English Vocabulary Exercises - Basic Science & Academia - Exercise 1-2

Matching exercise

Match the items on the right to the items on the left.
1. When I have a sore throat, I gargle with warm water with salt _______________ in it.
2. I'm going to visit my cousin in Toronto and I've _______________ the cost for the trip at about $1500 bucks.
3. Their study _______________ the effect of violent television programs on young children.
4. New York was the first state to require the licensing of _______________ vehicles, in 1901.
5. The Sun contains over 99.8 percent of the total _______________ in our solar system.
6. The largest part of the _______________ is used simply to carry the fuel.
7. A drug company is working to extract a _______________ from the plant that may be useful in the treatment of cancer.
8. In 1967, a leading American scientist stated that man would never reach the moon regardless of all future scientific _______________.
9. You really have to use your _______________ if you want to solve this puzzle.
10. _______________ pure gold is so soft that it can be moulded with the hands.
11. There was no _______________ today, despite the fact the weatherman said it would snow.
12. Bongos are a _______________ of ape which look like small chimpanzees.
13. The Earth has not always been tipped at an _______________ of 23.5 degrees.