6 Methods - definitions
First Amendment
New River
New River Basin
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100

Feeling that something is right.

What is emotion?

100

The U.S. Constitution was amended with the Bill of Rights in this year.

What is 1791?

100

The New River lies in North Carolina and these two other states.

What are Virginia and West Virginia?

100

Geologists estimate the New River Basin to be this old.

What is 3OO million years?

100

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frog

200

Taking someone else's word, having faith in an external source.

What is authority?

200

The Bill of Rights adds this many amendments to the U.S. Constitution.

What is 1O?

200

This type of trout is NC's only native trout species.

What are brook trout?

200

These trees cover 15,OOO acres of mountain slopes in the New River Basin.

What are Fraser firs?

200

Scientists from this university had a report published in Science magazine.

What is Princeton University?

300

Gaining direct knowledge from our own empirical or objective experiences.

What is senses?

300

This freedom allows you to meet peacefully. 

What is freedom of assembly?

300

In 1998, this president named the New River an American Heritage River.

Who is Bill Clinton?

300

More of these turtles live in the NRB than any other river basin in the state.

What are bog turtles?

300

On a regular basis, a nice-looking man pops up and tells you to buy one of these.

What is an SUV?

400

Subjecting beliefs to the variety of consistency tests that underlie deductive reasoning.

What is logic?

400

In the early 19OOs, this type of journalism became more common

What is watchdog journalism?

400

The New River begins on the border between these two counties.

What are Ashe and Alleghany counties?

400

This mountain range in the New River Basin is named after the type of metamorphic rock that underlies a large portion of the region.

What are the Amphibolite Mountains?

400
You aren't allowed to shout "fire" in a crowded room, with this exception.

What is a fire?

500

A synthetic technique relying on an observed experience to ask a question and to collect observable facts; to develop a testable explanation or hypothesis about the observed fact; to test the hypothesis or prediction with an experiment; and then use the results to make a new hypothesis or prediction.

What is science?

500

The First Amendment grants these 5 freedoms to the people.

What are freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of assembly, and freedom of petition?

500

This very rare plant species grows right along the New River's banks and is frequently uprooted during floods.

What is the Virginia Spiraea?

500

The NRB is this many square miles.

What is 754?

500

If you're interested in a certain news story, you should search on this news aggregator to see how different news outlets cover the story.

What is Google News?

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