
Fill In Sentences:
Ice Age
INSTRUCTIONS:
Fill in each blank box with the word from the above list that best completes the sentence.
obscured
bison
microbes
megafauna
ecological
extinct
retreat
interglacial
barren
yield
famine
expedition
previously
marrow
atmosphere
1. The newly built apartment complex , or hid, the view of the lake from my apartment building.
2. Thousands starved in the caused by crop failure.
3. The , dry soil of the desert cannot support the growth of many plants.
4. Great herds of once roamed the Great Plains of North America.
5. Although we had visited the museum, I did not remember the exhibit of mammoth fossils.
6. Dinosaurs have been for millions of years.
7. In 1908, a group led by Robert Peary set off on an to reach the North Pole.
8. When glaciers , they leave behind deposits of dirt, rocks, and boulders.
9. Some diseases are caused by such as bacteria.
10. The has four layers of air surrounding Earth.
11. During an period, Earth is warmer than during an Ice Age.
12. The of the Ice Age included mammoths and cave bears.
13. The of wheat was down this year because of the lack of rain.
14. Acid rain can cause damage to the plants and animals living in the environment where it falls.
15. The red of bones makes the red blood cells.
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Definition Matching:
Ice Age
INSTRUCTIONS:
For each vocabulary word in the left column, locate its definition in the right column.
Type the number of the correct definition in the blank before the word.
marrow
1. to hide something from view
obscure
2. a widespread, dangerous lack of food
microbe
3. unable to produce and support much plant life
retreat
4. a shaggy animal with hooves, horns, and a humped back
expedition
5. before; at an earlier time
barren
6. no longer existing
yield
7. a journey taken for a specific reason
megafauna
8. to go back; to withdraw
atmosphere
9. very tiny living thing, germ
bison
10. air that surrounds the earth
famine
11. warm time between ice ages
interglacial
12. very large animals
previously
13. amount produced
ecological
14. having to do with the relationship of living things and the environment
extinct
15. the soft tissue inside bones
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