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KM Know More Magazine Increasing Scientific Literacy is A Shared Responsibility!
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KMKnow More Magazine

Increasing Scientific Literacy is A Shared Responsibility!

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Who needs to be Scientifically Literate?

Why is a good science education so vital for every single child, not just for those who may be headed in the direction of a scientific or technical career? Because science is everywhere, and understanding how it’s a portion of our daily lifetimes can give

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students an outstanding foundation for accomplishment in life.

The perception that science is vital merely for scientists and engineers is outdated in today’s high-tech world. A solid science education is vital for students of all backgrounds, talents, interests, and abilities. All kids need the knowledge and skills that make up what we call "science literacy", the skill to make sense of the globe concerning them. By helping kids discover how to observe, collect evidence, and draw conclusions. Science helps students sharpen their thinking concerning the thoughts and events they encounter in everyday life.

A colossal portion of the general public may not realize the momentous role that science plays in our daily lives. Others could contemplate that science is not for them. But science honestly is for everyone, regardless of gender, race, or level of skill. Opportunities are available for all, including students with disabilities.

The Scientific Thinking Checklist:

Observable Measurable Quantitative Testable Repeatable Without Bias

Now that you have the scientific checklist, there

is no need to major in science to think like a scientist, you can use this checklist to think like one! In this magazine, you will experience and discover more about science. You will not only know about basic science, but also about many different fields in science. - Omar Sadek

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What is Scientific Literacy?

Scientific literacy is simply knowing basic scientific facts, concepts and processes that would help a person make decisions and have a better understanding of the natural world. A scientifically literate person is one who’s curious enough to ask questions and find answers, draw conclusions, and most importantly understand and predict natural phenomena.“Scientific literacy is not the specialized, jargon-filled esoteric lingo of the experts. You don’t have to be able to synthesize new drugs to appreciate the importance of medical advances, nor do you need to be able to calculate the orbit of the space station to understand its role in space exploration” (Hazen).

-Nour ElZayat

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Importance of Scientific

Literacy:

Scientific thinking and science in

general make you more aware of

the world around you and makes

you question and examine the

natural world. This means that

scientific literacy is very

important since it will help you

understand different issues and it

gives you information about

basic concepts in life. Scientific

literacy helps people to develop

into educated adults and

independent individuals. That is

because it provides them with a

critical way of analyzing

information and gaining

knowledge to use in their

everyday lives. Being

scientifically literate is very

important for everyone, children,

and adults and also for all

societies around the world. It will

bless people with an observable

and knowledgeable life.

- Emilia Marzouk

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How to Nurture Scientific Literacy Among Teens?

There is no denial that Science plays an important role in our lives; this is because it tells us interesting information we never heard about before. Science gives us the information about everything in details such as knowing about the space and what is there, about our bodies and what is inside us, about the solid, liquids and gases, about the layers of atmosphere, about the underground and the formation of lands. That’s not all, it is just a sip of information about what can Science provide and it is vital that people, especially Teenagers should at least know the basic science, so when you know some of the basic science then you can be considered as Scientifically Literate.

Technology plays a huge part in the teens lives, which drags them away from learning, but no! When you think about it, you will find out that Technology is the source of knowledge about anything. It is just that Teens use it the wrong way. Nowadays, most of the teenagers use technology to watch movies, play games, chat with friends, search about fashion and copy their assignments from the internet to get the full-mark. They never thought of reading to have the knowledge their parents and grandparents have. They never had the curiosity to know

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about nature and about anything related to science. Most of them said that because they take it in school by force and keep on taking quizzes and exams in a complicated way, so when they search about something on the Internet, it would never be something they took in school.

This is probably because schools teach in a way that is not interesting for them.

However, Schools or Universities could do something about it. They can take them camping in summer to increase their scientific literacy and stewardship as they hey learn from natural resource experts in fields including Limnology, fisheries management, wildlife, forestry, geography, geology and

environmental education. There will be many programs, which will give them Hands-on learning that includes exciting natural resources recreation activities such as kayaking, snorkeling, sailing, fossil hunting, archery, photography and evenings around a campfire. Thus, this will make them keen on learning about science and they will be interested to study for the exam. This is because they could take the students the first term or semester to do all of these activities followed by a practical Mid-term exam and then the second one they will learn it theoretical followed by the final exam. Actually, this dazzling idea was derived from Michigan State University who does a 4-H summer camp for teens, which makes them scientifically Literate in a more fun way. It is named “The 4-H Great Lakes and Natural Resources Camp”. It is an annual three-time national award-winning camp that mixes summer camp fun and hands-on science education. To sum up, we can develop scientific literacy by this perfect way, because it will make the basics of science stuck in their brains for the many coming years. And all the coming generations will scientifically literate. Nevertheless, this leaves us with the problem of How to Improve Scientific Literacy For Adults?

