catch up on links
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Soviets and space
For after the other links, if these work on computers
Math
Einstein's Universe, Letters of a Woman Homesteader
Proverbs 15
Reading hour (Practical Cats, Fever, Dorothy Sayers), writing hour (NaNoWriMo, etc.), Math Mammoth
time outside collecting firewood, learning golf
Quiz 11/4
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Quiz 11/4/13
1. “The nether
world and the abyss lie open before the LORD;
how much more the hearts
of men!”
What attribute of God is this proverb referring to?
2. Tell me one
of the recurring themes in Proverbs so far.
3. What is “light
amplification by stimulated emission of radiation” better known as?
4.
9,192,631,770 vibrations of the microwave radiation emitted by
caesium-133 atoms
during a specific atomic rearrangement equals one
s____________.
5. Name one of
the way that people use to track the passage of time, to measure time.
6. Hafele and
Keating experimented with relativity and time by bringing clocks onto
______ and going __________, then comparing the clocks with
clocks on the ground.
7. Why do
clocks run a little bit (very little) faster at higher altitudes (what are they
affected by)?
8. The
survivors of Magellan’s expedition got home and found that what had happened?
9. How did
Aggie McEttrick make sure she got her money’s worth from the hotel? Why was this a good or bad idea? Explain fully.
10. Why was
Jerrine angry with God about the new baby?
11. Why couldn’t
the party get through the canon to the dinner on the first night?
12. N’Yawk said
several times that his father had “waded in bloody gore up to his neck and that
he was a chip off the old block”.
Why was this ironic?
