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Shifting Perspectives

Shifting Perspectives. Unit 6 Part 1 Vocabulary and Theme Light Reflections Mirrors. perspective. View of something Can change as your position or focus changes. Energy. When energy moves through air, water and even solids, it creates waves. Electromagnetic waves. Light waves.

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Shifting Perspectives

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  1. Shifting Perspectives Unit 6 Part 1 Vocabulary and Theme Light Reflections Mirrors

  2. perspective • View of something • Can change as your position or focus changes

  3. Energy • When energy moves through air, water and even solids, it creates waves.

  4. Electromagnetic waves • Light waves

  5. Radio waves • Carries information through radio and television

  6. Infrared waves • Carries heat from sun and fire • Used in heat lamps and remote controls

  7. Ultraviolet waves • Too short for humans to see • Cause sunburn and skin cancer

  8. X-rays • Can pass through the body • Used to photograph bones

  9. Gamma rays • Kill some cancer cells • Contain much energy; produced by nuclear explosions

  10. Learn Key Words

  11. absorbed • Part of speech: adjective • Definition: to take something in through, to retain without reflection or transmission • Synonym: consumed, immersed, soaked up • Antonym: dry, parched, dehydrated

  12. absorbed • Carolina absorbed the warmth of the sun.

  13. double • Alejandro led a double life as a PHS student and secret agent.

  14. double • Part of speech: adjective • Definition: twice as great or many • Synonym: paired, twin, twofold, duplicated • Antonym: lone, single

  15. range • Part of speech: noun • Definition: the full extent; the maximum distance • Synonym: selection, collection, assortment, variety • Antonym: no choice

  16. range • Mantas enjoys it when there is a wide range of prizes to choose from.

  17. reflected • Part of speech: verb • Definition: to throw or bend back (light) from a surface; to give back or show an image; to make apparent • Synonym: reproduced, mirrored, resonated • Antonym: absorbed

  18. reflected • When it was 12:45, we could see the joy reflected in Maritza‘s eyes.

  19. surface • Part of speech: noun • Definition: the outer or topmost boundary of an object. • Synonym: exterior, outside, peel • Antonym: core, inside, interior

  20. surface • On the surface, it appeared that Abrar was mean again to Laura, but he deep down, he really cared for her.

  21. transmitted • Part of speech: verb • Definition: to send a signal from one place to another, to communicate • Synonym: sent electronically, broadcasted, radioed • Antonym: got, received

  22. transmitted • Grace transmitted telepathic waves to Marta.

  23. strikes • Part of speech: verb • Definition: hits • Synonym: hits • Antonym: misses

  24. strikes • Adriana gets her homework done, when the mood strikes her.

  25. represent • Part of speech: verb • Definition: to stand for • Synonym: symbolize, personify, • Antonym: conceal, distort

  26. represent • Many students wear red on Fridays to represent the school.

  27. parallel • Part of speech: adjective • Definition: two lines that stay the same distance apart and never touch • Synonym: alongside, aligned • Antonym: intersecting

  28. parallel • Kathryn sits parallel to Alejandro.

  29. sheet • Part of speech: noun • Definition: thin piece • Synonym: piece, overlay • Antonym: NONE

  30. sheet • Mai has several sheets of paper in her backpack.

  31. appears • Part of speech: verb • Definition: looks like • Synonym: resembles • Antonym: NONE

  32. appears • Denis appears to have several friends, but does she really?

  33. assumes • Maritzaassumes that it will be hot again tomorrow.

  34. assumes • Part of speech: verb • Definition: thinks that something is true; imagines • Synonym: believes, imagines, thinks, expects • Antonym: doubts

  35. wealthy • Part of speech: adjective • Definition: rich • Synonym: rich • Antonym: poor

  36. wealthy • Marta is wealthy when it comes to love.

  37. record • Part of speech: noun • Definition: something written down so you can look at it later • Synonym: chronicle, document • Antonym: NONE

  38. record • Mai has a picture album that is a record of her time spent in the U.S.

  39. witnesses • Part of speech: noun • Definition: people who see something happen • Synonym: onlookers, viewers • Antonym: performers

  40. witnesses • Carolina, Maritza and Silvia are witnesses to Salim’s disappearance.

  41. landmarks • Part of speech: noun • Definition: familiar sights • Synonym: guides, markers • Antonym: NONE

  42. landmarks • When Abrar and Mantas become famous for their robberies, their houses will become landmarks in Palatine.

  43. namesake • Part of speech: noun • Definition: one having the same name as another

  44. namesake • Many people are named for someone but don’t know much about their namesake.

  45. quaint • Victor had some quaint hair styles.

  46. quaint • Part of speech: adjective • Definition: old-fashioned • Synonym: odd, peculiar, special, curious, bizarre • Antonym: normal, ordinary, modern

  47. kitschy • Part of speech: adjective • Definition: cheap or tacky • Synonym: flashy, cheap, tacky, gaudy • Antonym: drab

  48. kitschy • The teacher wore some kitschy clothes.

  49. self-absorbed • Part of speech: adjective • Definition: people who liked themselves very much • Synonym: selfish, egocentric, narcissistic, self-centered • Antonym: humble, giving, selfless

  50. self-absorbed • The pilot was so self-absorbed that he did not hear the Little Prince talking to him.

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