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*___to make a educated
guess
___the process of taking
information on number, size,
or extent
*Aerodynamically, the bumble bee
shouldn't be able to fly, but the
bumble bee doesn't know it so it
goes on flying anyway.
Mary Kay Ash
funny
a=3 b=4
solve
If the temperature outside
is -5°F and the
temperature drops another
4 degrees, what
temperature will it be?
Where am I?
http://skvots.net/adventures-himalayan-mountains.htmlMt. Everest
7a x 9b =____
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* Large sections of the earth’s crust float on
Suppose you wanted to drop an
molten rock. When these tectonic plates
underwater camera to the bottom of the
collide, friction melts part of both plates,
Marianas trench, the deepest part of the
and the melted rock rises. What do you
Pacific Ocean. What would you have to
think might happen to them?
consider in planning the camera’s
journey?
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___to watch
carefully with
attention to details
___able to name
*Every great advance in science
has issued from a new audacity
of imagination.
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John Dewey
x=7 y=15 z=8
solve
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xz – 2y +8=___
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Name two summer nuisances that
equal about 50% of the summer
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Niagra Falls
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Bloodrock.
flowsWhen
through
veins
and plates
molten
these
tectonic
collide,
friction
melts
part How
of both
plates,
arteries
in your
body.
are
and
the
melted
rock
rises.
What
do
you
messages carried from your brain
think
might
happen
to
them?
throughout your body?
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___when the sun is farthest
North & South of the
Equator
___when the sun is directly
above the equator
*Facts are the air of scientists.
Without them you can never fly.
funny
Linus Pauling
x=7
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y=15 z=8
Solve.
xz + 3y=____
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The difference between the
record high and the record low
for Bryce is 29°F. Find the
record high for Bryce.
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Where am I?
Amazon River
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Why do people want to
save wetlands, such as
swamps and marshes?
* Large sections of the earth’s crust float on
molten rock. When these tectonic plates
collide, friction melts part of both plates,
and the melted rock rises. What do you
think might happen to them?
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___the movement of a body
in orbit from one point back to
that point; one complete trip
___spinning around from one
*If an elderly but distinguished scientist
says that something is possible, he is
almost certainly right; but if he says that it
is impossible, he is very probably wrong.
funny
Arthur C. Clarke
point & back around
20+ y = 25
Solve for y
The distance from
Earth to the Sun is
close to 108 miles.
How many miles is
this?
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Ayers Rock
* Large sections of the earth’s crust float on
* Over-the-counter remedies are
molten rock. When these tectonic plates
medications, such as aspirin and cold
collide, friction melts part of both plates,
tablets, that people buy without a
and the melted rock rises. What do you
prescription. What precautions should
think might happen to them?
people take before using these
medications?
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___a galaxy shaped like an
ellipse
___a galaxy spinning around a
central point, with ‘arms’ out in
*Men love to wonder, and that is
the seed of science.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
funny
an array
27 = x – 3
Solve for x
Coldest Temperatures on
Record
(°F)
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Alaska
-80
California
-45
Florida
-2
Ohio
-39
Montana
-70
What is the
median
coldest
recorded
temperature
for these
states?
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Where am I?
Sahara Desert
* Large sections of the earth’s crust float on
Adrenalin is a chemical that helps the
molten rock. When these tectonic plates
body react rapidly in emergencies. It
collide, friction melts part of both plates,
speeds up the heart and raises the blood
and the melted rock rises. What do you
pressure. It also speeds up other bodily
think might happen to them?
processes. When might you experience
a rush of adrenalin?
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___a temperature scale in which
water freezes at 32 degrees and
boils at 212 degrees
___a temperature scale in which
water freezes at 0 degrees and
*No amount of experimentation
can ever prove me right; a
single experiment can prove me
funny
wrong. -Albert Einstein
boils at 100 degrees
15 + m = 40
Mercury’s average
distance from the Sun is
36 million miles. Venus
averages 67 ½ million
miles from the Sun. How
much greater is Venus’
average distance from the
Sun than Mercury’s?
