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#5036 Daily Warm-Ups: Nonfiction Reading
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Name ______________________________________________
Check Your Understanding
1.
From the context of the passage, what does
innovator mean?
a. someone who plays with objects
c. someone who likes math
b. someone who studies colors
d. someone who makes changes
2.
Which of the following would be the most likely use of calculus?
a. to compute the interest owed on a small debt
b. to determine the amount of force needed to escape Earth’s atmosphere in a rocket
c. to compute the amount of gas needed to travel 500 miles in a car
d. both b and c
3.
Which of the following statements can you infer relate to the laws of motion?
a. An unmoving object will remain unmoving until acted upon by an outside force.
b. A moving object may speed up or slow down depending upon the force applied to the object.
c. How much an object is affected by a force will depend upon the size and weight of the object.
d. all of the above
4.
Which of the following discoveries by Newton do not relate in some way to space, the universe,
or planets?
a. the law of gravity
c. laws of motion
b. calculus
d. none of the above
Isaac Newton was an
innovator. He was born
in 1642, and he died in 1727. In his life, he
made some of the most important discoveries
in the history of science. He completely
changed the way Earth and the entire universe
were understood by scientists. At the age
of twenty-three, Newton discovered a major
concept in algebra, which was then a new kind
of math. At the same age, he worked out the
basic ideas of calculus. This is a kind of math
important to space travel and to understanding
the size and nature of space. We couldn’t even
put a person in space without the figures made
possible by this kind of math!
Newton also discovered the basic law of
gravity. This is the idea that all objects in
the universe are pulled toward each other. It
explains that the strength of this pull depends
on the size of each object. The force also
depends on how far away objects are from
each other. Heavier objects have greater
power to pull other objects. And objects
closer to each other have a greater power to
pull. Newton explained the three laws of
motion. These laws describe the actions of
moving objects and how other forces affect
these objects. All of his ideas help explain the
nature of matter and energy.
Newton was the first scientist to prove that
white light itself is made up of seven colors.
They are red, orange, yellow, green-blue,
violet, and indigo. He also invented the
reflecting telescope. This improved tool
made possible a much more detailed study of
the stars and planets. In the minds of many
people, Isaac Newton is the greatest scientist
of all time.
Fascinating People
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