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Losing it

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  • TRUE OF FALSE: Pat Conroy wrote a book about his love for baseball.
    false (p.24)
  • Which bird did Gene Sparling see in 2004 when kayaking?
    Ivory-billed Woodpacker (p.12)
  • TRUE OR FALSE: The word dinosaur means "terrible reptile"
    false (p.14)
  • TRUE OR FALSE: Fossils are not dinosaur bones.
    true (p.14)
  • What's the name of the Persian king during the war against Greece in 48o bc?
    Xerxes (p.9)
  • How long were the 3 boys lost at sea?
    seven weeks (p.17)
  • Black holes are places where _______ is very strong and they have a lot of ________.
    gravity / mass (p.23)
  • What's the score from the biggest lost in FIFA's history and what were the teams?
    America Samoa 0 X 1 Australia (p.8)
  • How many military planes disappeared at the same time in the Bermuda Triangle in 1945?
    five (p.19)
  • What ideas do paleontologists form about dinosaurs by studying their fossils?
    Dinosaur's appearance, where it lived and food it ate.
  • How many working satellites are there in orbit?
    about 900 (p.21)
  • Why is Pluto no longer considered a planet?
    Because it's too small and too far from the sun (p.22)
  • Only _____________ of the things lost on London's transport find their owners again.
    one third
  • How long could the Spartans stop the Persian army? (days)
    seven days (p.11)
  • TRUE OR FALSE: Scientists believe there is nothing special about the Bermuda Triangle
    true (p.19)
  • What does the book state as a definition of a good loser?
    Someone who loses but does not act badly (p.25)
  • TRUE OR FALSE: Over 50 ships and 20 planes have been lost in the bermuda triangle
    true (p.18)
  • TRUE OR FALSE: Black holes are big because they pull everything into them.
    false (p.23)
  • What did the 3 boys do to survive at the sea?
    They drank rain water and caught fish.
  • The art show "The Lost Collection" had ________ pieces of art from London's transport lost and found.
    sixty (p.7)
  • What does it mean to lose a satellite?
    It means they no longer have control of it. (p.20)
  • How many species scientists believe become extinct every year?
    Thousands (p.13)
  • TRUE OR FALSE: It is impossible to know the location of a lost satellite.
    false (p.20)
  • TRUE OR FALSE: No one can survive being lost at sea for 50 days
    false (p.17)
  • TRUE OR FALSE: After the Greeks lost the battle of Thermopylae, they lost the war against Persia
    False (p.11)