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This document provides definitions for several words: - Migrate means to travel to a different place, with some animals migrating long distances. - Enormous means very big in size or amount. - Amazing means very good, especially in an unexpected way. - Navigate means to find which way to go when travelling. - Magnetic refers to or is produced by magnetism. - Breed means for animals to mate in order to have babies. - Landmark is a building or place that is easily recognized. - Tern is a small black and white sea bird with long pointed wings. - Lifetime refers to the period of time during which something lives or exists
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Hominids first appeared around 3 million years ago in Africa. Early humans like Lucy had evolved to walk upright but did not make tools. Later hominids known as Handy Man were the first to use stone tools. Upright Man was able to control fire, allowing them to cook food and expand where they lived. Cro-Magnon man was an advanced early human that lived in Europe, worked together in tribes, stored food, and made clothing and art, painting in deep caves though the purpose remains a mystery.
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The document provides information about the Stone Age in Britain, which is divided into three periods: Palaeolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic. It describes life during each period, including that Palaeolithic people were nomadic hunter-gatherers, Mesolithic people moved around in small groups as the climate warmed, and during the Neolithic people began farming and constructing permanent settlements such as Stonehenge. Case studies from each period in Surrey are also summarized, such as a Palaeolithic camp site, a sacred Mesolithic site, and a Neolithic enclosure similar to Stonehenge. Hands-on activities like cave painting and making a Mesolithic headdress are also outlined.
Dinosaurs
Dinosaurs lived on Earth over 215 million years ago, ruling the planet for nearly 150 million years before going extinct 65 million years ago. Paleontologists study dinosaur fossils found in rock to learn about their existence, carefully extracting and analyzing the remains. Major types of dinosaurs included duck-billed hadrosaurs like Anatotitan, three-horned Triceratops, ostrich-like Gallimimus, armored Minmi, large meat-eating Tyrannosaurs, and the flying Pteranodon.
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Hominids first appeared around 3 million years ago in Africa. Early humans like Lucy could walk upright unlike apes. Later humans called Homo habilis were taller and smarter than Lucy's species and made stone tools but did not know how to make fire. Subsequent humans called Homo erectus did know how to make fire, which allowed them to cook food and gather at night. Neanderthals were another early human species that lived in caves and were great hunters, though scientists are unsure why they went extinct. Cro-Magnon humans lived in Europe around 30,000 years ago, worked together in tribes, cured and stored food, made clothing, jewelry, boats, and famously created cave paintings though the
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G8 u9 l3
- 1. Choose: •a. cuts downs b. erupts c. extincts d. taps •a. tropical b. native c. powerful d. excited
- 5. migrate
- 6. migrate • When an animal migrates, it travels to a different place. Some animals migrate long distances.
- 7. enormous
- 8. enormous • Very big in size or in amount He gave me enormous help.
- 9. amazing
- 10. amazing • Very good, especially in an unexpected way Scientists have discovered amazing facts about animals.
- 11. navigate
- 12. navigate • To find which way you need to go when you are travelling . In the past, Bedouins could navigate across the desert using the stars.
- 13. magnetic
- 14. magnetic • Concerning or produced by magnetism. Any magnetic object can attract iron.
- 15. breed
- 16. Breed(v) • If animals breed, they mate in order to have babies. Animals usually breed in warm places.
- 17. landmark
- 18. landmark • a building or place that is easily recognized. Kuwait Towers are landmarks worldwide.
- 19. tern
- 20. tern • a small black and white sea bird with long pointed wings. The tern migrates in a long journey.
- 21. lifetime
- 22. lifetime • the period of time during which someone lives or something exists. During his lifetime, he wrote more than 50 books on English.