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Solve for m
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Colosseum
* Large sections of the earth’s crust float on
A blimp
floats
in air
in atectonic
way that
is
molten
rock.
When
these
plates
collide,
part
of both
plates,
similarfriction
to themelts
way a
boat
floats
in
and
the
melted
rock
rises.
What
do
water. What do you think makesyou
it
think
mightfor
happen
to them?
possible
an airship
to float in air?
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___a group of stars, dust, gas, &
planets bound together by
gravity
___a group of planets that
*Research is what I'm doing
when I don't know what I'm
doing.
funny
Wernher von Braun
revolve around a central star
10+15 ÷5 – 6 = __
Jupiter orbits the
Sun at a rate of 8
miles per second.
How far does Jupiter
travel in one day?
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Victoria Falls
find a of
small
stranded
on aon
*Imagine
Large you
sections
the whale
earth’s
crust float
beach. Which
the following
three things
should
molten
rock. of
When
these tectonic
plates
you
do?
collide, friction melts part of both plates,
(a)
to melted
push therock
animal
out of
reach
the tide
andtrythe
rises.
What
doofyou
(b) Call an agency that rescues marine mammals
think might happen to them?
(c) Pour water over the whale to keep it cool and
wet
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___a measure of the
gravitational force pulling
objects to the earth, moon, or
other celestial body
___the measure of the amount
*Science does not know its debt
to imagination.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
funny
of matter in an object
24÷ 8 + 4 – 7 =___
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Stonehenge
* Large sections of the earth’s crust float on
Whichrock.
is better–
balanced
molten
When eating
these tectonic
plates
collide,
melts part
of bothofplates,
mealsfriction
that include
a variety
and
the
melted
rock
rises.
Whatyou
do you
vitamins or eating whatever
want
think
might
happen
to
them?
and taking vitamin pills to supplement
your diet?
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___a state of matter with
definite shape and volume
___a state of matter; definite
*The distance between insanity
and genius is measured only by
success.
Bruce Feirstein
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volume but no definite shape
* Olympus Mons, a volcano on Mars,
is 25 kilometers high. To find the
height of Earth’s highest volcano,
Mauna Kea, divide Olympus Mon’s
height by 3, round to the nearest whole
number, and add 1 kilometer. How
high is Mauna Ka?
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Where am I?
St. Basil’s
Cathedral
* Large sections of the earth’s crust float on
Look atrock.
the drawing
What does
molten
When below.
these tectonic
plates
motion
have
to
do
with
sound?
collide, friction melts part of both plates,
and the melted rock rises. What do you
think might happen to them?
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___the speed & direction an
object must have to break
gravitational pull
___the speed & direction an
object must obtain to orbit a
funny
*The science of today is the
technology of tomorrow.
Edward Teller
planet or moon
16 – 9 + 32 = ___
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Predict the
average
temperature
for Miami in
February,
Where am I?
Chichen Itza
* A rapid increase or decrease in blood
sugar can affect a person’s mood. When
someone has diabetes, the body may not
be able to regulate the flow of sugar to the
blood. What might be one symptom of
diabetes?
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___the act of staying the
same; not changing
___a balance between two
*The scientist is motivated
primarily by curiosity and a
desire for truth.
funny
Irving Langmuir
things
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Category ] WindSpeed (mph)
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96- 110
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111- 130
4
131- 155
5
Above 155
What is the
difference
between the
minimum
and
maximum
speeds for a
category 4
hurricane?
3.30
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Where am I?
The Great Sphinx
* Large sections of the earth’s crust float on
Why do
humans
on plates
the
molten
rock.
When have
these eyes
tectonic
collide,
part
bothand
plates,
fronts friction
of theirmelts
faces
asofdogs
cats
and
the
melted
rock
rises.
What
do
you
do, instead of on the sides of their
think
might
happen to
them?
faces
as horses,
deer,
and squirrels
do?
