Reading Explorer 3 -1B
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laciminillo on February 3, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 olympic games | the modern revival of the ancient games held once every 4 years in a selected country |
| medals | pieces of metal, like coins, that are given as prizes or rewards |
| train | prepare (someone) for a future role or function |
| athlete | a person trained to compete in sports |
| champion | holding first place in a contest |
| psychological | mental or emotional as opposed to physical in nature, related to human mind |
| genetics | the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms |
| characteristics | distinguishing traits, qualities, or properties |
| differentiate | become distinct and acquire a different character, show dissimilarities between two things |
| skeletal | protects major organs, provides levers and support for body movement |
| weightlifting | exercise by lifting weights |
| muscle fiber | single, long cylindrical muscle cell containing many nuclei |
| competitors | people or organizations that compete for customers or resources |
| enhanced | made greater, improved |
| young woman | adolescent female |
| attributes | characteristics |
| motions | movements, produce or cause something to begin |
| automatic | working by itself |
| adjust | adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions, regulate or change something to fit properly |
| compared | To study in order to find out how people or things are alike or different. |
| mountain sickness | a medical problem caused by low air pressure at high places |
| hemoglobin | the red substance in blood that carries oxygen around the body |
| altitude | height above sea level |
| oxygen | a colorless gas in the air that people and animals need to live |
| lungs | the two organs in your chest that fill with air when you breathe in |
| intense | extremely sharp or intense |
| data | a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn |
| evolve | undergo development or evolution |
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