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- Omar Sadek

Greenhouse gases and global

warming:

Water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and ozone are not just any gases. They’re the greenhouse gases! Their job is to simply trap some of the heat emitted by the earth to keep its temperature constant. Thus, it’s very important to keep the amount of these gases in our atmosphere balanced. Sadly though, most human activities like burning or cutting trees as well as burning fossil fuels result in an increase in the percentage of these gases, therefore more and more heat energy is trapped resulting in the exceeding warmth of Earth and that’s what’s called Global Warming. Nowadays CFC’s are used in many

different products and these are very dangerous green house gases as small amounts of them could trap large amounts of heat! Take care of the different effects of global warming, if we don’t prevent it, not only will the earth’s temperature be very irritating, but also disasters would occur!

Rising of sea levels is very possible and that would cause a threat to the many low-lying areas on our planet. Farming will be greatly affected, as drought is a risk too! Of course, us humans as well as plants and animals will be in great danger..

*Tip: Recycle all your garbage as greenhouse gases are released from garbage in landfill sites! -Nour ElZayat

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Recycling is important!

The amount of garbage we create is increasing rapidly!

“Today garbage pollution is a major problem for people’s

health and the world economy, and increasing volumes of

garbage is shrinking precious living space” (Khan).

However, there’s an extremely simple solution to this,

which is recycling. We must recycle not only to clean up

our environment, but also to

save energy, resources and

decrease the amount of rubbish

in landfills. Our non-renewable

resources are at danger of

disappearing, so recycle to help

save them! - Nour El Zayat

Importance of Water

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-Emilia Marzouk

Questions about the weather:1. An avalanche features the rapid descent of _______?2. An anemometer is used to measure what?3. At what temperature is Centigrade equal to

Fahrenheit?4. True or false? The highest recorded temperature on

Earth of 57.8 °C (136 °F) was recorded in Tirat Tsvi, Israel.

5. Stratus, cirrus, cumulus and nimbus are types of what?

6. Blizzards feature low temperatures, strong winds and heavy _______?

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-Emilia Marzouk

Answers:1. Snow2. Wind Speed3. -40 degrees4. False (It was in Al Aziziyah, Libya)5. Clouds6. Snow

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Simple tips for a healthy life styleDrink less soda more and water, less alcohol and more tea, less driving and more walking, less worrying and more sleeping, less anger and more laug hter.

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Why should we bother exercising? Regular exercise is crucial. It benefits us in many different forms. Exercise prevents us from gaining weight, and also helps maintain weight loss. Exercise helps you build muscles, which promotes metabolism.

Working out has an impact on us, not only physically but also emotionally. Exercise raises our self-esteem and is certainly considered on of the top stress relievers. Other benefit of exercise is that it prevents high blood pressure.

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Exercises that you can do at home NO EXCUSES!

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Health Tip !

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Did You Know?The functions of the brain?

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What is a Healthy Diet? A healthy diet is one of the most effective tool for fighting diseases such as diabetes, heart diseases and obesity. A healthy diet should contain:

Lots of legumes and vegetables Fruits Small amount of healthy fats Small amount of carbohydrates Adequate amount of protein A LOT OF WATER

Eat less food that contains:

Sugar Salt Oil Butter

Your plate should look like this

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VegetariansMany vegetarians struggle with their eating as they cut out meat from their life. Protein is vital to the human body; we all need protein to maintain a healthy body, especially for those who want to build muscles, eating a good amount of protein is extremely beneficial. So what can

Vegetarians do about this? There are many plants that you can eat that are good sources of protein, which are: Asparagus, avocado, spinach, sweet potato, broccoli, cauliflower, hempseeds, lentils, nuts and seeds.

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Christina Applegate Ellen Degenerous

Hayden Panittiere Kate Winslet

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Paul McCartney Natalie Portman

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Do You Still Want to Eat Fast Food?

