Vocabulary Word Puzzles

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In this feature please study words related to health and fitness by using the 465 word Alphalary™. Roots examined include:
Puzzle #1 - VITA = life; NUTRI = feed; PROTE = primary; LYTOS = loosen
Puzzle #2 - CALOR = heat; VITTEN = befit; META & BOLE = along with, after & a throw; STEREO = solid
Puzzle #3 - TERMIN = boundary, end; SEVER = serious, earnest; SIST = stand, place
Puzzle #4 - MITT = send, give over; DISC = learn; DUR = last (Not "hard" in this puzzle word!)

Use the roots to "unlock" the word meaning. Then go to the health & fitness word bank below each puzzle.
The correct answers for all four puzzles are in that word list.
Remember, the answers to all puzzles are also at the bottom of this page.
Go to the Assessment Fill-in-the-Blank Sentences below the Alphalary word list. There will be more "health & fitness" puzzles and activities soon. Thanks for your patience!

Feel free to make a copy for use at school or at home!

A: abnormal, abstinence, accessible, accuracy, aches, achievement, active, activity, acupuncture, addictive, adulthood, advocate, aerobics, affect, AIDS, alarm, alcohol, allergy, ambulatory, anemia, anorexia, appetite, antidote, anxiety, athlete, athletics, authentic, averages
B: bacteria, balance, beauty, behavior, bend, benefit, blood, blood pressure, body, bones, booze, breath, breathe
C: calcium, calorie, cardio, cereals, challenges, champion, change, choices, circulation, clean, coach, collapse, commitment, communication, competition, component, conditioning, consequence, contribute, control, coordination, cope, courage, crime, crisp, cross-train, crouch, cuisine, culinary, cure
D: dangerous, dating, deadly, decision, defect, dehydration, demands, depression, development, diagnostic, diet, diner, dinner, disability, disease, dish, discipline, disorder, doctor, drive, drinking, drugs
E: eatery, eating, education, effect, elder care, emerging, emotional, endurance, energy, enforce, epidemic, equipment, erect, establish, excess, exercise, exemplary, experience
F: factor, false, family, fast food, ferment, fit, flavor, flex, flexible, folic acid, force(s), fracture, fragrances, fragrant, framework, freedom, frenzy, friends, fruit, function
G: gain, generation, genetics, glands, goal, grain(s), grip, growth, guideline, gymnasium
H: habit, handle, harmful, headache, health, healthy, helpful, herbs, high blood pressure, HIV, homemade, hone, hormones, hungry, hygiene, hygienic
I: image, immunity, immunization, impact, improve, improvement, inactivity, increase, individual, infancy, infection, infirm, influence, influenza, inherent, ingredient, injury, innovate, insurance, integrity, intimacy, iron, insulin, interpretation, involuntary
J: jargon, joints, jog, judge, jump
K: kinesics, kinesiology, kinesthesia, kinetic
L: launch, laziness, learning, liability, lifestyle, limits, living, lose, losing, loss, lumbar
M: management, manager, maneuver, margin, massage, masseur, mat, maximize, measure, medical, medicine, medication, memory, mental health, metabolic, method, minimize, miss, mixture, moisture, monitor, mood, motivate, motivation, movement, muscles, muscular
N: nauseous, nemesis, nicotine, nurse, nutrient, nutrition
O: obesity, obstacle, offensive, olfactory, opportunity, opt, optimism, option, ossification, outbreak, outstanding, override, overweight
P: panacea, panic, paraffin, participation, peer, percentage, performance, perspiration, pessimism, petrify, pharmacy, physiotherapy, Pilates, play, pollution, popularity, portion, positioning, positive, possibilities, potent, power, power play, practice, pregnancy, prenatal, preserve, pressure, prevention, process, professional, program, promising, proof, proportion, protect, protection, prowess, psychology, pulley, puncture, pyramid
Q: quads, quick, quiver
R: radiation, rebound, recognition, record, recovery, recreation, regimen, regulation(s), rehabilitation, relationship, relaxation, representative, research, reserve, resilient, resistance, respiration, response, responsibility, restoration, risk, rivalry, role, routine, rush
S: safety, sanitary, sauce, saves, savvy, scare, scenario, scientific studies, score(s), scoreboard, scoring, season(ings), senile, sensible, sex, shape up, shot, siblings, signal, simple steps, size, sizzle, skill, skin, sleep, slide, smog, smoking, smorgasbord, solo, specialty, speculation, speed, spice, spicy, spirit, sport(s), sportsmanship, spring, squad, squat, STD, stability, stamina, standing(s), staple, starve, starving, statistics, stimulate, strategy, streak, strength, stress, stretch(ing), stride, strong, struggle, substance, suitability, superstition, supination, supplement(s), support, supremacy, suspension, swimming, symptoms, system
T: tackle, taunting, team, teammate, teasing, technical, technique, temptation, tension, terror, test(ing), therapeutic, therapy, timeout, timing, tobacco, tone, torso, tournament, trainer, training, transform(ation), transplant, trauma, treatment, tremors, trend, trot, turnover(s)
U: ultrasound, unhealthy, unusual, unbelievable, unrestricted
V: vaccination, valiant, valor, vault, vegetables, vibration, victory, violation, virus, vitamin, voluntary, vulnerable
W: waive, walking, warm up, watchful, weigh, weight, weights, whole-grain, win, wince, winless, winning, wisdom, witness, work, work out
X: x-rays
Y: yoga, yards
Z: zeal, zest, zinc, zone

