Commonly Confused Words
An explanation of the difference between hear and here
What is perception of sound vs location
A type of metaphor that uses "like" or "as" to compare concepts
What is a simile?
The space inside of a two dimensional shape
What is area?
An object in space that is averages 238,855 miles from Earth
What is the Moon?
The number of seconds in two minutes
What is 120 seconds?
An explanation of the difference between THEN and THAN
What is time vs. comparison?
ie "Back then, there were more options than there are now"?
In "The Last Question," cyclical time and creation,
the evolution of AI and technology, and
Man's quest for immortality are examples of this
What is theme?
The opposite of multiplication
What is division?
The president who gave the iconic "We Choose to go to the Moon" speech at Rice University in 1962
Who is John F. Kennedy?
When you exercise, your heart beats faster to deliver more of this gas to tissues in the body
What is Oxygen?
The difference between YOUR and YOU'RE
What is possession vs a contraction of "you are"?
A science fiction author who wrote "The Last Question"
Who is Isaac Asimov?
The space inside of a three dimensional form
What is volume?
The year of the Apollo 11 mission, the first human landing on the moon.
What is 1969?
True or false? Someone who is more physically active likely has a lower resting heart rate than someone who is not as active.
TRUE
The difference between THEIR, THERE, and THEY'RE
What is possession vs location vs a contraction of they are?
This poetic or literary device is an exaggeration for emphasis or effect
Hyperbole
The number of 0s in a trillion
What is 12?
The year the Artemis II space mission set a new record for the farthest distance humans have ever traveled from Earth
What is 2026?
Blood acts as the body's transport system to remove this compound gas as waste for exhalation
What is Carbon Dioxide?
An example that demonstrates AFFECT vs EFFECT
What is : The broken AC did not affect [verb] the meeting, but the heat had a terrible effect [noun] on my focus.
While the student didn't see how studying affected [verb] his test-taking, the positive effects [noun] eventually became clear.
This literary device combines two contradictory terms for poetic effect
What is oxymoron?
As an example, the number 5 in this expression:
x5
What is an exponent?
The approximate number of days it took for Artemis II to fly around the Moon, from launch to landing.
What is 10 days?
It is activated as the body's “fight-or-flight” stress response
What is the sympathetic nervous system?