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Tips from Harvard UniversityTo keep your immune system strong and healthy you should :

Eat a diet high in fruits, vegetables, and whole grains, and low in saturated fat.

Exercise regularly. Maintain a healthy weight. Control your blood pressure. If you drink alcohol, drink only in

moderation. Get adequate sleep. Take steps to avoid infection, such as

washing your hands frequently and cooking meats thoroughly.

Get regular medical screening tests for people in your age group and risk category.

Don’t smoke.

Importance of sleep:

You have always been told how important it is to sleep early while you’re a kid, but sleep is still essential for your health as a grown up. People

who don’t sleep enough suffer from many illnesses and get sick a lot easier than a person who has gotten the rest he/she need to get through their daily activities. Harvard University made

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some research about sleep and came up with a few meaningful suggestions that may change your mind and sleep early.

1. Learning and memory: Sleep helps the brain commit new information to memory through a process called memory consolidation. In studies, people who’d slept after learning a task did better on tests later.

2. Metabolism and weight: Chronic sleep deprivation may cause weight gain by affecting the way our bodies process and store carbohydrates, and by altering levels of hormones that affect our appetite.

3. Safety: Sleep debt contributes to a greater tendency to fall asleep during the daytime. These lapses may cause falls and mistakes such as medical errors, air traffic mishaps, and road accidents.

4. Mood: Sleep loss may result in irritability, impatience, inability to concentrate, and moodiness. Too little sleep can also leave you too tired to do the things you like to do.

5. Cardiovascular health: Serious sleep disorders have been linked to hypertension, increased stress hormone levels, and irregular heartbeat.

6. Disease: Sleep deprivation alters immune function, including the activity of the body’s killer cells. Keeping up with sleep may also help fight cancer.

So, as a conclusion to all this, if you want an efficient and healthy life, start by sleeping early and get the rest that your body and brain need to continue your journey in life.

-Emilia Marzouk

Did you know?Activities or games of logic like Sudoku are fun and very beneficial. It is a productive way to spend your time as playing Sudoku helps improve your memory, rather than spending time watching a TV screen or laptop screen, do a Sudoku puzzle!

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Space Facts

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Discover more about space.

Let us take you to a small journey into the outer space…you will learn facts that you didn’t know about before!

Somewhere, something

INCREDIBLEIs waiting to be known

- Carl Sagan

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The Apollo 17 mission commander checks out the rover prior to loadup

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From the moon, astronauts brought back 380 kg of Moon rock.

The largest moon in the Solar System is the Jupiter’s moon

The distance to the planets is measured by bouncing radar signals off them and timing how long the

signals take to get there and back.

Life is known to exist only on Earth, but in 1986 NASA found what

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they thought might be fossils of microscopic living things in a rock from Mars.

The slowest rotating planet is Venus, which takes 243.01 days to turn around.Galaxies are often found in a group or clusters. One cluster may have 30 or so galaxies in it.

There may be 20 trillion galaxies in the Universe.

You can see another galaxy with the naked eye: the Andromeda Galaxy, 2.2 million light years away.

The Milky Way galaxy is whirling rapidly, spinning our sun and all its other stars at around 100 million km per hour.

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The sun weighs 2,000 trillion trillion tones – about 300,000 times as much as the Earth.

The sun is about 5 billion years old and half a way through its life.

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Hubble’s law showed that Universe is getting bigger – and so must have started very small. This led to the idea of Big Bang.

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Moon ProfileCircumference at Equator: 10,917.0 kmDiameter: 3,475 kmMass: 73,476,730,924,573,500 million kg (0.0123 x Earth)Average Distance from Earth: 384,400 kmLength of Orbit: 27.3 Earth daysSurface Temperature: -233 to 123 °C.

Who is the first man to land on the surface of the moon?

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Neil Armstrong sits in the lunar module after a historic moonwalk.

Neil Armstrong was the first astronaut from NASA to walk on the moon; it was a mission that called Apollo 11. It is called the first manned lunar landing mission. Apollo 11 landed on the moon on July 20, 1969. Armstrong died on 25th of august 2012, and until now people still talk about his greatest achievement in life. Armstrong was also the pilot of Gemini 8 mission, which launched March 16, 1966. He completed the first successful docking of 2 vehicles in the space. Moreover, after few years spent as an astronaut, Armstrong became a Deputy Associate Administrator for Aeronautics at NASA Headquarters. After that, from 1971-1979, he was Professor of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Cincinnati. Then, from 1982-1992, he became a chairman of Computing Technologies for Aviation, Inc., Charlottesville, Va. Before that, there was an unmanned mission to the moon by the soviet union in1959.

