Subject Link 4_Answer Keys_WB (240304)
Subject Link 4_Answer Keys_WB (240304)
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Science
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Color
How We See Color
Vocabulary Practice
Word Definition
1. reflect v. to send back light, sound, or heat from a surface
3. ( around you / colors / and count / how many / Look / you can see / . )
Look around you and count how many colors you can see.
6. ( into the seven colors / of the rainbow / The prism / will break it down / ! )
The prism will break it down into the seven colors of the rainbow!
We need light to see colors. (1) One type of light is white light. (2) When it hits an object,
some of the light is absorbed by the object and the rest is reflected. (3) The color of the
reflected light is the color that the object appears to be. (4)
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2 Chinese Beliefs About Colors
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Color
Vocabulary Practice
Word Definition
1. celebration n. a party or event for a special occasion or holiday
5. ( noticed that / They / the northern sky / strangely black / was often / . )
They noticed that the northern sky was often strangely black.
When you see colors, some feelings or images may come to mind. (1) For cultures around
the world, colors are symbols. (2) Their meanings, though, are not the same in each
culture. (3) For the Chinese, some colors have a special meaning. It’s well known that they
think of red as good luck, but what about the other colors? (4)
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Science &
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Color
Vocabulary Practice
Word Definition
1. affect v. to act on something and make it change
4. ( you feel down / feel better / helps you / They think / yellow / when / . )
They think yellow helps you feel better when you feel down.
Try color therapy in your daily life. (1) You can decorate your room with a certain
color, wear clothes that have your favorite color, or eat some colored food. (2) Or, you
can simply imagine that color. (3) But don’t focus on one color all the time. (4) Just try
different colors to see how you feel about them.
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Art
4Color
Dyeing Naturally
Vocabulary Practice
Word Definition
1. strengthen v. to make something stronger
4. ( colored with / for our skin / is healthier / natural dyes / Wearing clothes / . )
Wearing clothes colored with natural dyes is healthier for our skin.
6. ( more / takes / Natural dyeing / than / using chemicals / time and work / . )
Natural dyeing takes more time and work than using chemicals.
To dye fabrics with persimmon juice, first, break up some unripe persimmons. (1) Then,
soak the fabric in the juice. (2) After that, soak it in water or more juice and dry it again. (3)
Keep soaking and drying it several times until it’s the right shade. (4)
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History
5Salt
A History of Salt
Vocabulary Practice
Word Definition
1. boil v. to heat a liquid so that bubbles rise to the surface
amount
5. ( as much / Back / even worth / in the sixth century, / salt was / as gold / ! )
Back in the sixth century, salt was even worth as much as gold!
6. ( in their diets / people ate / As / less salt / more wheat and rice, / they had / . )
As people ate more wheat and rice, they had less salt in their diets.
Around 6000 B.C., the Chinese began collecting salt from lakes to flavor their food. (1) But
there were other methods of collecting salt, too. (2) People in Central Asia mined rock salt
underground around 4500 B.C. (3) Around 3000 B.C., the Egyptians began to collect salt
from evaporated seawater. (4)
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Science
6Salt
Our Bodies and Salt
Vocabulary Practice
Word Definition
1. beat v. to move with regular rhythm
3. nerve n. a body part that carries messages between the brain and other
4. ( a little salt / natural flavor / can bring out / Adding / to food / the food’s / . )
Adding a little salt to food can bring out the food’s natural flavor.
6. ( blood pressure / can cause / high / say that / Scientists / too much salt / . )
Scientists say that too much salt can cause high blood pressure.
If we do not get enough salt, the systems in our bodies do not work well.
Not only does salt improve our diets, it is essential to our health. (1) Our muscles need it to
move. Our hearts need it to beat. (2) Even the brain and nerves need salt to communicate
and function properly. (3) We might get tired, and our thinking may slow down. (4) Our
muscles might get sore, or we might even get headaches.
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7 Salar de Uyuni
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Salt
Vocabulary Practice
Word Definition
1. salt flat n. an area of land covered with salt that has an even surface
4. ( there is almost / things with / nothing / On / to compare / the Uyuni Salt Flat, / . )
On the Uyuni Salt Flat, there is almost nothing to compare things with.
Salar de Uyuni, located in southwest Bolivia, is the largest salt flat in the world. (1) At over
12,000 square kilometers, it looks endless. (2) Because of its incredible beauty, it is a
popular tourist attraction. (3) When it rains, the area is covered with a thin layer of water. (4)
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Science &
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Salt
Vocabulary Practice
Word Definition
1. hang v. to attach the top part of something so that only that part
supports it
4. ( contains / The word / for salt, sale / “salami” / the Italian word / . )
The word “salami” contains the Italian word for salt, sale.
5. ( add flavor / dried it out / but it also / did salt / Not only / to food, / . )
Not only did salt add flavor to food, but it also dried it out.
6. ( no refrigerators, / and made / There were / so / food went bad / people sick / . )
There were no refrigerators, so food went bad and made people sick.
Meat is not the only food that can be preserved using salt, though. (1) One example is
kimchi, which is enjoyed daily in Korea. (2) The word “kimchi” comes from the word
chimchae , which means “soaked vegetables.” (3) To make kimchi, you need to soak
vegetables in salt water. (4) The salt in the water preserves them and keeps them crunchy.
