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TELE
TELE means FAR
This is another word part that is found
in a lot of common, concrete words. "Tele" can also
simply be short for "telephone" as in the words
"telethon" or "telegenic."
I. FOR EACH WORD:
1. Write the word
2. Write what it means
3. Draw a picture to go with it
4. Answer the question about it.
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word
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meaning and example
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what to draw
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question to answer
(you may draw your answer, too)
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telephone |
an instrument for producing
sounds at a distance (or the action of using such an
instrument) |
two different kinds of telephones |
What are two things that are a lot
easier because of the telephone? |
television |
An instrument for receiving
electrical waves from a distance and changing them into
pictures and sounds |
two different kinds of televisions |
What are two things you wouldn't
know about without television? |
telescope |
an instrument for looking
at very distant objects
AND/OR: (optional) to become forced together lengthwise
with one part entering the other as the result of a
collision; to become compressed or condensed (like a
collapsing telescope). |
a telescope |
Who would want to own a telescope? |
telegram |
a message sent over distance
by coded signals, commonly used for very important messages
before telephones were reliable; messages were as short
as possible because each word added to the cost. Often
someone would be sent to a person's house to deliver
the telegram. |
SOmeone delivering a telegram. |
What are two messages that would
be important enough for someone to send a telegram? |
telepathy |
communication from one
mind to another through "extrasensory" means
-- sending thoughts or feelings directly into someone's
mind from yours, or knowing what they are thinking.
(Usually happens in science fiction stories.) |
Someone getting a telepathic message. |
What are two things you would do
if telepathy were possible? |
teleconference |
a meeting of several
people who are in different, distant places by using
telephones or computers |
People having a teleconference |
What are two reasons to have a teleconference? |
telephoto |
A lense system that makes
far-away things look closer |
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Where are two places where a telephoto
lens would be a good thing to have? |
telemetry |
sending information over
a distance by machines. Satellites use telemetry to
take information and then send it to different places;
hospital systems use telemetry to send medical information
to nurses' stations |
Something that uses telemetry |
What are two things that telemetry
makes easier for people? |
telemeter |
an instrument for measuring
the distance of an object from the observer
OR an instrument to send measurements over a distance
(such as from Mars to the Earth) |
*Both* kinds of telemeters |
What are two things you could do
with a telemeter? |
telephone, television, telescope, teleconference, telemeter,
telemetry, telepathy, telegram, teleconference, telephoto
Complete these sentences with the "tele" word.
Be sure to mix these sentences with words learned in previous
lessons.
1.There will be a video _______________________________ and
people from all over the world will be joining.
2. The army sent the soldier's wife a _________________________________
when he was killed in action.
3. The reporter took a picture of the actress from half a
mile away with a ______________________________ camera.
television, telescope, telemeter, telepathy,
4. Some people think talking on the ________________________
while you are driving should be against the law.
5. The robot on Mars uses ________________________ to send
information about the land and atmosphere to scientists on
Earth.
6. When people have known each other for a long time, they
can sometimes know what the other is thinking or feeling without
a word spoken -- it's like __________________________.
7. We used a _______________________________ to figure out
how far we were from the ground.
8. There is a huge ________________________ in New Mexico
that is used to look at far distant stars.
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