Lesson 7

Question 1

What is this word and what does it mean?

appear

Answer 1

to begin to be seen

Question 2

What is this word and what does it mean?

contagious

Answer 2

having an illness that can be passed to someone else

Question 3

What is this word and what does it mean?

origin

Answer 3

the place where someone or something comes from

Question 4

What is this word and what does it mean?

overwhelm

Answer 4

to cause someone to have too many things to deal with

Question 5

What is this word and what does it mean?

rapid

Answer 5

happening quickly

Question 6

What is this word and what does it mean?

realize

Answer 6

to become aware of something

Question 7

What is this word and what does it mean?

report

Answer 7

to give information about something you have seen or done

Question 8

What is this word and what does it mean?

resident

Answer 8

a person who lives in a particular place

Question 9

What is this word and what does it mean?

symptom

Answer 9

a change in your body that shows you are sick

Question 10

What is this word and what does it mean?

thrive

Answer 10

to grow strong and healthy and succeed

Question 11

What is this word and what does it mean?

antibiotics

Answer 11

drugs that kill bacteria and stop infection

Question 12

What is this word and what does it mean?

bacteria

Answer 12

very small living things that often cause disease

Question 13

What is this word and what does it mean?

censorship

Answer 13

the act of examining and controlling content that is considered harmful to society

Question 14

What is this word and what does it mean?

influenza (flu)

Answer 14

an illness caused by a virus that can cause fever and pain

Question 15

What is this word and what does it mean?

pandemic

Answer 15

a time when a disease spreads quickly across a large area

Question 16

What is this word and what does it mean?

plague

Answer 16

a disease that kills many people

Question 17

What is this word and what does it mean?

bubonic plague

Answer 17

causing or characterized by swollen inflamed lymph nodes in the armpit or groin

Question 18

What is this word and what does it mean?

conclusion

Answer 18

a judgment or decision reached by reasoning

Question 19

What is this word and what does it mean?

bio-

Answer 19

root word meaning “life”

Question 20

What is this word and what does it mean?

-er

Answer 20

suffix meaning “a person who”

Question 21

What is this word and what does it mean?

autobiography

Answer 21

the written story of a person’s own life

Question 22

What is this word and what does it mean?

biodiversity

Answer 22

many different kinds of living things in an environment

Question 23

What is this word and what does it mean?

biographer

Answer 23

a person who writes the story of someone’s life

Question 24

What is this word and what does it mean?

biohazard

Answer 24

a living thing that is dangerous to humans or the environment

Question 25

What is this word and what does it mean?

biology

Answer 25

the science that studies life

Question 26

What is this word and what does it mean?

biosphere

Answer 26

the part of the Earth that supports life