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Science
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Sound
How We Hear Sound
Vocabulary Practice
Word Definition
1. firm adj. hard or solid
3. ( of the bottle cap / Attach / of the stick / the other end / to the inside / . )
Attach the other end of the stick to the inside of the bottle cap.
4. ( and the bottle / for the matches / Wait / to burn out / to cool / . )
Wait for the matches to burn out and the bottle to cool.
6. ( in outer space, / there is no air / This is / we can’t hear sound / where / why / . )
This is why we can’t hear sound in outer space, where there is no air.
When you hit something, the air molecules around it start shaking. (1) These vibrating
molecules then shake the other molecules nearby. (2) The vibration is passed on like a
wave. (3) The nerves under the hairs sense it and send a message to your brain. (4) Your
brain reads this message as sound.
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Science &
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10 Silent No More
Soc
Sound
Vocabulary Practice
Word Definition
1. disturb v. to bother someone or something
5. ( across the sea / by the beach / and play / sail boats / water sports / They / . )
They sail boats across the sea and play water sports by the beach.
6. ( deep into the sea / is made / people drill / Some noise / when / . )
Some noise is made when people drill deep into the sea.
Like humans, sea animals need to communicate with one another. (1) But man-made
noises disturb their signals. (2) The noises cause sea animals to get lost and to be unable to
hear their prey coming or their mates calling. (3) Some become injured or end up dying
because their signals get confused. (4)
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Music
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Sound
Listen to This!
Vocabulary Practice
Word Definition
1. energetic adj. having or showing a lot of energy or effort
2. ( hit pumpkins / and they / like drums / with carrots / They make flutes / . )
They make flutes with carrots and they hit pumpkins like drums.
3. ( make / unique music / and create / your own instrument / You can / . )
You can make your own instrument and create unique music.
5. ( for one day / Because / they only last / with vegetables, / they are made / . )
Because they are made with vegetables, they only last for one day.
Well, there is one group called Stomp. (1) They perform a unique combination of percussion,
movement, and visual comedy. (2) The music and dance are very fun and energetic. (3) They
stomp around the stage and create rhythms by beating or stepping on everyday things. (4)
Anything can turn into a percussion instrument as long as it makes a sound.
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Sound
Vocabulary Practice
Word Definition
1. disappear v. to go away
4. When you , you move your body so that you are not upright.
a. jump up b. stand up c. bend down
4. ( a nymph / but too talkative / called Echo, / once lived / There / who was pretty / . )
There once lived a nymph called Echo, who was pretty but too talkative.
One day, Echo saw a young man in the forest. He looked so handsome and strong that
she fell deeply in love with him. (1) He was Narcissus, a man with a cold heart who didn’t
want friends or love. (2) Echo quietly followed him. (3) But nothing came out of her
mouth except what he had spoken. (4)
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History
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To i l e t s
The History of the Toilet
Vocabulary Practice
Word Definition
1. flush toilet n. a toilet that uses flowing water to carry away waste
4. ( became / people / a social place / could chat / The public toilets / where / . )
The public toilets became a social place where people could chat.
After using it, people poured water down the brick-lined drain.
The flush toilet was first used in the Indus Valley Civilization. (1) As the cities there grew,
people wanted a more advanced system to get rid of their wastes. (2) So they built flush
toilets! Most homes had a flush toilet. (3) The drains then carried the waste into a large
hole. (4) From there, it was collected and used as fertilizer.
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A Toilet Museum
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To i l e t s
Vocabulary Practice
Word Definition
1. privacy n. the condition of being away from other people
3. ( some privacy / so that / can have / the user / turns dark / The glass / . )
The glass turns dark so that the user can have some privacy.
5. ( of toilets / You can / used / learn about / around the world / the different kinds / . )
You can learn about the different kinds of toilets used around the world.
Haewoojae was created by Sim Jae-Duck. (1) He thought of the toilet as an innovation
that keeps our world more sanitary and saves people from getting sick. (2) He wanted to
change people’s idea of toilets as being dirty and show how they have improved the lives
of humans. (3) So he decided to make a toilet museum. (4)
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Science &
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To i l e t s
Vocabulary Practice
Word Definition
1. sink v. to fall down through water
6. ( is sent / to large tanks, / The wastewater / sinks to the bottom / where the solid
waste / . )
The wastewater is sent to large tanks, where the solid waste sinks to the bottom.
The air helps bacteria eat the tiny bits of solid waste.
The water is then moved to the next treatment area. (1) Here, air is pumped into the
water. (2) Finally, some chemicals are added to kill the harmful bugs you can’t see. (3) The
water is clean now and ready to be released. (4)
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Art
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To i l e t s
Art from a Urinal
Vocabulary Practice
Word Definition
1. fake adj. not real
3. ( because it changed / people think / It / stands out / about art / the way / . )
It stands out because it changed the way people think about art.
5. ( open-minded / After / became / people / the Second World War, / a lot more / . )
After the Second World War, people became a lot more open-minded.
In 1917, Marcel Duchamp shocked the art community. (1) It was white, smooth, curvy,
and made of porcelain. (2) The piece was called Fountain . (3) It was just a standard urinal
found in any men’s bathroom. (4) The only difference was that it was turned upside down
and signed R. Mutt, a fake name made by Duchamp.
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