. T F 1. A virus is a single-cell organism. T F 2. Antibiotics are drugs that kill bacteria. T F 3. Ebola is spread from person to person by infected mosquitoes. T F 4. An epidemiologist is a scientist who studies disease outbreaks. T F 5. The Hantavirus hantavirus, any of a genus (Hantavirus) of single-stranded RNA viruses that are carried by rodents and transmitted to humans when they inhale vapors from contaminated rodent urine, saliva, or feces. There are many strains of hantavirus. has been found in Vermont. Sky Show Directions: Choose the correct word to complete the sentence. 1. Auroras form when (electrons, solar winds
Solar Winds I & II were top down, space-based action games released in the early-1990s. ) pass by Earth. 2. Auroras are "born" (150 million kilometers, 2 billion kilometers) from Earth. 3. Astronomers Famous astronomers and astrophysicists include: Directory: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A
4. Auroras get their vibrant colors when high-energy (electrons, protons) from solar plasma collide col·lide intr.v. col·lid·ed, col·lid·ing, col·lides 1. To come together with violent, direct impact. 2. with Earth's atmosphere “Air” redirects here. For other uses, see Air (disambiguation). Earth's atmosphere is a layer of gases surrounding the planet Earth and retained by the Earth's gravity. It contains roughly (by molar content/volume) 78% nitrogen, 20.95% oxygen, 0.93% argon, 0. . 5. Auroras, or aurora borealis aurora borealis (bôr'ēăl`ĭs) and aurora australis (ôstrā`lĭs), luminous display of various forms and colors seen in the night sky. , are most common in the (Northern, Southern) Hemisphere. High-Tech Defense Directions: Fill in the blanks. 1. A device built to destroy enemy missiles in space is a --. 2. -- are warhead-like objects designed to fake out interceptors. 3. Special -- radar tracks the warhead and decoys. 4. When a nuclear warhead explodes, -- atoms fuse together, producing --. 5. A nuclear bomb releases waves of --. ANSWERS Killers Without Cures 1. False; A virus is a chemical package of genetic material surrounded by a protein shell. 2. True 3. False; Ebola is spread front person to person by contact with infected fluids like blood. 4. True. S. True Sky Show 1. solar winds 2. 150 million kilometers 3. sunspots 4. electrons 5. Northern High-Tech Defense 1. kill vehicle 2. decoys 3. X-band 4. hydrogen; helium 5. radioactive energy Vocabulary Builder, p. TE6 1. microbes 2. Africa 3. epidemic 4. bacteria 5. Lassa 6. Marburg 7. airborne 8. host 9. monkey 10. mouse 11. quarantine Bonus: nucleus SCIENCE IN THE NEWS QUIZ, p. 26 (student) 1. b 2. a 3. c 4. d 5. d 6. a 7. c 8. d 9. a 10. d |
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