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    time he goes to a new location with Derek‚ a psychologist who works with the government to teach people to survive in situations like the one Brian experienced after a plane crash left him stranded. This trip seems too easy to Brian until a freak lightning storm makes an easy situation ten times harder. Derek Holtzer and two men from the government come to Brian Robeson’s house to ask him to go back into the woods. Brian has just gotten past the fame earned when the plane crash left him stranded in

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    Puritans believed that God rewards or protects His people and punishes His enemies. Increase Maher made a list of providences including many pages on the significance of thunder and lightning. His son‚ Cotton Maher‚ wrote about the scientific causes of lightning‚ but said that God instigated the actions that lead to thunder and lightning. The Puritans were especially fascinated by the providences dealing with the punishment of God’s enemies. Punishments include the annihilation of the Narragansett Native

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    Sundiata is described as one with a difficult childhood‚ as he could not walk on his legs until seven and did not possess the beauty of his father. Sundiata‚ however‚ was unlike his peers in other ways as well: his intelligence surpassed his age and his father was able to speak to him like an adult‚ he found things that a child would be amused with boring and did not lash out against the ridicule towards himself or his mother. 3. Sundiata is much different than the current antagonist of the story

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    of frogs from the creek and the myriad softer sounds that stir in the night. Lightning & Thunder - Thunder came marching from far away with increasing tread. - A thunderous boom reverberated among the distant mountains. - A bolt of lightning tore across the sky and a peal of thunder followed. - The sky seemed as if on fire - ablaze with streaks of luminous purple. - A flash of forked lightning and a great clap of thunder came close upon each other. - A deep‚

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    checkpointCHECKPOINT WORKSHEET ON LIGHT Q1. It is night-time and the desk lamp is on. Light shines onto the key. (a) (i) Draw one ray of light on the diagram to show the light shining from the lamp onto the key. Use a ruler. Put an arrow on the ray to show the direction of the light. 2 marks (ii) There is a patch of light on the wall. This light has been reflected from the key. Draw a reflected ray of light on the diagram. Use a ruler. 2 marks (b) There is a dark shadow on the table beside the

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    just as wind kicks up dust and blurs the view. Another element of storms is thunder and lightning. In Tony’s dream he sees‚ ".....a flash of lightning struck and out of the thunder a dark figure stepped forth. It was Ultima......I sought more answers‚ but she was gone‚ evaporated into a loud noise."(Anaya 71) Lightning can offer glimpses of illumination‚ but then darkness returns‚ and the noise of the thunder that follows deafens the ears. This represents the moments of good that can occur

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    play. There are three main parts where the atmosphere and setting affects the plot with the witches‚ Glamis castle‚ and the Dunsinane banquet. The play starts with the Witches‚ which is at a desolate place with thunder and lightning. "When shall we three meet again in thunderlightning‚ or in rain?" The witches are the main source of the evil and supernatural in the play. "Fair is foul‚ and foul is fair" They also give an impression of fear‚ horror and mystery. Glamis castle also affects the plot

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    " Factors affecting the speed of sound in a medium" Type of the medium- The speed of sound is not always the same. Remember that sound is a vibration of kinetic energy passed from molecule to molecule. The closer the molecules are to each other and the tighter their bonds‚ the less time it takes for them to pass the sound to each other and the faster sound can travel. It is easier for sound waves to go through solids than through liquids because the molecules are closer together and more tightly

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    useful knowledge‚ so they may be worth telling. One famous Japanese superstition is related to lightning. “The god of lightning likes humans’ navel‚ so when you hear thunder‚ hide your navel in case he steals it.” No one‚ except some children‚ believes that literally. Then is it just a silly expression? No‚ it’s not. I think it is formed for a lazy child who sleeps with their stomach naked. When it thunders‚ it often starts to rain‚ and the temperature goes down‚ so such a child is likely to catch a

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    reply and I tried to act like I was not bothered by the growing clouds. By this point the wind had began to pick up and you could hear the thunder rolling in the distance. This was not a good sign considering we still had several hours before we reached the end of our trip. About an hour into our journey the winds had increased greatly‚ the thunder grew loader‚ and the rain began to come down. “We need to get out of the water!” my friend Kaitlyn demanded to the rest of our group.

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