Exponential Functions 1

That Escalated Quickly

100

Invented by Nathan Ames in 1859, this "rolling stair" is featured prominently in malls among other locales 

escalator  

200

A vehicle is said to be accelerating when this is increasing

Velocity

300

10 to this exponent= 1 million

6

400

This wintery name is used to describe a phenomena that is rapidly escalating in magnitude 

Snowballing

500

This character famously said, "That escalated quickly" about an earlier fight between new station weathermen

Ron Burgondy

Growth

100

A population increases at 100% (doubles) every hour. If the initial population was 20, the population after 3 hours would be this

160

200

9 to the 3/2 power= this

27

300

Jimmy went from 2' to 6' tall over the course of HS. His height increased by this percent

200%

400

A sunflower that grew from 35 to 80 inches over 5 weeks had an average growth rate of this many inches per week

9

500

In order to gain mass when lifting, you must operate at a caloric this sum-mative term

surplus

Decay

100

Radium has a half life of 1600 years. This percent of a radium sample remains radioactive after 3200 years

25%

200

Excessive sweet consumption causes this decay in teeth

Enamel 

300

64^ (1/3)= this number

4

400

If a car loses 10% of it's value every year, this expression could be used to calculate the percentage of value LOST over 3 years

1- (.9)^3

500

In Breaking Bad, chemistry teacher Walter White uses this chemical to dissolve bodies prior to disposal

Hydroflouric Acid (HF)

Common Bases

100

This US city is a common base for both the Lions and Tigers

Detroit

200

8=4^x; x= this

3/2

300

Baseball Hall of Famers Stan Musial and Ken Griffey Jr share both a birthday (Nov. 21) and a hometown- Donora, a town with a population of 5,000 in this wrote State

Pennsylvania

400

The Twins and Vikings share a common base in this US city

Minneapolis 

500

Tim Commerford played bass for Audioslave, Prophets of Rage, and this other Rage-y band

Rage Against the Machine

Thanksgiving

100

Spaniards give thanks by saying this

Gracias

200

Tom Brady owed this aptly named quarterback a big thank you for getting injured in week 2 (internal bleeding) of the 2001-2002 season, allowing Brady to take over his starting job

Drew Bledsoe

300

Mr. Stryker's favorite Thanksgiving dish is this

Stuffing

400

In this band's song Thank You, we hear the lyrics, "My tea's gone cold, I'm wondering why I got out of bed at all...and then you call me, and it's not so bad, it's not so bad"

Dido

500

"Take full account of the excellencies which you possess, and in gratitude remember how you would hanker after them, if you had them not" is a quote from this Medidations author (and former Roman Emperor)

Marcus Aruelius