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Reading Explorer 3 Unit 9

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  • Detailed maps helped workers to transport ____ to the people who needed it the most.
    aid
  • Name a negative and positive way drones have been used.
  • For just a couple of minutes a day, the athlete would __ ____ his plays and mentally practice what he was going to do.
    go over
  • Jeremy Bailenson _________ at his lab that VR training of athletes improves decision-making accuracy.
    demonstrated
  • Scientists are starting to use drones for _______ conservation projects.
    ambitious
  • Delivering _______ supplies to remote places has been an issue for years.
    medical
  • ________, if you look at the other person's image on your screen, you're not looking at the camera.
    Conversely
  • How is VR similar to other types of media?
    It's a tool that can be used for a range of applications.
  • What tasks could drones be used for?
  • Virtual reality games are active, not ________.
    passive
  • The effects of violent video games are perhaps a _______ of VR.
    downside
  • Come up with a useful way to use VR avatars.
  • What is a quadcopter?
    The most popular type of drone today.
  • In the past, it took hours for _______ of medicines to reach some clinics.
    packages
  • The brain tends to _____ a VR event in a similar way to an actual event.
    treat
  • Name 2 areas in which VR might be useful.
    Training athletes, helping with business meetings, raising environmental awareness
  • Emergency workers took _____ to answer important questions about health in Vanuatu.
    surveys
  • When playing a VR game, virtual events feel very similar to _____ events irl.
    actual
  • Do you think VR will change who people fundamentally are? How?
  • What is a modern tech solution that you use in your daily life?
  • Psychologists found that very small changes in body language _____ the way conversations flow.
    alter
  • Drones are not only helpful, but they are _____.
    affordable
  • With VR avatars, video _________ involve more immersive communication methods.
    conferences
  • Thanks to _____ health care services fewer women suffer during childbirth,
    rapid
  • Ironically, a tool originally used for the _____ is increasingly being used to save lives instead of taking them.
    military
  • In places like Rwanda, health clinics do not have ________ quantities of blood.
    sufficient
  • What humanitarian projects could drones be used for?
  • Describe a new type of technology from the past 10 years.
  • Give an example of "embodied cognition".
    cooking a meal using a recipe, completing a crossword puzzle/rubik's cube, playing a musical instrument
  • What are some downsides of VR?