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LOGY
LOGY means STUDY
When you see 'logy' at the end of the word, it means "study
of;" 'ologist' at the end means its a person doing that.
Logy is the first of four roots to be featured on the Resource
Room found often in scientific contexts.
I. FOR EACH WORD:
1. Write the word
2. Write what it means
3. Draw a picture to go with it
4. Answer the question about it.
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word
|
meaning and example
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what to draw
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question to answer
(you may draw your answer, too)
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biology |
study of life |
3 different things a biologist would
study |
What are 10 different things a biologist
would study? --Make them as different as you can |
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geology |
study of rocks and earth |
something a geologist would study |
Where's a place you could you go
to see things a geologist would be interested in? |
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meteorology |
study
of weather |
a meteorologist
at work |
what are 10 words
a meteorologist would use because of his job? |
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genealogy |
study of people's ancestors,
where they came from & what they did |
Draw a family tree |
Why would a genealogist go to an
old graveyard? |
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toxicology |
study of poisons |
a toxicologist at work |
What are two reasons a person would
want to talk to a toxicologist? |
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dermatology |
study of the skin |
Draw a dermatologist at work |
What are three things a dermatologist
would have in his or her office related to dermatology? |
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entomology |
study of insects |
an entomologist at work |
What are five things an entomologist
might study? |
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technology |
a practical application
of knowledge; something you can use that people had
to learn to make |
an example of technology |
why is a pencil a kind of technology? |
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pathology |
study of disease |
two things a pathologist would use
on the job |
What are three examples of things
a pathologist would study? |
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astrology |
the study of how the
way stars and planets supposedly affect human events
(NOT the study of stars, which is astronomy) |
an astrologist at work |
What is the difference between an
astrologist and an astronomer? |
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ornithology |
study of birds |
An ornithologist at work |
What are five words an ornithologist
would use because of his or her job? |
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theology |
study of God or religious
faith |
a theologist at work |
What are five words a theologist
would use because of his or her job? |
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dendrology |
study of trees |
dendrologist at work |
why is dendrology a kind of biology? |
Complete these sentences with the -logy or -logist word that
fits. Be sure to review words learned in previous lessons.
1. You do not need a telescope to study ___________________________
, even though the word means "study the stars."
2 Computers and electric hair dryers and gas stoves are examples
of ___________________________
3. I called my friend who knows _________________________when
I found some very strange bugs in my house.
4. Ornithology and dendrology are two parts of _____________________
because birds and plants are living things
5.________________________ has gotten a lot better because
technology lets us predict the weather more accurately.
6.Hawks and hummingbirds are things the __________________________
would know about.
7. My friend got interested in _______________________ when
she found out her great-great-grandfather came from Italy.
8. When people got sick and nobody knew why, they called
in a good ____________________________ who knew a lot about
diseases.
9. A pathologist would want to talk to a ________________________if
he or she thought people had been poisoned.
10. My brother studied ____________________________ for six
years before working in a church.
11. A tree farmer might want to study ___________________________
12.. That's an interesting rock! A _____________________________
could tell you what it is.
13. I have this itchy rash, so I am going to see a _________________________.
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