Bill Bryson Reading: The Rise of Life
Intertependence of Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration
Vocabulary List
Jocose - fond of joking, with a playful joking disposition.
Incipient – beginning to appear or develop
Conducive – helping something to happen
Noxious – harmful to life or health, especially by being poisonous
Consternation - a feeling of alarm, confusion, or dismay, often caused by something unexpected
Convivial - enjoyable because of its friendliness
Primeval - at or from the ancient original stages in the development of something
Emphatic - expressed, thought, or done with emphasis
Respiring - to breathe air in and out
Remnants - a small part of something that remains after the rest has gone
Exertions - an action that involves strenuous effort
Summon - to send or be a signal for somebody to come
Nutriment - nourishment or nourishing substance
Eukaryote - any organism with one or more cells that have visible nuclei and organelles. The group
contains all living and fossil cellular organisms except bacteria and cyanobacteria.
Prompts for Each Section
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What are the important ideas the author is communicating?
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How do those ideas relate to how life uses energy?