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___not staying the same; to
make different
___a small representation of
*There is one thing even more vital to
science than intelligent methods; and
that is, the sincere desire to find out
the truth, whatever it may be.
Charles Pierce
funny
a thing or idea
< > or =
0.204
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0.214
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Sahib Golden
Temple
* Large sections of the earth’s crust float on
molten
tectonic
plates
Why rock.
doesWhen
yourthese
stomach
feel
as
collide,
friction
melts
part
of
both
plates,
if it is falling when an elevator
and the melted rock rises. What do you
firstmight
starts
to gotoup?
think
happen
them?
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___a group of
measurements, facts, or
statistics
___ to reach reasonable logic
*What is a scientist after all? It is a
curious man looking through a
keyhole, the keyhole of nature, trying
to know what's going on.
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Jacques Yves Cousteau
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Naica Crystal
Caves
* Water
Largemolecules
sections of
the earth’s crust float on
are electrically charged, and
molten
rock.
When
these
plates
wax (oil) molecules are
not.tectonic
An electrical
collide,
melts
part ofbetween
both plates,
charge friction
can cause
attraction
and
the melted
What
molecules.
Whyrock
doesrises.
rain bead
updo
on you
a
think
might
happen
freshly
waxed
car? to them?
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___scientist who
studies the Earth
___cracks in the
crust
*Equipped with his five senses,
man explores the universe around
him and calls the adventure
Science. ~Edwin Powell Hubble,
The Nature of Science, 1954
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What place value?
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Exit
219
sign:
14.06
0.8
0.5
0.2
What fraction of a mile is
each landmark from the
exit?
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The Wailing Wall
* Large sections of the earth’s crust float on
Granite consists of quartz, feldspar,
molten rock. When these tectonic plates
mica, and hornblende that fused as
collide, friction melts part of both plates,
molten rock and eventually hardened.
and the melted rock rises. What do you
Many buildings have granite foundations
think might happen to them?
and walls. Why is granite a good
building material?
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___water layer of the
Earth
___crust (outer hard
layer) of the Earth
*The important thing in science is not
so much to obtain new facts as to
discover new ways of thinking about
them.
funny
~William Lawrence Bragg
What place value?
3.054
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Which depth is an outlier?
How do outliers affect the
mean of the data?
Where am I?
Notre Dame
* Large sections of the earth’s crust float on
Why
isrock.
it illegal
for these
amateurs
to dig
up
molten
When
tectonic
plates
collide, frictionpieces
melts part
of both plates,
arrowheads,
of pottery,
and
and
the
melted
rock
rises.
What
do
other objects from archaeologicalyou
think
sites?might happen to them?
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___air & gas layer of the
Earth
___large pieces of
Earth’s lithosphere that
move on the mantle
*Science is built up of facts, as a
house is built of stones; but an
accumulation of facts is no more a
science than a heap of stones is a
house. ~Henri Poincaré, Science and
Hypothesis, 1905
funny
What place value?
0.4278
*
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Which season is least
preferred to travel?
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The Great Buddha
* Large sections of the earth’s crust float on
The number of bones in your body is not the
molten rock. When these tectonic plates
same throughout your lifetime. Which of the
collide, friction melts part of both plates,
following people do you think has more
and the melted rock rises. What do you
bones? Explain your answer.
think might happen to them?
(a) a 30-yr-old woman (b) a 10-year-old boy
(c) a 2-week-old baby
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___place on a fault line
where two plates push
together
___place on a fault line
*A science is any discipline in which
the fool of this generation can go
beyond the point reached by the
genius of the last generation. ~Max
Gluckman, Politics, Law and Ritual,
1965
funny
where two plates pull apart
round to the tenths
place:
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7.445
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What is the average
temperature in °F for
April in Cabo San Lucas?
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Machu Pichu
* Large sections of the earth’s crust float on
molten rock. When these tectonic plates
Everything in the universe is in
collide, friction melts part of both plates,
motion, even the stars. Why do the
and the melted rock rises. What do you
starsmight
seem
to be to
in them?
the same places
think
happen
year after year?
