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Then the girls had led her here, blindfolded still, through the corridors of Betsy Johnson's house and shut her in the cellar. It would be an hour before they came to get her, but then Court would be all over and she wou...
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Seated now on the woodpile in Betsy Johnson's cellar, Millicent knew that she had come triumphant through the trial of fire, the searing period of the ego which could end in two kinds of victory for her. The easiest of w...
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Determining Types of Conflict Identify each type of conflict from the story. Bev forces Millicent to interview everyone on the bus about breakfast. character vs. self Millicent is troubled by the idea of leaving Tracy be...
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Bev was coming toward them, then, her red mouth set in a bright, calculating smile. She ignored Millicent and sailed up to Herb. "Why waste your time with gophers?" she caroled gaily. "Their tongues are tied, but complet...
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Decide whether each quotation is an example of direct or indirect characterization. “How horrible it would be . . . if she were condemned to be the plain, shy Millicent of a few years back.” direct “Betsy Johnson, the vi...
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Order the sequence of ideas that led to the current model of the atom. Place a number in front of each event to show the correct order. Rutherford discovered that atoms have a nucleus. Dalton developed the theory that al...
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Use the drop-down menus to complete the statements. A hypothesis is a factual statement about how something will behave. A law is a well-tested explanation of a set of observations. A theory is a possible explanation of...
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In the nineteenth century, Gregor Mendel first determined some basic rules of genetics that have been observed throughout all types of life. No observations have disproved these basic rules of genetics. Charles Darwin de...
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Which statements describe scientific laws but not theories or hypotheses? Check all that apply. They are likely to change as new evidence is discovered. They do not provide explanations for why they are true. They are co...
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In the seventeenth century, Robert Hooke conducted many experiments with springs. In all the data he recorded, he found that the force needed to push down on a spring or stretch it out from its usual resting point was eq...
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What is a difference between a law and a hypothesis? A law describes how two variables affect each other, but a hypothesis only discusses one variable. A law must be testable so that it can be proven, but a hypothesis is...
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How are hypotheses and theories related to each other? A wide range of hypotheses is used to create a theory. A wide range of theories is used to create a hypothesis. A new hypothesis must agree with an existing theory....
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Testable hypotheses that lead to experiments usually describe a relationship between two measurable variables. a measurable variable and a subjective opinion. more than two subjective opinions. more than two measurable v...
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Which statements correctly describe theories? Check all that apply. All theories that scientists could discover have already been written. Theories develop over time as new scientific evidence is discovered. Parts of the...
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In 1917, after developing the concept of relativity, Einstein described how his findings supported the static universe idea, which was a widespread theory that stated that the size of the universe never changes. However,...
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In a lesson about the behavior of gases, Genaris and her classmates learn that the volume of a gas is affected by its temperature. They formulated a hypothesis: If the temperature of a gas increases, the volume of the ga...
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After finding that objects of the same mass do not always float or submerge the same way in a tub of liquid, Alexis wrote a new hypothesis to test objects that have the same mass. If the surface area of an object increas...
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Which scientists contributed to the determination of how CFCs in clouds in the upper atmosphere could destroy ozone molecules? chemists only meteorologists and chemists astronomers and chemists biologists, chemists, and...
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Describing How Scientists Influence Each Other Use the drop-down menus to order the sequence of ideas that led to Marie Curie’s discovery of radioactive elements, starting with the earliest event. 1 Ernest Rutherford nam...
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Based on Radioactivity, compare the discoveries of Henri Becquerel with the discoveries of Marie Curie.
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Which of the following parts of John Dalton’s atomic theory, if correct, would have made it impossible for Marie Curie’s discovery that new elements can be produced when elements are bombarded with neutrons? All matter i...
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Marie Curie and her husband Pierre were Henri Becquerel's graduate students when Becquerel discovered spontaneous radiation. In 1903, the Curies shared the Nobel prize for physics with Becquerel. Based on The Discovery o...
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Think about what you know about science today. How do you think scientific knowledge will be different in 100 years? Explain your answer.
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Write a paragraph to explain why the characteristics important to scientists lead to the development of scientific knowledge.
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Which case would the Supreme Court hear through its original jurisdiction power? a state that sues another for violating interstate trade a man convicted of a crime based on false evidence a teacher prohibited from prayi...
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