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Who is the first man to travel to space?

The Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin gave the Soviet Union a big victory in its Cold War space race against the United States when he was the first one who orbited the Earth on April 12, 1961.

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Did you know who is the last man on the moon?

Eugene Cernan was the last man to walk on the surface of the moon in 1972. He visited the moon’s neighborhood twice, aboard Apollo 10 and Apollo 17, and also he did a challenging spacewalk aboard Gemini 9.

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The Phases of the Moon:

The swing arms move away, signaling the launch of Apollo 11.

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Interesting Facts

The tongue is the only muscle that is attached from one end only

Every 14 years, Saturn's rings become briefly invisible to astronomers on Earth.

The average person can live about a month without eating any food, but can only live about a week without water.

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.

Your brain uses 20% of all the oxygen that enters your bloodstream.

The ocean is 3,682 m deep on average. That’s about 8

empire state buildings on top of each other. The deepest

part of the ocean however is about 11,030 m deep, which adds up to 25 empire state buildings.

Gavity on the moon is 1/6 of that on eart. If you weigh about 68-70 kg on

earth,

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you will scale about 11-13kg on the moon..

There are 2000 different species of scorpions.

.

Cucumber is 96% water.

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Breathing generates about 0.6g of CO2 every minute.

50 million bacteria could be contained in single drop

of liquid

Sharks have no air bladders, so they must swim constantly or they'll sink.

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All Science

R E D N E L A C C I M S O C L B K L X ST Q D O A R C H E O L O G Y S C U H Q EY I E I Y M O N O R T S A A S U R Y N AB F C Z X H I E L G C R D Q P J N U O YE F N Y C O C N E X M N U S A O T E G JA U E S R A I M O T F B Y E C P L O V TK S I Y P T I D S A W Y L Z E U L L Q OE W C S H N S T N M C B S N C O M I O TR T S I I Y R I A O A I H T R A E J V UM U O Y S O D R M T B G D T A C W K F LQ H D H N Y S R C E H R S S F K W E T PH G E G D W H I O N H A A D T E W P V PK V U V E C D P V G A C F C K L Z O M QW H S P F O B A C T E R I A G E R C O MH A P E I O X Y G E N N A E R M E S O GB M T R Y G O L O I B M O O D E T O N MS G E E H L X U I S J L V G Y N I R U LB P D S R J I G V X O L Y S O T P O X PV H W O Q W Z R F G S T A R S S U H Q MB T F M D Q T Q Y T Q G X Z I I J O Q U

AMINOACIDSAPOLLOARCHEOLOGYARMTSTRONGASTROLOGYASTRONOMY

BACTERIABEAKERBIOLOGYCARBONDIOXIDECHEMISTRYCOSMICCALENDER

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EARTHELEMENTSGEMINIGEOLOGYHOROSCOPEHYDROGEN

JUPITERMARSMOONWaterVenusSun

NEPTUNEOXYGENPERIODICTABLEPHYSICSPLUTOPSUEDOSCIENCESPACESPACECRAFTSTAR

Solution R E D N E L A C C I M S O C + + + + + + + + D + A R C H E O L O G Y S + + + + E + + E I Y M O N O R T S A A S U + + N + B + C + X + I E + G + R + + P + N U + Y E + N Y + O C N E + M N U S A O T E G + A + E + R A I M O T + + + E C P L O V + K S I + P T I D S A + + L + E + L L + O E + C S H N S T N M C B + N C O + + O T R + S I I Y R I A O A I H T R A E + + U + + O + S O D R M T B + D T A + + + + L + + D + N Y S R C E + R S S F + + E + P + + E G + + H I O + H A A + T E + P + + + + U + + + D P + G + C + C + L + O M + W + S + + O B A C T E R I A G E R C O + + A P + I O X Y G E N N + E + M E S O + + + T R Y G O L O I B + O + + E T O N + + + E E + + + + + + + L + + + N I R + + + P + + R + + + + + O + + + + T P O + + + + + + + + + + + G S T A R S S U H + + + + + + + + + + Y + + + + + + + J + + +