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___place on a fault line where
two plates slide past each
other in opposite directions
___point inside the Earth
where the earthquake
begins
*Science is simply common
sense at its best.
funny
~Thomas Huxley
Round to the
hundredths place
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2.499
Predict the
population
in 2030.
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Taj Majal
* Large sections of the earth’s crust float on
molten rock. When these tectonic plates
Fruit flies
reproduce
and
mature
collide,
friction
melts part
of both
plates,
rapidly.
Whatrock
might
biologists
and
the melted
rises.
What dolearn
you
think
might
happen
to
them?
from studying generations of fruit
flies?
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___related to living
organisms; has Carbon
___related to nonliving
things
In 1990, Sue Hendrickson
found the T-Rex fossil that now
bears her name. To excavate
the fossil, her team had to
remove about 3 cubic meters
of dirt each day from the site.
Write an integer to represent
the change in the amount of
soil at the site at the end of 5
days.
*“It is not the strongest of the
species that survives, nor the most
intelligent that survives. It is the one
that is the most adaptable to
change.”
Charles Darwin
funny
45.010
Round to the
thousandths place
45.0099
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Big Ben
* Large sections of the earth’s crust float on
Wind,
and other
cause
molten water,
rock. When
theseforces
tectonic
plates
collide,tofriction
part ofpieces.
both plates,
rocks
erodemelts
into small
and
the
melted
rock
rises.
What
Describe a possible sequence do
of you
think
might
happen
to
them?
events that could occur to change bits
of rock into mountains.
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___the tendency of a
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mineral to break unevenly
____ the tendency of some
minerals to break evenly
*The scientist is not a person who
gives the right answers, he's one
who asks the right
questions. ~Claude Lévi-Strauss,
Le Cru et le cuit, 1964
along smooth, flat surfaces
round to the tenths
place
*
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What is the difference in height
between Mt. Ranier & Mt. Everest?
7.999
Where am I?
The Blue Mosque
How is it that many hearing impaired
people are able to enjoy concerts and
dancing?
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___the way a surface
reflects light
___the color of a mineral in
*Facts are not science - as the
dictionary is not literature.
funny
~Martin H. Fischer
powdered form
Volume (L)
Pressure
0.5
4,960
1.0
2,480
2.0
1,240
3.0
827
What is the change in pressure
when the pressure is increased
from 0.5L to 1.0L?
Round to the ones
place
$5.68
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*Where am I?
The Great Wall
* Large sections of the earth’s crust float on
* Large sections of the earth’s crust float
molten rock. When these tectonic plates
on molten rock. When these tectonic
collide, friction melts part of both plates,
plates collide, friction melts part of both
and the melted rock rises. What do you
plates, and the melted rock rises. What
think might happen to them?
do you think might happen to them?
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Population (Billions)
___physical characteristic or
behavior that allows an organism to
survive and reproduce in its
environment
___economist who studied human
population in relation to food supply
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*Physics is mathematical not because
we know so much about the physical
world, but because we know so little; it
is only its mathematical properties that
we can discover. ~Bertrand Russell
Make equivalent
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9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
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World
Population
5
1800 1850 1900 1950 2000 2050 2100 2150
What is the estimated world
population for the year 2050?
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Nile River
50
Scientists believe the sun will stop
shining in about 6 billion years. Why
will this happen?
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___a geologist in Darwin’s time
who suggested the Earth was
much older than thought
___a naturalist who wrote to and
shared ideas back & forth with
funny
*The whole of science is nothing
more than a refinement of
everyday thinking. ~Albert
Einstein
Charles Darwin
Make equivalent
15 = 3
25 ?
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Al
Si
O
If your sample is 10g, how many
grams of oxygen would it have?
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Grand Canyon
In each cell of a living thing, genes
“instruct” the cell how to make
another cell like itself. Why do
scientists experiment with genes?
