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Seaorbiter Tasks
Seaorbiter Tasks
Vocabulary words:
vessel - noun a craft designed for water transportation; an object used as a container (especially for
liquids); a tube in which a body fluid circulates
exploration - noun to travel for the purpose of discovery; a careful systematic search; a systematic
consideration
design - noun the act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan); a
decorative or artistic work; a preliminary sketch indicating the plan for something; an arrangement
scheme; the creation of something in the mind; something intended as a guide for making something
else; an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions; verb intend or have
as a purpose; design something for a specific role or purpose or effect; conceive or fashion in the mind;
invent; make a design of; plan out in systematic, often graphic form; create the design for; create or
execute in an artistic or highly skilled manner; create designs; make or work out a plan for; devise
surface - adj. on the surface; involving a surface only; noun the outer boundary of an artifact or a
material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary; a superficial aspect as opposed to the real
nature of something; the extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a three-dimensional object; the
outermost level of the land or sea; a device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the
surrounding air; can lift or control a plane in flight; information that has become public; verb come to the
surface; appear or become visible; make a showing; put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a
surface
efficient - adj. being effective without wasting time or effort or expense; able to accomplish a purpose;
functioning effectively
period - noun a stage in the history of a culture having a definable place in space and time; an amount
of time
refuel - verb take on more fuel, as of a plane, ship, or car; provide with additional fuel, as of aircraft,
ships, and cars
observe - verb observe correctly or closely; watch attentively; celebrate, as of holidays or rites; conform
one's action or practice to; make mention of; observe with care or pay close attention to; discover or
determine the existence, presence, or fact of; follow with the eyes or the mind; show respect towards
operation - noun the activity of operating something (a machine or business etc.); a planned activity
involving many people performing various actions; a process or series of acts especially of a practical or
mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work; a medical procedure involving an incision with
instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body; activity by a military or naval
force (as a maneuver or campaign); a business especially one run on a large scale; (computer science)
data processing in which the result is completely specified by a rule (especially the processing that
results from a single instruction); process or manner of functioning or operating; the state of being in
effect or being operative; (mathematics) calculation by mathematical methods; (psychology) the
performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents
director - noun someone who controls resources and expenditures; someone who supervises the
actors and directs the action in the production of a show.
capture - noun the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property; verb capture as if by hunting,
snaring, or trapping; succeed in representing or expressing something intangible; attract; cause to be
enamored; bring about the capture of an elementary particle or celestial body and causing it enter a new
orbit; succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase; take possession of by force, as after an
invasion
laboratory - noun a workplace for the conduct of scientific research; a region resembling a laboratory
inasmuch as it offers opportunities for observation and practice and experimentation
aquarium - noun a tank or pool or bowl filled with water for keeping live fish and underwater animals
pollution - noun undesirable state of the natural environment being contaminated with harmful
substances as a consequence of human activities; the act of contaminating or polluting; including (either
intentionally or accidentally) unwanted substances or factors; the state of being polluted
solar - adj. relating to or derived from the sun or utilizing the energies of the sun
turbine - noun rotary engine in which the kinetic energy of a moving fluid is converted into mechanical
energy by causing a bladed rotor to rotate
scuba - noun a device (trade name Aqua-Lung) that lets divers breathe under water; scuba is an
acronym for self-contained underwater breathing apparatus
gear - noun equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc
elevator - noun lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in
a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building; the airfoil on the tailplane
of an aircraft that makes it ascend or descend
remote - adj. noun a device that can be used to control a machine or apparatus from a distance
shipwreck - noun a wrecked ship (or a part of one); an accident that destroys a ship at sea; an
irretrievable loss; verb destroy a ship; cause to experience shipwreck; suffer failure, as in some
enterprise; ruin utterly
quality - adj. of high social status; of superior grade; noun an essential and distinguishing attribute of
something or someone; a degree or grade of excellence or worth; a characteristic property that defines
the apparent individual nature of something; high social status; (music) the distinctive property of a
complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)
Monkey balloon comprehension
Link:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1e8VnBauMcZyeI1OG0sv3cxRgHfa3DM51/
view?usp=sharing
The class is broken up into two teams. Questions are asked about the text/vocabulary. The teams may
shoot at their rival monkey’s balloons if they get a question correct.
Unscramble the sentences:
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was / the / success, / great / tide. / the / with / was / vessel / evening / floated / with / off /
performed / This / and
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for / a / a / machine. / design / impressed / and / are / sketched / Da / flying / that / a / We / Vinci /
suitably / submarine
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Paraphrasing
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“Although the vessel won’t make much noise, it will pick up plenty.”
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“The SeaOrbiter is so energy efficient that it can stay in the water for long periods without returning to
land to refuel.”
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