Over,Down,Direction) AMINOACIDS(5,2,SE)APOLLO(14,3,SE)

ARCHEOLOGY(5,2,E)ARMTSTRONG(13,3,SW)ASTROLOGY(12,12,NE)ASTRONOMY(13,3,W)BACTERIA(7,14,E)BEAKER(1,4,S)

BIOLOGY(11,16,W)CARBONDIOXIDE(14,13,NW)CHEMISTRY(12,13,NW)

COSMICCALENDER(14,1,W)

EARTH(17,9,W)ELEMENTS(16,12,S)GEMINI(10,4,SW)

GEOLOGY(15,14,SW)HOROSCOPE(18,19,N)HYDROGEN(5,8,SE)JUPITER(17,20,N)MARS(10,8,SW)MOON(19,13,S)

NEPTUNE(14,8,NE)OXYGEN(6,15,E)

PERIODICTABLE(2,18,NE)PHYSICS(8,13,NW)

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PLUTO(20,11,N)PSUEDOSCIENCE(3,15,N)

SPACE(4,8,NE)SPACECRAFT(15,3,S)

STARS(11,19,E)SUN(14,5,W)

VENUS(19,6,NW)WATER(1,14,SE)

Here you have some literacy:

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Do You Know the Difference between Science and Pseudo Science?

Science Pseudo Science

Scientists write the Literature. There’s a peer review and there are rigorous standards for honesty and accuracy.

Reproducible and reliable results are demanded; experiments must be precisely described, so that they can be improved upon in other volumes.

Convinces by an appeal to the evidence, by arguments based upon logical and/or mathematical reasoning. When new evidence contradicts old ideas, then they are abandoned.

As time goes on more and more is learned about the

The ideas are published without review, no standards, no pre-publication verification, no demand for accuracy and precision.

Results cannot be reproduced or verified. Studies, if any, they are always so vaguely described that no one can figure out what exactly has happened and how.

If it contradicts known scientific principles, then the originator of the theory claims to be “mistreated by scientific establishments” and he is not recognized because of their jealousy.

No physical process ever found, noticed or studied. No progress is made, so nothing

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physical process under study.

Example: Chemistry, Astronomy, Geology…etc

concrete is learned.Example: Horoscopes

(Astrology) and instructions in developing paranominal powers.

P.s: If you dig deeper, you will find out that many of these characteristics exists in many other horoscopes, not just yours!

Can you arrive to think like a scientist?

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Yes You Can!!

Scientific literacy on our campus.

After passing around our scientific literacy quiz, we found out that 60% of students on campus are scientifically literate and 40% are not.

Also, 83.3% of students who are majoring in science were literate while 16.7% were not and ironically when it came to non-science major students the ratio was 1:1!

What’s very interesting is that almost NO ONE knew that spiders are arachnids not insects and a low percentage knew anything about nanometers. Moreover, not many knew that natural selection gives rise to adaption as students thought it was actually age, health or both. Also, the results proved that pseudoscience wasn’t a known definition. However, Potassium having the chemical formula K was a fact everybody knew.

-Nour ElZayat & Emilia Marzouk

Answer this mini-quiz to know if you’re scientifically literate or not!

1) The most common gas in the Earth's atmosphere is:

a) Oxygen. b) Nitrogen. c) Carbon Dioxide.d) Hydrogen.

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2) Organic chemistry is the study of compounds that contain the element:

a) Hydrogen.b) Carbon.c) Nitrogen.d) Potassium.

3) In the periodic table, the letter K stands for:

a) Potassium.b) Iron.c) Magnesium.d) Silver.

4) How many nanometers are there in a centimeter?

a) 1000.b) 10,000.c) 1,000,000.d) 10,000,000.

5) Spiders are:

a) Arachnids. b) Insects. c) Reptiles. d) Prokaryotes.6) An example of a noble gas is:

a) Oxygen.b) Radon.c) Chlorined) Nitrogen

7) Earth is about:

a) 4.5 million years old.b) 4.5 billion years old. c) 200 million years old.d) 200 billion years old.

8) The element …… has the chemical formula CH4.

a) Ethane.b) Benzene. c) Methane. d) Propanol.

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9) Pseudoscience is:

a) Social science.b) Natural science. c) Just science.d) Not science.

