Your World Up Close
What facts or information does this story provide?
Microscopes
What is special about water and its states of matter?
Water can interchangeably change its state, from a liquid to a gas or solid.
What is an antonym?
Words with the opposite meaning.
Idioms are what kind of language?
Figurative
What is a synonym for the word moist?
humid
Small
What happens to water when heat is taken away?
It turns from liquid to a solid: ice
What is the antonym for the word humid?
Why do we use idioms with our writing?
What happens when you put a grain of sugar in water?
dissolves
Why do scientists use electron microscopes for their study?
Electron microscopes are powerful. They can magnify images up to 2 million times it's original size.
What do you call when water is heated and turns to gas?
Water vapor
Give two antonyms for the word "easy"
difficult/hard
Context clues
a tool that scientists will use to enlarge images
microscope
What did scientists discover about snowflakes?
All snowflakes have 6 sides - hexagons and no snowflakes are the same.
Describe condensation and its sequence.
Condensation is when water vapor changes back to its liquid form. The water molecules in the water vapor clings together and forms a water drop.
What is the synonym for the word entire? Use the antonym in a sentence.
Entire.
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From the story, the Talent Show, Maura went for a run to let off some steam. What does this mean?
Maura went for a run to get rid of her anger.
mingle
Describe how molds are formed on a piece of food.
Inform one thing you have learned about water.
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Provide a synonym and an antonym for the word beautiful.
pretty/ugly
Provide an idiom of your own and the meaning.
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Something that is not out of the norm. Use this word in a sentence.
Typical