1. Read-Around Review: micro tiny, very small

2.  What is the word that names the device used to make small sounds louder?

3. microphone  a device that converts small sounds into louder ones

4.  What is the word that names the tiny format in which written material is stored in libraries so it doesn’t take up much space ?

5. microfilm  a material on which written forms are produced in tiny format for easier storage

6.  What is the word that names the device used to heat soup faster than on a stove?

7. microwave  a device used to heat items in small amounts of time

8.  What is the name of the small piece of metal in any computerized device that stores the data?

9. microchip  a tiny piece of a computer that holds the memory; a tiny piece of meal that has a memory and can be safely inserted into a pet for identification 

10.  What is the word that names the study of the smallest forms of life?

11. microbiology  the study of the smallest forms of life such as bacteria, fungi, and viruses

12.  What is the word that identifies a tiny world within a larger one?

13. microcosm  a tiny world in comparison to a larger world

14.  What is the prefix that means tiny or very small?

15.  the prefix micro

16.  What is the word that describes the size of tiny things that the human eye cannot see?

17. microscopic  describes something that is too tiny to see with the bare eye

18.  What is the word that names the tool used to see tiny objects that would otherwise be invisible to the human eye?

19. microscope  a tool that makes tiny objects appear much larger for close analysis