Explain this!Titanic Titanic (tītăn`ĭk), British liner that sank on the night of Apr. 14–15, 1912, after crashing into an iceberg in the N Atlantic S of Newfoundland. More than 1,500 lives were lost. Turtle? ANSWERS This monster turtle is not a newly discovered species. It's a model of the main character in the Japanese movie Gamera: Little Brave Ones. Last April, moviegoers saw the larger-than life turtle use its swiftness and fire-breathing powers to save humans from monsters. In real life, giant tortoises--or land turtles--live a far more peaceful life. Unlike the movie's speedy turtle, they amble amble a slower, non-racing version of pace gait in horses. broken amble has many characteristics of the amble but there are four beats to the gait with each foot contacting the ground independently. Called also single-foot. through the grass at a sluggish 0.26 kilometers (0.26 miles) per hour. By comparison, humans walk at an average speed of 4.5 km (2.8 mi) per hour. TEASE tease (tez) to pull apart gently with fine needles to permit microscopic examination. tease v. YOUR BRAIN Look at the figure above. Can you follow the lines to divide this "garden" into eight plots so that only one carrot carrot, common name for some members of the Umbelliferae, a family (also called the parsley family) of chiefly biennial or perennial herbs of north temperate regions. is in each? The plots must be the same size and shape. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ANSWERS 1.a 2. c 3. c 4. d 5. d 6. b 7. b 8. c 9. c 10. c |
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