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___process by which individuals are
better adapted to survive and
reproduce than others
___specific characteristics that can
be passed from parent to offspring
*An experiment is a question which
science poses to Nature, and a
measurement is the recording of
Nature's answer. ~Max Planck,
Scientific Autobiography and Other
Papers, 1949
funny
through genes
Make equivalent
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5 15
142
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Rhine River
* Large sections of the earth’s crust float on
At one time, scientists thought that all
molten rock. When these tectonic plates
dinosaurs were reptiles. Now most
collide, friction melts part of both plates,
scientists believe that some dinosaurs
and the melted rock rises. What do you
were more closely related to birds. How
think might happen to them?
might dinosaurs have been like birds and
unlike reptiles?
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___time period in Earth’s geologic
history known for mammals
___oldest time period in Earth’s
geologic history; scientists study
fossils of one-celled organisms from
here
*DNA was the first threedimensional Xerox
machine. ~Kenneth Boulding,
"Energy & Environment," Beasts,
Ballads, and Bouldingisms, 1976
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Make equivalent
12 = 3
16
?
*
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Which speed(s) are
prime numbers?
Where am I?
Mt. Rushmore
* Large sections of the earth’s crust float on
The cap
of When
a mushroom
contains
molten
rock.
these tectonic
plates
collide,
friction
melts
both plates,cells
spores,
which
are part
tiny of
specialized
and
the
melted
rock
rises.
What
do you
that can grow into new mushrooms.
think
might
happen
to
them?
When do you think you might find a lot
of new mushrooms on a forest floor?
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___animal without a
backbone/skeleton
*Theory helps us bear our
ignorance of facts. ~George
Santayana,
The Sense of Beauty, 1896
funny
___animal with a
backbone/skeleton
SEASHELL
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45
5
Minimum
size (in)
Rose Petal Tellin
Scotch Bonnet
*
Striate Bubble
Which seashell has the
smallest maximum size?
Where am I?
Eiffel Tower
Oil is produced when organic material
decays. Where might oil companies
be likely to drill for oil?
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___“naked seed” early plants
whose seeds are not enclosed
in a fruit; like pinecones
___flowering plants whose
funny
*Science is organized
knowledge.
Herbert Spencer (18201903) English
philosopher.
seeds are enclosed in a fruit
Simplify
7 of the
10
human body is
water. How many
pounds of water are
in a person weighing
120 pounds?
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Where am I?
Petrified Forest
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What hazardous things
do people commonly
throw in the trash?
* Large sections of the earth’s crust float on
molten rock. When these tectonic plates
collide, friction melts part of both plates,
and the melted rock rises. What do you
think might happen to them?
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___a cold-blooded vertebrate that begins
his life breathing oxygen from the water with
gills, and matures into a land-dwelling
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skin who spends his life on land.
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undertake the analysis of the
obvious.
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*We see only what we know.
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*The important thing in science is not
so much to obtain new facts as to
discover new ways of thinking about
them.
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*There are two possible outcomes: if the
result confirms the hypothesis, then you've
made a measurement. If the result is
contrary to the hypothesis, then you've
made a discovery."
Enrico Fermi (1901—1954), Italian
physicist.
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where one animal benefits & the
other is not affected
___a symbiotic relationship
where one animal benefits & the
*The greatest discoveries of science
have always been those that forced us
to rethink our beliefs about the
universe and our place in it. ~Robert
L. Park, in The New York Times, 7
December 1999
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could be harvested from the
trees there. Which use of the
rainforest is more profitable?
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Where am I?
Petra
* Large sections of the earth’s crust float on
A food chain shows the chain of
molten rock. When these tectonic plates
predators
and
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in an
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friction
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of both plates,
environment.
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and
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and snakes
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happeninsects,
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related in a pond’s food chain?
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*Truth in science can be defined as
the working hypothesis best suited to
open the way to the next better one."
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Austrian ethologist. [Nobel prize for
medicine, 1973]
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Science Questions:
Daily Oral Science Workout Level 5, Houghton Mifflin; Boston
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