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Basic Research Skills

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Alphabetical Order
When researching, you must be able to find information in alphabeticalorder. Practice by placing these fruits and vegetables in alphabetical order.

orange squash

pear tomato

banana lemon

grape zucchini

apple radish

cherry eggplant

1._________________________ 2. _________________________ 3. _________________________ 4. _________________________ 5. _________________________ 6. _________________________

7. _________________________ 8._________________________ 9. _________________________ 10. _________________________ 11. _________________________ 12. _________________________******************************************************************
Alphabetize the following words. When words start with the same letter, look at the second letter. If the second letter is the same, look at the third letter.

cherry cucumber cranberry corncauliflower carrot 1.________________ 2.________________ 3.________________ 4.________________ 5.________________ 6.________________

peach pear pineapple prune papaya potato 1.________________2.________________ 3.________________ 4.________________ 5.________________ 6.________________

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Using a Dictionary
Sometimes you will need to look up words you don’t know in a dictionary. Answer the questions below using the following dictionary. annual cultivate harvest hoesoil sow weed noun verb verb noun noun verb noun a plant that grows for one year to prepare land for raising crops to gather a crop a garden tool with a thin, flat blade used for removing weeds loosedirt where plants grow to plant a seed for growth a plant that grows where it is not wanted

1. 2. 3. 4.

If there were a plant growing in your garden that you did not want there, what would it...