229-238 Flashcards
Legally recognized union of two people as partners in a personal relationship
marriage
We wished the bride and groom a long and happy—————.
marriage
In zoology, large or giant animals.
megafauna
Because ___________ tend to have long lives and slow population growth, animals such as elephants and whales are particularly vulnerable to becoming endangered.
megafauna
Autobiography = A historical facts or events written from personal knowledge.
memoirs
His———— recall his student days at Harvard.
memoirs
a piece of rock; often remnants of comets, traveling through space.
meteoroid
If a———— enters Earth’s atmosphere at high speeds and burns up, the fireballs, or shooting stars, are called meteors.
meteoroid
a person of mixed race, between First Nation and European ancestry.
Metis
____________ refers to one of three major groups of aboriginal peoples, the other two being the First Nations and the Inuit.
Metis
a small act or remark that makes someone feel insulted or treated badly because of their race, sex, etc.,
microaggression
(in the past) a poisonous vapor or mist filled with particles that caused illnesses
miasma
Many years ago, it was believed that a———- caused disease.
miasma
“racial ————” features with comments like “You’re really pretty … for a dark-skin girl.”
microaggression
whales have baleen instead of teeth; which they use to collect shrimp-like krill, plankton and small fish from the sea.
Baleen is made out of keratin, the same protein that makes up human fingernails and hair. It is found in the jaws of large whales
minke
a soft leather shoe that you slide onto your foot and do not fasten, that has stitches around the top at the front
moccasin