You can request additional word lists (Alphalary) pertaining to Food & Beverage, Exercise or Nutrition by emailing jancook@vocabulary.com.

Lesson Plan ideas:

1. Discuss food groups/diet and how they affect behavior.

2. What are some of the consequences of drugs, alcohol or tobacco to one's health?

3. Give examples of ways that families, peers, colleagues and friends help one's mental health.

4. If you would like other word lists pertaining to food/beverage, exercise, etc. just email jancook@vocabulary.com

1. Due to his __________ to rehabilitate his knee, Hank made a quick recovery.
2. Dr. Hendricks cautions his patients to keep their __________ low.
3. John won the championship because of his __________ to train.
4. Molly never needed to count __________ because she exercised regularly.
5. Julie's __________ to lose ten pounds inspired her friends to eat wisely.
6. Vicky paid careful attention to the __________ of her children.
7. Sally made a __________ to avoid going to fast food restaurants.
8. Greg drank water often to keep __________ balanced in his system.
9. Doug's __________ allows him to eat well and rarely gain a pound.
10. Mace competed in the triathlon, an __________ race with three events.
11. Julie takes __________ every morning to keep her body strong.
12. Students want to emulate the __________ instructor who keeps himself in great shape.
13. Tina's __________ in workouts did enable her to qualify for the meet.
14. Doris eats plenty of meat, fish and eggs, all good sources of __________.

ANSWERS for the Fill-in-the-Blanks assessment are at the bottom of this page.

Reminder:
Don't forget to complete other activities and educational exercises from our current Session #139:

Interactive grade level puzzles: ["S139 Level 1"] -- ["S139 Level 2"] -- ["S139 Level 3"]
Fill-in-the-Blanks: ["S139Level 1-FITB"] -- ["S139Level 2-FITB"] -- ["S139Level 3-FITB"]
Definition MATCH: ["S139Level 1-Match"] -- ["S139Level 2-Match"] -- ["S139Level 3-Match"]
Crosswords: ["S139Level 1 C/W"] -- ["S139Level 2 C/W"] -- ["S139Level 3 C/W"]
Find the Words: ["S139Level 1 WF"] -- ["S139Level 2 WF"] -- ["S139Level 3 WF"]
Is It True or False?: ["S139Level 1 T/F"] -- ["S139Level 2 T/F"] -- ["S139Level 3 T/F"]
Synonym/Antonym Encounters: ["S139Level 1-Syn/Ant"] -- ["S139Level 2-Syn/Ant"] -- ["S139Level 3-Syn/Ant"]
Contextual Stories: ["S139Level 1 Story"] -- ["S139Level 2 Story"] -- ["S139Level 3 Story"]

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Barbells #1: KEYWORDS are Determination, Perseverence and Persistence. The synonym and antonym for each are:
Determination: synonym = resolution; antonym = indecision
Perseverence: synonym = steadfastness; antonym = indolence
Persistence: synonym = continuance; antonym = negligence
For extra credit, look up two more good synonyms and antonyms for each keyword.

Barbells #2: KEYWORDS are Commitment, Discipline and Endurance. The synonym and antonym for each are:
Commitment: synonym = dedication; antonym = hesitation
Discipline: synonym = method; antonym = confusion
Endurance: synonym = forebearance; antonym = tiredness
For extra credit, look up two more good synonyms and antonyms for each keyword.

All 26 words alphabetically in the word bank are:
calories, cholesterol, commitment, confusion, continuance, dedication, determination, discipline, electrolytes, endurance, fitness forebearance, hesitation, indecision, indolence, metabolism, method, negligence, nutrition, perseverence, persistence, proteins, resolution, steadfastness, tiredness, vitamins

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