10) The PH level of pure water is:

a) 5b) 7c) 9d) 11

11) Sharks have …… bones in their bodies.

a) 0b) 10c) 100d) 1000

12) A triangle whose three sides are of unequal length is called:

a) Equilateral.b) Isosceles.c) Scalene.d) Oblong.

13) Viruses are composed of …… cell/cells.

a) 0b) 1c) 100d) Infinite

14) Mass multiplied by acceleration =

a) Gravity.b) Speed.c) Force.d) Distance.

15) Is energy conserved over time?

a) Yes.b) No.c) Depends on the situation.d) Depends on the form of energy.

16) Sound frequency is measured by:

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a) cmb) Hzc) s d) λ

17) Newton’s first law of motion is:

a) Law of inertia.b) Law of acceleration.c) Law of gravity.d) Law of time.

18) An ion is:

a) An atom in which electrons must be more than protons.b) An atom in which protons must be more than electrons.c) An atom or a molecule in which the number of electrons is not

equal to the number of protons.d) An atom or a molecule in which the number of electrons must

be more than the number of protons.19) Antibiotics destroy:

a) Viruses.b) Bacteria.c) Both.d) None.e) 20) Mutation leads to:

a) Genetic variation.b) Pregnancy.c) Cold weather. d) Warm weather.

21) What gives rise to adaptation? a) Health. b) Age.c) Both.d) Natural selection.

22) 6CO2 + 12H2O + light energy ----- C6H12O6 +6O2 + 6H2O This is:

a) Respiration.b) Photosynthesis.c) Dehydration. d) None of the above.

23) The fastest land animal in the world is:

a) Zebra.b) Cheetah.c) Horse.

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d) Lion.24) The highest mountain on earth is?

a) Mount Everest. b) Nanga Parbat. c) Shishapangma. d) None of the above.25) The biggest planet in our solar system is:

a) Mercury. b) Venus. c) Neptune. d) Jupiter.

-Nour ElZayat & Omar Sadek

Answers:

1. b2. b3. a4. d5. a6. b7. b8. c9. d10. b11. a12. c13. a

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14. c15. a16. b17. a18. c19. b20. a21. d22. b23) b 24) a 25) d

- Omar Sadek & Nour

ElZayat

The Word Impossible Does Not Exist! (True Story ) My name is Omar Sadek and I am 18 years old. I am studying Business Adminstration at the American University In Cairo. I did not have any problems being fat, especially with my friends, no one was judging me for it. However, from time to time, some people started to be mean and kept judging me and making fun of me, because I am “fat”. I was studying with my friend for the I.G.C.S.E final exams, and here is when it all started. He told me

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about Insanity and how it has a huge impact on people’s physical life. Therefore, I thought why not give it a try? When it was summertime, I started doing Insanity, which is a fitness program for 60 days, I was really tired and I cannot even finish the exercises. But, by time I started to be better and have a strong inner-drive to continue, so I could be in a good shape and be healthy. Besides, I was following a diet with a nutritionist and this perhaps helped me lose a lot of weight, but what made me lose 18 Kilos in 3 months is INSANITY. I did not believe it when I lost 18 Kilos, that was a huge number and many people started to notice the immense difference, so they encouraged me to continue until I am free of fat and I am still now losing weight. I actually finished insanity 2 times and I am on my way to finish the third! Good Luck! Believe me it’s not impossible, you really can do it; it requires a strong will. I recommend Insanity for everyone, even those who are not fat, because it honestly helped me to be more active and much more healthier than I was.

After completing the 60 Days of Insanity, I started to believe in the quote that says “Nothing is Impossible”.

- Omar Sadek

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Get fit or Get out! It’s Insanity, be prepared to get insane!

For More information, visit http://www.beachbody.com - www.beachbody.com/?e=railsc -Omar Sadek

Fun experiment to do at home

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Can’t tell the difference between raw or boiled egg? What you will need:Get 2 eggs one boiled and one raw.Instructions:

1- Put both eggs on the table 2- Spin the eggs3- Stop both eggs by touching them4- Observe carefully

You will then realize that one egg will wobble and one egg will spin. Why is that?The raw egg wobbles when you spin it as the yolk and the white move inside the eggshell causing its centre of gravity to change. The egg continues to move even after stopping it because of inertia. So when you stop both eggs, the raw one will keeps wobbling.

- Habiba Hashish

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