Writing
Inventing
Calling All Minds
Root Words
100

Central ideas of a text are identified by considering the main ideas. (True/False)

True

100

This is the main purpose of inventing.

To solve a problem

100

Who is a writer, animal scientist, and inventor?The author of Calling All Minds.

Temple Grandin

100

A root word is the part of a word that holds the __________ of a word.

meaning/core

200

When something is written in order, that is called a _____________.

Sequence

200

________ is a famous inventor who inspired Temple Grandin.

A) Hayao miyazaki

B) Grace Murray Hopper

C) Mr. Beast

B) Grace Murray Hopper

200

Temple Grandin is this type of thinker.

Visual

200

Define "Decem"

Ten

300

________ and __________ describes one action as well as the result of that action.

Cause and effect

300

A legal document that gives inventors ownership of their ideas.

Patent

300

Temple Grandin's favorite kind of science is _____________ science.

Animal science

300

A ____________ is a root word that is placed at the beginning of a word.

prefix

400

"The snow flurried all night, so the next morning, the ground was covered in snow." is an example of:

A) Sequence

B) Cause and Effect

B) Cause and effect
400

The reason it is important for inventors to own patents.

Patents protect inventions and keep others from copying an invention

400

Temple Grandin’s grandfather co-invented this important invention

Autopilot in airplanes

400

A _______ is placed at the end of a word.

suffix

500

Morphology is the study of  _________________.

the form of things. Used in language.

500

Which famous inventor inspired Temple Grandin by their idea that genius is defined by "1% inspiration and 99% perspiration"?

Thomas Edison

500

Who invented the earliest version of the typewriter, also known as the Linotype machine?

Johannes Gutenberg

500

Identify the root word in the following word: binoculars

Bi-- 2