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374 Chapter 12 Word Elements: Speech and Writing■ Using Related WordsComplete each sentence with the correct form. Use each choice only once.You may have to capitalize some words.1. ecology, ecological, ecologistsChanges inhave negatively affected Minnesotamoose. Over the last twenty years, summers have cooled fourdegrees, and winters twelve degrees.find thatthis weather change has been a disaster for the moose, whosepopulation has decreased from four thousand to fewer than onehundred. Thesechanges also affect the watersupply, and the amount of shade. When the weather gets toowarm for them, the moose do not move north, but rather stopreproducing.2. revoked, revocationTom and Elizabeth Preston went through all the right steps to geta permit for their tattoo studio. After the approval, they investedover $25,000. To their shock, the city of Tempe, Arizona, suddenlytheir permit! So they went to court. Two yearslater, a judge decided that thewas illegal andarbitrary. The studio is expected to open soon after this writing.3. colloquial, colloquialismsFarmers have invented manyfor weather.“White plague,” a play on words for the disease known as the “blackplague,” is aexpression for “hail,” which causesmuch destruction of crops. Residents of Wisconsin and Michigancall rain that falls after March 31 “time-release rain” because it iswell timed for crop growth.4. dictators, dictatorial, dictatorshipCuba has been governed by what many consider to be two. Fulgencio Batista ruled the country from 1933to 1944 and, after a coup, again from 1952 to 1959. Under hisCopyright © Cengage Learning. All Right Reserved.