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托福分類單字 "Zoology" 動物學 (一)

在托福中做過的題目中，動物學主題偶爾會出現，但常常都是以生物學的方面出現比較多，所以就這個部分的單字說實在的我覺得偏難，因為不只單字會比較冷僻之外，而且出現的單字長度也都滿長的像adaptationsboth、 Ambulocetus 這類型，這種長度這麼大的單字除了專有名詞外，最好要透過拆字才會比較好背單字。拆字的話可以依照字源學和字根字首字尾這些方法去學習，但是同樣字源學會牽扯到拉丁字詞的認識，所以學習起來還是有一定的困難度。不然可以透過多次閱讀逐漸記熟單字也不啻是另外一個方法。

1) horn (N.) 角；角質； （車輛的）喇叭   

2) hormone (N.) 荷爾蒙 

3) insect (N.) 昆蟲

4) larvae (N.) 幼蟲

5) intestine (N.) 腸 

6) lizard (N.) 蜥蜴 

7) lobster (N.) 龍蝦(肉)

8) mammal (N.) 哺乳類動物 

9) marine (Adj. / N.) 海（洋）的；航海的；海運的；海軍陸戰隊士兵

10) migratory (Adj.) 遷移的

11) migrate (V.) 遷徙；轉移； （指人）大批外出；（暫時）移居

12) monarch butterfly 帝王蝴蝶  

13) monkey (N.) 猴子 

14) odor (N.) （常指難聞的）氣味；臭味

15) pancreas (N.) 胰(腺)  

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When it comes to physiology, the leatherback turtle is, in some ways, more like a reptilian whale than a turtle. It swims farther into the cold of the northern and southern oceans than any other sea turtle, and it deals with chilly waters in a way unique among reptiles.

  A warm-blooded turtle may seem to be a contradiction in terms. Nonetheless, an adult leatherback can maintain a body temperature of between 25 and 26°C (77-79°F) in seawater thatis only 8°C (46.4°F). Accomplishing this feat requires adaptationsboth to generate heat in the turtle’s body and to keep it fromescaping into the surrounding waters. Leatherbacks apparentlydo not generate internal heat the way we do, or the way birdsdo, as a by-product of cellular metabolism. A leatherback may beable to pick up some body heat by basking at the surface; itsdark, almost black body color may help it to absorb solarradiation. However, most of its internal heat comes from theaction of its muscles.