Exploring vocabulary - Muschla Gary R. 2012

The red planet
Health words

Mars is often called the red planet, because it appears reddish in the night sky. What gives the Martian surface its reddish color?

To answer the question, read each sentence below. Replace each underlined word or phrase with the word that has a similar meaning. Choose your answers from the words after each sentence. Write the letter of each answer in the space above its sentence number at the bottom of the page. You will need to divide the letters into words. Some letters are provided.

1. The rate of your blood flowing through your arteries increases when you run.

I. pulse

A. disease

E. illness

2. When you are ill, you should go to the doctor.

O. workout

E. disease

U. physician

3. I run slowly three miles before breakfast every day.

N. fitness

T. jog

S. exercise

4. The injury to my knee required a month to heal.

C. exercise

S. damage

M. checkup

5. I exercise to maintain a state of good physical condition.

T. workout

L. fitness

D. injury

6. We packed plenty of nourishment for our camping trip.

B. injury

I. workout

S. food

7. Medicine helps doctors fight disease.

K. sickness

R. checkup

D. fitness

8. A person should strengthen his or her body each day.

M. fitness

H. food

R. exercise

9. Jermaine was tired after his long period of exercise.

U. workout

A. fitness

E. pulse

10. Everyone should have a physical examination once a year.

L. wound

D. checkup

W. workout