Exploring The World Of Mathmatics Flashcards

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He built the first clock that measured hours, minutes, and seconds

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Christian Huygens

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They invented the hour

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Egyptians

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He discovered the period of a pendulum was determined by its length

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Galileo

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It measures 6 ft

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Fathom

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Seasons are caused by the

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Tilt of the earth’s axis

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Ships and aircraft measure speed in

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Knots

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A system of weights

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Avoirdupois

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Most accurate clock in the world

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Cesium

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The time for the moon to make 1 revolution around the earth

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29.5 days

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1 long ton is how many pounds

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2,240 lbs

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Thought a sermon should not last longer than 30 minutes

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Queen Victoria

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The weight of 1 pint of waster

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1 pound

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A calendar based upon the phases of the moon

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Lunar

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Prime meridian of the world, the line of zero longitude

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Royal observatory at Greenwich England

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The brightest star in the night sky

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Sirius

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Ante meridian and post meridian

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AM and PM

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1st standard unit of measure for weight

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Troy ounce

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A pendulum exactly 39.14 inches long takes how long to swing from one side to another

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1 second

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Responsible for today’s calendar

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Pope Gregory XIII

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A device for keeping time

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Hourglass

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-273 K, -459 F

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Absolute zero

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To measure the earth

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Geometry

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Circle, ellipse, parabola, and hyperbola are all parts of _____

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Conic sections

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Unit of temperature

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Kelvin

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Wrote Elements of Geometry

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Euclid

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MMXII

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2012

M= 1000
X= 10
I= 1
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The first country to step up its money based on 10

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United States

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Ranked as the greatest mathematician of the ancient world

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Archimedes

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Developed 3 laws of motion

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Isaac Newton

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39.37 inches equals ______

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1meter

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The Parthenon, the Ark of the Covenant and Noah’s ark all obey the ______

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Golden ratio

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Convinced Europeans to use Arabic numerals

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Leonardo Fibonacci

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Prefix for one-hundredth

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Centi

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“Gift of the Nile”

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Egypt

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1 square mile

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640 acres

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Two foci on top of one another

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Circle

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Prefix for 1/1000

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Milli

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Unit of mass

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Kilogram