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Basic reading introduction explore your world pages 4,5
The document provides short prompts about various science, history, and geography topics and asks questions to encourage further exploration of each topic, including the popularity of Japanese poet Basho's poems, why a nature reserve in China attracts many tourists, what DNA evidence from Papua New Guinea reveals about human origins, how a lizard in Australia drinks through its foot, what happened to a naturalist in a Kenyan nature reserve, where electronic waste in Ghana comes from, why a large bell in Moscow never rings, what a scientist in Switzerland discovered about love and smell, whether Napoleon's death was natural or murder, how residents of a California town live so long, what caused a mysterious outbreak in Canada in 2001, what an astronomer noticed
Basic reading introduction explore your world pages 4,5
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- 2. The writer Bashohas been called the “Shakespeare” ofJapan. Why are his poems so popular?
- 3. China’sJiuzhaigo Natural Reservereceives over 7000 tourist daily.Why does it attract so many people?
- 4. Scientist are collectingDNA in Papua New Guinea .What does the evidence tell us about our distant past?
- 5. A type oflizard in the dessert of Australia drinks through its foot.How does it do it?
- 6. Naturalist Ian Douglas-Hamiltonsurvived a terrifying incident in Kenya’sSumburu Natural Reserve.What happened to him?
- 7. In Accra, Ghanaa vast market is piled high with old and broken electronics.Where does all this “e-waste” come from?
- 8. The world’s largestbell in Moscow’s Red Square has never rung.Why?
- 9. A scientist inSwitzerland has shown a surprising relationship between love and smell.What did he find?
- 10. In 1821, theEmperor Napoleon died on the remote Island of St. Helena.Was it a natural death – or was it murder?
- 11. People in LomaLinda, California have one of the world’s longest life expectancies.How do they live so long?
- 12. In the springof 2001, a mysterious outbreak infected 160 people in Canada.What caused it?
- 13. In June, 2004,an astronomer in Arizona noticed something terrifying in the night sky.What was it?
- 14. The wetlands ofBrazil’sPantanal are home to the anaconda-the world’s longest snake.How long is it?
- 15. Easter Island isfamous for it’s astonishing statues.Who built them and why?
- 16. In Argentina, thetango is much more than just a dance.What makes it so special?
- 17. Check out pages4 & 5 in your ReadingEXPLORER 4textbook for more information!