Living Creatures
Who is Kobayashi?
A competitive eater.
What does Oumuamua mean?
Oumuamua means "visitor from afar".
What does "optical illusion" mean?
optical = related to sight
illusion = something that looks different from what it really is
Who wrote about Atlantis?
Greek writer Plato
What pepper did Anandita Dutta Tamuly eat 51 of in just two minutes?
Naga Jolokia, or "ghost peppers"
What did Felix Finkbeiner do?
He started a tree planting challege and got people to plant over a million trees.
What is E. Coli?
A dangerous type of bacteria.
Why did NASA develop a robot snake?
When did the Titanic sink?
April 15th, 1912.
In unit 8B, what are three kinds of behaviors the animals showed "laughing"
1. A parrot making a joke about the othe parrot
2. The dog making a joke during yoga
3. Dog's laughter
What four problems did Nora Shawki face?
Unit 3A
1. She was too young
2. She wasn't qualified
3. She should get married / have kids
4. She didn't have money
If you had a dream that you didn't study for a test, what does that mean?
You are worried about an important future event.
What do police investigators look for at the scene of a crime? List 4 things.
1. shoeprints
2. fingerprints
3. Hair
4. tire marks
5. blood
6. DNA
In unit 4B, paragraph F, what does fell mean?
died
What are 4 types of wild weather?
2. heavy rain
3. drought
4. hurricanes
5. tornados
6. heat waves
Why did Joel Sartore say it is more difficult to become a photographer today?
Photos are easy to get because of the internet. Today, photographers need to have a special skill too.
How do scientists know how old Lyuba was when she died?
Scientists studied her teeth and tusks.
What 3 jobs will rebots replace in the future? (according to the story 12A)
Firefighters, care for children, elderly, do dangerous jobs.
What happened to Shah Jahan?
His son became emperor and put him in jail where he died. Later, he was buried in the Taj Mahal.
How did it rain frogs in Serbia?
A tornado sucked up frogs from a nearby lake and dropped them on a small town.
Who takes care of the Emperor pengiun egg? Why?
The father watches over the egg while the mother goes off to find food. The weather is freezing cold and the father has nothing to eat.
Explain how Dr. Richard Besser solved the case with the sick children?
He found out only children who ate the dirty apples got E. Coli.
1. anti-aging treatment, nanotechnology to live longer
2. nanoparticles can program clothes to change colors
3. cell phone will get energy from the sun
4. fridge can order new food / tell you when something is old
5. houses go into "sleep" mode
6. driverless car
How did Filippo Brunelleschi build Florence's dome? What was the problem?
At that time, domes were made of concrete. It was too heavy, and it would fall. He developed new lifting machines to create a dome with two layers. A base layer made of stone, and an outer layer of lighter bricks.
There are three small hairs.
When an insect touches two hairs within 20 seconds, the trap closes.
A liquid is released to eat the insect.