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ACT阅读词汇解析:自然科学

2018-03-21 14:32:12来源:网络

  Animal

  Abdomen: belly

  65E NS line 56

  A click from the rib of a tymbal produces high sound pressures within the cicada's abdomen.

  Anatomy: the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals

  66C NS line 78

  Neanderthals started thinking about these people in terms of their behavior and not just their anatomy.

  Burrow: a hole in the ground made by an animal for shelter

  65E NS line 14

  Later, the newly hatched young drop to the ground and burrow in search of plant roots to tap.

  Corpse: the dead body

  61B NS line 69

  They carry the corpses of other bees a distance from the hive and drop them to the ground.

  Demise: death

  OG1 NS line 70

  But the best illustration of dinosaurian capability may well be the fact most cited against them their demise.

  Ectothermy

  61D NS line 9

  Skeptics counter that, “ectothermy” the proper label for cold bloodedness, was the logical strategy for dinosaurs living in the Mesozoic Era.

  Endothermy

  61D NS line 3

  For some, endothermy, the scientific name for warm bloodedness, is the only way to explain the dinosaurs' evolutionary success.

  Gland: an organ of the body which produces a substance that the body needs

  61B NS line 31

  At the end of ten days the glands on the head of the nurse begin to shrink; she can no longer produce royal jelly.

  Herd: a group of animals of one kind that live and feed together

  OG1 NS line 64

  Did some dinosaurs live in herds?

  Intruder: a person who goes into a place where they are not supposed to be

  61B NS line

  Others guard the entrance to the hive; they use their stingers to attack intruders, including honey-stealing bees from other hives.

  Larva/Larvae: the immature free-living form of life

  Eels hatch in the Sargasso as larvae and are carried by the ocean currents to either Europe or the United States, a journey that can cover thousands of miles and take years.

  Metabolism

  65C NS line 61

  Deep-diving submarines found “cryptoendolithic” organisms whose metabolism is driven by heat from a geothermal source.

  Microbe

  65C NS line 65

  Some researchers argue that many of these microbes belong to a distinct and previously unrecognized branch of life.

  Organ:a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function

  65D NS line 32

  Bluefin tuna thrive in waters as cold as 40 degrees Fahrenheit and as warm as 75 degrees Fahrenheit but unlike swordfish, they do not possess organs whose chief function is to produce heat. Instead they retain the heat they: generate swimming.

  Organism

  65C NS line 61

  Deep-diving submarines found “cryptoendolithic” organisms whose metabolism is driven by heat from a geothermal source.

  Pupil

  67C NS Line 59

  Their pupils will expand and turn blue.

  Skull: the bony skeleton of the head of vertebrates

  65D NS Line 85

  They could be guided by internal com- 85 passes of magnetite chips embedded in their skulls; by the warmth, salinity, or motion of the current

  Tissue: the material forming animal or plant cells

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