Word Roots
Which root means “life" ?
What is "bio"
This word means “necessary for life.”
What is vital?
Plants and animals go under the snow for this reason.
What is it is warmer under the snow?
Caribou avoid burned areas because of this reason.
What is there is no food (like lichen)?
The correct past tense of “break.”
What is broke?
Daily Double* Spell the word that means capable of being broken down into natural elements
biodegradable
A cliff described this way is very steep.
What is sheer?
The Arctic winter lasts about this long.
What is eight months?
Musk oxen form a circle to do this.
What is protect themselves from predators?
The correct past tense of “pay.”
What is paid?
Which root means to hear?
What is "aud"
This word means to protect something from harm or loss.
What is conserve?
In the story, this is made up of leaves on the forest floor.
What is duff?
Daily Double* An arctic fox jumps high into the air to do this.
What is catch prey (like voles) under the snow?
The correct past tense of “draw.”
What is drew?
This word describes a person who writes about someone’s life story.
What is a biographer
Animals that are hunted by others are called this.
What is prey?
Chickadees survive winter by eating this.
What is cached food?
This animal is called a frogsicle because
What is a frozen frog that appears dead but survives.
The correct past tense of “ring.”
What is rang?
This word means listening to a book.
What is audiobook
A herd of deer might be doing this when eating grass.
What is grazing?
Dall sheep prefer to live in this type of environment.
What are mountains?
Put these ground squirrel survival steps in order: curling up, heart rate dropping, brain stopping, supercooling.
What is: curls up → heart rate drops → brain activity ceases → supercools body?
The correct past tense of “sweep.”
What is swept?