8unit3Reading

Reading 1 AdiscoveryisAdiscoverymerelymakesknownsomethingthatalreadyexistinnature suchasthediscoveryontheNewContinentbyColumbia 2 AninventionisAninventionissomethingthatcreatedbyhumanbeing suchasthelightingrod Doyouknowthestageseveryinventormustgothroughbeforetheycanhavetheirinventionapproved Inventingisascientificactivityandsofollowssimilarstagestothoseusedinscientificresearch Lookatthefollowinglistandworkoutasuitableorder Pre reading Applyingforapatent2 Findingaproblem3 Doingresearch4 Testingthesolution5 Thinkingofacreativesolution6 Decidingontheinvention Howdidthewritercatchthesnakes A usingsomethingthesnakeswereinterestedtoattractthemintoatrap B takingtheirhabitattoanotherplace C placingthesnakesatalowtemperatureforthemtosleepandthencaughtthem D Alltheabove Readthetextcarefullyandchoosethebestanswer 2 Thewriterwassuccessfultocatchthesnakesin attempt A thefirstB thesecondC thethirdD every 3 ThefollowingareusedinthethreeattemptsEXCEPT A perfumeB abowlC jellyD ice cubes 4 Whydidcoolingthesnakesmakethemlessactive A Becausesnakesarewarm bloodedanimals B Becausesnakeslikehightemperature C Becausesnakesarereptilesandtheirbodytemperaturedependsontheheataroundthem 5 Whichofthefollowingmaygetapatentaccordingtothetext A Acomputerprogramme B Anewanimalvariety C Aworkofliterature D Atrulynovelandusefulinvention 6 Thepurposeinwritingthistextis A toshowushowtotrapthesnakesbutnottokillthemB totellpeoplehowtoapplyforapatentofthewriter snewideaC tointroducethewriter snewideaoftrappingthesnakesandherapplicationforapatentD totellthereadershowtogetanewideaandmakeitapatent 7 Thebiggestadvantageofthewriter snewideaisthat A itmakesthesnakesmoveslowlyB itmakesthesnakeshardlybiteusC itiseasierforustokillthesnakeswithouthurtingourselvesD itiseasierforustocatchthesnakeswithoutkillingthem 8 Whichstatementistrueaccordingtothetext A Thesnakesweresosleepyinthesecondattemptthattheycouldn tbitethewriteratall B Yourproductmustbedifferentfromeverybodyelse sifyouwanttoreceiveapatent C Thewriterdecidedtosendherinventiontothepatentofficethemomentshesucceededincatchingthesnakes D Ifanapplicationforyourproductprovestobevalid youcangetapatentimmediately Howdidthewritercatchthesnakes A usingsomethingthesnakeswereinterestedtoattractthemintoatrap B takingtheirhabitattoanotherplace C placingthesnakesatalowtemperatureforthemtosleepandthencaughtthem D Alltheabove C Readthetextcarefullyandchoosethebestanswer 2 Thewriterwassuccessfultocatchthesnakesin attempt A thefirstB thesecondC thethirdD every C 3 ThefollowingareusedinthethreeattemptsEXCEPT A perfumeB abowlC jellyD ice cubes A 4 Whydidcoolingthesnakesmakethemlessactive A Becausesnakesarewarm bloodedanimals B Becausesnakeslikehightemperature C Becausesnakesarereptilesandtheirbodytemperaturedependsontheheataroundthem C 5 Whichofthefollowingmaygetapatentaccordingtothetext A Acomputerprogramme B Anewanimalvariety C Aworkofliterature D Atrulynovelandusefulinvention D 6 Thepurposeinwritingthistextis A toshowushowtotrapthesnakesbutnottokillthemB totellpeoplehowtoapplyforapatentofthewriter snewideaC tointroducethewriter snewideaoftrappingthesnakesandherapplicationforapatentD totellthereadershowtogetanewideaandmakeitapatent C 7 Thebiggestadvantageofthewriter snewideaisthat A itmakesthesnakesmoveslowlyB itmakesthesnakeshardlybiteusC itiseasierforustokillthesnakeswithouthurtingourselvesD itiseasierforustocatchthesnakeswithoutkillingthem D 8 Whichstatementistrueaccordingtothetext A Thesnakesweresosleepyinthesecondattemptthattheycouldn tbitethewriteratall B Yourproductmustbedifferentfromeverybodyelse sifyouwanttoreceiveapatent C Thewriterdecidedtosendherinventiontothepatentofficethemomentshesucceededincatchingthesnakes D Ifanapplicationforyourproductprovestobevalid youcangetapatentimmediately B Themotherwasupsetbecauseafamilyofsnakeshadmadetheirhomenearthehouse 1 Whatwasthemotherupsetabout Readandanswerthequestions Thewriterwashappybecauseitgaveheranopportunitytohelphermotherandinventsomethingtocatchthesnakeswithouthurtingthematthesametime 2 Whywasthewriterhappytohelphermother 3 Whydidcoolingmakethesnakeslessactive Snakesdonothaveawayofkeepingwarmintheirbodies Theygetwarmthfromthesunandbecomemoreactiveatthistime Whenthesungoesdownatnighttheycooldownandbecomelessactive Soextracoolingtothesnakewouldmakethemevenlessactiveandeasiertocatch Discussion What sthewritingpurposeofthewriter Whatshouldwelearnfromthistext 1 What sthewritingpurposeofthewriter Thewriterwantstoinformusofthescientificmethodstosolvepresentproblemssothatwestudentscannotonlybroadenthehorizonsbutbecomemoreskilledindiscoveringandconsideringcarefullytheproblemsindailylife Wearealsoencouragedbythewritertobecreativeandhardworkingaswellasthinkingindependently 2 Whatshouldwelearnfromthistext Wecanlearnfromthetextthewayofdoingscientificresearchesandhowtoapplyforapatent Wecanalsolearnthatittakesaninventorgreatdeterminationpersistencetoachievehisorherambitioninlife Applywhatwelearn Inpairslookatthefollowingproblems Chooseoneandusethescientificstagestodesignanewinventiontosolveit Remembertoincludeonechangetoyourinventionincaseitdoesn tworkthefirsttime Thiscanbedoneafterclass Problem1 theripeapplesonyourappletreearetoohighforyoutoreach Whatcanyouinventtopickth