229-238 Flashcards

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Legally recognized union of two people as partners in a personal relationship

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marriage

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2
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We wished the bride and groom a long and happy—————.

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marriage

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3
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In zoology, large or giant animals.

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megafauna

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4
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Because ___________ tend to have long lives and slow population growth, animals such as elephants and whales are particularly vulnerable to becoming endangered.

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megafauna

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5
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Autobiography = A historical facts or events written from personal knowledge.

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memoirs

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6
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His———— recall his student days at Harvard.

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memoirs

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a piece of rock; often remnants of comets, traveling through space.

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meteoroid

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8
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If a———— enters Earth’s atmosphere at high speeds and burns up, the fireballs, or shooting stars, are called meteors.

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meteoroid

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a person of mixed race, between First Nation and European ancestry.

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Metis

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____________ refers to one of three major groups of aboriginal peoples, the other two being the First Nations and the Inuit.

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Metis

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a small act or remark that makes someone feel insulted or treated badly because of their race, sex, etc.,

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microaggression

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(in the past) a poisonous vapor or mist filled with particles that caused illnesses

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miasma

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13
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Many years ago, it was believed that a———- caused disease.

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miasma

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14
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“racial ————” features with comments like “You’re really pretty … for a dark-skin girl.”

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microaggression

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15
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whales have baleen instead of teeth; which they use to collect shrimp-like krill, plankton and small fish from the sea.

Baleen is made out of keratin, the same protein that makes up human fingernails and hair. It is found in the jaws of large whales

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minke

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16
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An optical illusion, usually in the desert or at sea.

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Mirage

17
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We often hear stories of people lost in the desert seeing a———– of water.

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mirage

18
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a soft leather shoe that you slide onto your foot and do not fasten, that has stitches around the top at the front

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moccasin

19
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Originally the———– was worn by First Nations peoples

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moccasin