8543RB Reading for Me Level 6 Part A
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Answers<br />
The Voodoo Queen of New<br />
Orleans<br />
1. potions, spiritual advice, cures<br />
<strong>for</strong> their illnesses, protection<br />
from evil<br />
2. She suffered from an illness<br />
that no doctor could cure.<br />
3. Answers will vary, but could<br />
include: To pay the bills so<br />
she can do her voodoo work at<br />
night; So she can get gossip and<br />
use it in her voodoo work.<br />
4.-5. Teacher check<br />
6. Answers could include: beating,<br />
vibrating, throbbing, pounding,<br />
thumping and hammering.<br />
How Does a Fingerprint Scanner<br />
Work?<br />
1. The patterns of swirls and ridges.<br />
2. Optical uses light to detect the<br />
ridges and hollows, capacitive uses<br />
electrical currents and ultrasonic<br />
uses sound waves.<br />
3. Answers will vary, and may include<br />
mobile phone, laptop, tablet<br />
computer, car door, front door,<br />
lockers etc.<br />
4. Answers will vary. Probably<br />
ultrasonic as it is the newest<br />
technology and being tested, so it<br />
should be ready <strong>for</strong> use in future<br />
products.<br />
5. Teacher check<br />
6. Capacitive refers to a touchscreen<br />
that works by sensing when<br />
something that conducts<br />
electricity; <strong>for</strong> example, a fingertip<br />
is in contact with the screen.<br />
Ten Thumbs Up<br />
1. People could pick up multiple<br />
objects and operate many tools.<br />
2. Grasp food, climb things, hold<br />
tools, smash things, and pick at the<br />
finer details of objects.<br />
3. It wouldn’t mean as much because<br />
two thumbs up out of 10 would be<br />
quite low, compared to two thumbs<br />
up out of two.<br />
4. Answers will vary. It may be too<br />
much to have five thumbs on each<br />
hand, as the thumbs could get in<br />
the way of each other, as they<br />
can rotate in all directions. Also,<br />
maybe you won’t be able to get a<br />
good grip.<br />
5. Teacher check<br />
6. (a) Chlorophyll means the green<br />
pigment found in plants that<br />
allows photosynthesis to occur.<br />
(b) Opposable means able to be<br />
placed against one or more<br />
other digits of a hand or foot.<br />
(c) Counterpart means a person/<br />
thing that has the same<br />
function as another person/<br />
thing.<br />
Neko and his Midnight Adventure<br />
1. It is a call made by baby possums<br />
to find their parents.<br />
2. <strong>Me</strong>eting a possum and learning<br />
about its habits.<br />
3. Worried, as she had been gone <strong>for</strong><br />
a while and she was not responding.<br />
4. She feels cross, as he is making<br />
a racket during the middle of the<br />
night.<br />
5. Answers will vary.<br />
6. Tousled means messy or untidy.<br />
124 <strong>Reading</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Me</strong> <strong>Level</strong> 6 (<strong>Part</strong> A) 978-1-922843-65-4 R.I.C. Publications ® Prim-Ed Publishing
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