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1
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saffron is a shade of

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yellow

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2
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degrees of lat/long on each side of equator/prime meridian

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lat - 90 each side of equator, long - 180 each side of prime meridian

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3
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southern most state in US

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hawaii

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4
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child receives recessive gene from one or both parents?

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both

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5
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Great Plains produces most in world of what crop

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corn

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6
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Gobi desert is in

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Mongolia / China

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7
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a small mountain with a wide flat top

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mesa

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8
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isolated hill with steep cliffs and a small flat top

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butte

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9
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two figures are congruent?

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same size, same shape

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10
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6 trillion miles is called a

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light year

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11
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leader of North Vietnam during Vietnam War

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Ho Chi Minh

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12
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Guglielmo Marconi invented the

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radio

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13
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Enrico Fermi invented the

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nuclear reactor

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14
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united nations headquarters

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new york city

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15
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nato, eu (de facto) headquarters

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brussels, belgium

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16
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Island of the Blue Dolphins author

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Scott O’Dell

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17
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Only country to still have an emperor

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Japan

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18
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Mojave Desert is in

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California / Arizona / Nevada

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19
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Mount Rainier is in

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Washington (near Seattle)

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20
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Highest mountain in the US is

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Mount McKinley (Alaska)

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21
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What revolution gave phrase “Liberty! Equality! Fraternity!”

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French Revolution - now official motto for France

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22
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Etymology is the study of

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words

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23
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Entomology is the study of

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bugs

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24
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what is an interjection

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expresses a strong emotion or feeling (e.g. OMG!)

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25
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Stonehenge is located in

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England

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26
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top/bottom of Hindu caste system

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Brahmin (priest) at top, Shudra (servants) at bottom

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27
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memo is short for

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memorandum

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28
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first Hispanic to serve on the Supreme Court

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Justice Sonia Sotomayor

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29
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island of Corsica is in what country

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France

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30
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Components of air?

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80% Nitrogen, 20% Oxygen, .5% Carbon Dioxide (Exhaled air contains 14% Oxygen 4.4% Carbon Dioxide)

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31
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Author of The Legends of Sleepy Hollow

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Washington Irving

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32
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Adirondack Mountains are in what state

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New York

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33
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large feudal estates of the Middle Ages

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Manors

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34
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author of Percy Jackson and the Olympians

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Rick Riordon

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35
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What country awards Nobel prizes

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Sweden

36
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what is an onomatopoeia

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Word that sounds like what it describes (klunk, bonk, pow)

37
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Who was Captain Kidd?

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Famous Scottish pirate in 1600s, executed by English parliament for piracy

38
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What did the Maastricht Treaty establish and when?

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European Union, 1993

39
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Which continent has the highest average elevation?

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Antartica (8,000 ft)

40
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words at the top of the dictionary page

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guide words

41
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Warm Ocean Current from Florida to London

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Gulf Stream

42
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Which direction does the earth rotate (looking down from North pole)

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To the East (Counter clockwise)

43
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Why does weather in US move West to East

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Air wants to move from tropical equator (hot - high pressure) to cold north pole (cold - low pressure). Earth spins east so wind gets caught up going east on it’s way up.

44
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Why does Sun Rise in East and Set in West

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Earth spins east. Imagine yourself on Earth looking East - you’ll see the Sun come up on that side and down on the other side

45
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How fast does Earth rotate?

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~ 1000 mph at equator, slower towards poles. We can’t tell because humans can’t sense absolute speed, only relative.

46
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Why is it colder in winter and warmer in summer (Northern Hemisphere)

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Because the earth is tilted 23 degrees. In the summer the North hemisphere gets most direct sun, winter gets the least.

47
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Who wears jodhpurs?

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equestrian (jodhpurs are comfortable pants for riding a horse)

48
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What does a hygrometer measure?

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humidity

49
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Roman army was divided into regiments called

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legions

50
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Daylight Saving Time (US) starts/ends when?

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2nd Sunday in March - 1st Sunday in November

51
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poetry with no rhyme scheme or regular meter

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free verse

52
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What is an esquire?

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synonym for lawyer or attorney

53
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Black American poet, innovator of jazz poetry and leader of Harlem Renaissance

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Langston Hughes

54
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Majorca is an island in

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Mediterranean (Spanish)

55
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Who was the Good Neighbor policy in the 1940’s with?

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FDR had a non-intervention policy with Latin America

56
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Where are the White and Green Mountains?

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White (New Hampshire & little in Maine), Green (Vermont)

57
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Hispanic American union leader for the National Farm Workers Association

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Cesar Chavez

58
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English crime writer of novels and plays like The Mousetrap

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Agatha Christie (only Shakespeare and the Bible have sold more copies)

59
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“Trains hurtle people home.” Is “hurtle” transitive or intransitive verb?

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transitive (it shows action AND has a direct object of the action (people))

60
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What city is nicknamed “Gateway to the West”

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St Louis

61
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What are words ending in “ing” and are nouns called?

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gerunds (e.g. the GPS is “recalculating” our route)

62
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What are words ending in “ing” and are not nouns called?

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present participles (e.g. a shark ate my “swimming” coach) - swimming describes the type of coach

63
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Difference between Opthalmologist and Optometrist?

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Opthalmologist is an eye doctor (usually does surgery and research). Optometrist is not a doctor, but went to 4 yr optometry school (usually does eye exams).

64
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What is the point where an earthquake starts called?

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epicenter

65
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Put in order of invention: pottery, baskets, flint tools

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flint tools (10,000 BCE), baskets (9,000 BCE), pottery (7,000 BCE)

66
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How much is 1 gross of eggs?

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12 dozen (144 eggs)

67
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Where is Thebes?

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Egyption capital during their heydey (2100 BC), along Nile, near present day Luxor

68
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Dutch scholar during Renaissance, questioned church, precursor to Protestant Revolution

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Erasmus

69
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Where is the Painted Desert located?

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Arizona, between Grand Canyon and Petrified Forest

70
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Where is Fort Sumter?

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South Carolina

71
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Major crops grown in the US?

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Corn (84 million acres), Soybeans (74), Hay (56), Wheat (46), Cotton (10)

72
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What metal was discovered after copper and bronze?

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iron (it started the Iron Age)

73
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Copper + Tin = ?

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Bronze

74
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What was the Ashanti Empire in the 1600s?

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Africa (present day Ghana)

75
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What is Mexico divided into?

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states

76
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What is the process of green plants turning towards the light

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phototropism

77
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What is a device that converts mechanical engergy into electrical energy

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generator

78
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What is the explosion of a star?

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supernova

79
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What is a short, humorous or nonsense poem?

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limerick

80
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Does all lightning hit the ground?

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No, lightning can strike inside or between clouds

81
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Isis and Osiris are gods of?

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Egypt. Isis (goddess of the moon) and Osiris (god of the underworld)

82
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the earliest type of photograph

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daguerreotype

83
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what connects bones to bones?

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ligaments

84
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what connects bones to muscle?

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tendons

85
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what is the most common element in the universe?

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hydrogen (74%) and helium (24%)

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