Unit 4: The Human Machine; My Fabulous Footprint

Learn these words from the science article by Catherine Stephens and the poem (Inside: Level B, Unit 4).

Here are our links to the selections of "Every Body Is a Winner": The Human Machine; My Fabulous Footprint, The Beat Goes On; All Pumped Up, Two Left Feet, Two Left Hands, How Coach Told Me; Bionics

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  1. system
    a group of related organs or parts
  2. buzz
    be noisy with activity
  3. furious
    marked by extreme and violent energy
  4. final
    conclusive in a process or progression
  5. lap
    movement once around a course
  6. examine
    observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect
  7. cell
    the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms
  8. organ
    a structure in an animal specialized for some function
  9. microscopic
    so small as to be invisible without a magnifying device
  10. amoeba
    a single-celled organism that lives in water or soil
  11. ooze
    pass gradually or leak or as if through small openings
  12. particle
    (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything
  13. structure
    a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing
  14. absorb
    suck or take up or in
  15. oxygen
    a colorless, odorless gas that is essential for respiration
  16. involve
    have as a necessary feature
  17. data
    a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn
  18. sheet
    any broad thin expanse or surface
  19. respiratory
    pertaining to the act of breathing
  20. vessel
    a tube in which a body fluid circulates
  21. circulate
    move through a system and return to the starting point
  22. pump
    deliver or supply
  23. artery
    a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body
  24. vein
    a blood vessel that carries blood toward the heart
  25. deliberate
    unhurried and with care and dignity
Created on Thu Jul 28 13:53:05 EDT 2016 (updated Wed Aug 17 16:24:30 EDT 2016)

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