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Table of Contents
The Science of
1 21st Century Disasters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–34
LESSON 1: The Indian Ocean Tsunami of 2004 ‹transcript› ........................... 2
adjacent, buoyancy, decimate, deduce, demographic, entity,
humanitarian, infrastructure, precipitous, series, tempestuous, tsunami
LESSON 2: Katrina's Perfect Storm ‹ editorial› . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
allocate, catalyst, constituency, defuse, diffuse,
exodus, hubris, inertia, inverse, irony, poise, retain
LESSON 3: The Earthquake That Rocked My World ‹first-person narrative› .... 22
accommodate, capitol, cardinal, chorus, depose, disinterested,
inspect, nominal, project, regime, subside, uninterested
Table of Contents The Science of 1
3 Biotechnology Gives New Hope ..................
5 Where Will We Go Next? . . . . . . . . . . . .
7 The Chemistry of 21st Century
2 LESSON 4 Buying Music Online
Explain that a debate is a formal discussion in w
4 Word Meanings For each h
Watch a video introduction for each word at vocab
4 Word Talk Each lesson word has been placed in
Check for Understanding Choose the lesson word th
Check Again Use what you know about the lesson wo
4 Word-Solving Strategies: Context C
Practice for Tests Fill in the bubble next to the
Synonyms and Antonyms In the following Word Bank,
Word Study: Idioms If your friend tells you
ENRICHMENT 1. In sentence 1, commerce refers to