Fossil- A remnant or trace of an organism of a past geologic age, such as a skeleton or leaf imprint, embedded and preserved in the earth's crust.
Mammalian- an animal of the class Mammalia; mammal.
Reptilian- belonging or pertaining to the Reptilia.
Scientists believe that certain animals could be related do to a resemblance to the ear bones. Scientists haven't quite figured out what it is but plan to figure it out.
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Whitney Teague Blog
Vocabulary:
Appropriate- suitable or fitting for a particular purpose, person, occasion, etc.:
Assembled- to bring together or gather into one place, company, body, or whole.
Traditional- handed down by tradition.
Summary:
This story talks about the different types of hats worn for different seasons.
For instance, felt hats are worn in the fall and winter the more fur, the warmer it is, the higher the count of x's the better grade of the hat. Straw hats are worn on warmer days, the straw reflects heat. I think this story is interesting, I didn't know that people wore hats for certain seasons, I thought it was just a fashion thing.
Appropriate- suitable or fitting for a particular purpose, person, occasion, etc.:
Assembled- to bring together or gather into one place, company, body, or whole.
Traditional- handed down by tradition.
Summary:
This story talks about the different types of hats worn for different seasons.
For instance, felt hats are worn in the fall and winter the more fur, the warmer it is, the higher the count of x's the better grade of the hat. Straw hats are worn on warmer days, the straw reflects heat. I think this story is interesting, I didn't know that people wore hats for certain seasons, I thought it was just a fashion thing.
Friday, October 31, 2008
The first few minutes after death...
VOCABULARY-
Expectation- The act or state of expecting: to wait in expectation.
Recruit-To enroll or list.
Consciousness- The state of being conscious, or aware.
This story is about near death experiances. How being near death is another state of consciousness. They are doing a research on the near death experiances, while patients are on cardiac arrest. While patients are on cardiac arrest, the monitor their heartbeat, and breathing rate. After patients are off cardiac arrest, they have the choice to continue to be tested.
Expectation- The act or state of expecting: to wait in expectation.
Recruit-To enroll or list.
Consciousness- The state of being conscious, or aware.
This story is about near death experiances. How being near death is another state of consciousness. They are doing a research on the near death experiances, while patients are on cardiac arrest. While patients are on cardiac arrest, the monitor their heartbeat, and breathing rate. After patients are off cardiac arrest, they have the choice to continue to be tested.
Friday, October 3, 2008
http://www.tpwmagazine.com/archive/2008/jan/scout2/
Vocabulary-
1. Hazardous- Full of risk.
2. Immediately- Without lapse of time.
3. Regulation- A law or rule.
Summary
This story is about before 1949, how when starting a bout, that meant it began going immediately. It was very HAZARDOUS. They then began putting in a neutral, forward, and reverse, this made things a lot safer.
Thoughts
I think that its a very good thing that we have a N, F, and R. This makes it to where we have total control of our boats and vehicles. Without having this, what would we do? A lot more people would die from fatal injury.
Vocabulary-
1. Hazardous- Full of risk.
2. Immediately- Without lapse of time.
3. Regulation- A law or rule.
Summary
This story is about before 1949, how when starting a bout, that meant it began going immediately. It was very HAZARDOUS. They then began putting in a neutral, forward, and reverse, this made things a lot safer.
Thoughts
I think that its a very good thing that we have a N, F, and R. This makes it to where we have total control of our boats and vehicles. Without having this, what would we do? A lot more people would die from fatal injury.
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