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6 Buffalo Bill Cody ©Teacher Created Resources 143 #5036 Daily Warm-Ups: Nonfiction Reading Warm-Up Check Your Understanding / 4 Name ______________________________________________ 1. What can you infer about Archimedes’ personality by reading the passage? a. He enjoyed making new discoveries. c. He examined many things in nature and used his examinations to make new discoveries. b. He was loyal to his king. d. all of the above 2. What is an Archimedes screw? a. a seashell c. a device for moving water uphill b. a small tool for holding wood together d. a war machine 3. From the context of the passage, what is the meaning of jubilant? a. rich c. very depressed b. extremely happy d. satisfied 4. Which of the following was a cause of Archimedes’ discovery of the displacement of water by different metals? a. He studied conch shells. b. He took a bath with the crown. c. He studied levers. d. He studied circles. Archimedes was one of the most important thinkers in world history. This Greek scientist, who lived about 2,300 years ago, was a student of science and mathematics, as well as all forms of learning. Archimedes studied spirals and circles and the idea of pi, a fraction used to find the area and distance around circles. He was one of the first scientists to use experimentation to test his ideas. He worked with simple machines and explored the uses of the lever. He explained the idea of the lever by saying, “Give me a place to stand, and I will move the Earth.” Archimedes was a close friend of the king of Sicily. The king asked him to determine if a gold crown he had ordered was completely gold or had cheaper metals in it. Archimedes was taking a bath when he discovered the answer. He realized that every metal on the crown displaced a different amount of water. The amount of water that moved was due to a metal’s weight. He realized that water could be used to compare the specific weights of different metals. Archimedes was so jubilant at his discovery that he jumped out of his bath. He forgot his clothes and ran to the king’s palace shouting, “Eureka!” which means, “I’ve found it!” Archimedes also studied other properties of water, such as how objects floated. He developed a tool used to bring water uphill to dry areas of land. It is called the Archimedes screw. It was used to irrigate crops. It was based on his study of a kind of seashell with a spiral shape. Archimedes helped his king by designing war machines to fight off their Roman enemies. He was killed by a Roman soldier during a siege of his city, but his memory and discoveries live on. Fascinating People Download 10.24 Kb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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