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UNIT 6 LESSON 1 THE STORY OF JUMPING MOUSE: GREEK ROOTS
5TH GRADE SPELLING FNAL
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5th Grade
06/01/2012

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telephone
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a device for sending and receiving sounds, especially speech
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microphone
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an instrument that makes the sound louder
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microchip
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a small piece of semiconductor material carrying many integrated circuits
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microscope
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an instrument with powerful lenses that magnifies very small things
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photograph
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a picture taken by a camera on film and then developed on paper
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phonograph
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a machine that picks up and reproduces the sounds that have been recorded in the grooves cut into a record
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photo
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short for photograph
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graph
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a diagram that shows the relationship between numbers or amounts
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centimeter
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a unit of length in the metric system
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kilometers
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a unit of length in the metric system equal to 1,000 meters, about 0.6 miles
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television
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a piece of equipment with a screen that recieves and shows
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millimeters
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in the metric system, a measure equal to 1/1000 gram
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telegraph
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a device or system for sending messages over long distances
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geography
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the study of the earth, including its people, resources, climate, and physical features
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alphabet
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all the letters of a language arranged in order
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automobile
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a passenger vehicle that usually has four wheels and is powered by an engine
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astronaut
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a person who travels beyond the earth's atmosphere
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unicycle
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a vehicle that has pedals like a bicycle but only one wheel and no handlebars
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biography
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a book that tells someone's life story
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biology
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the scientific study of living things
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