QQC#6

I think that this quote is an intense view of his intense thirst to learn about the world. I think that it would be kind of cool to have this much enthusiasm about learning, and I wish that I was as lucky as him. It sounded like he had a large passion for whatever he was studying.

QQC #4

I think it's really funny that dinosaur pretty much literally means terrible lizard. Why was he only remembered mainly for his work with dinosaurs? It's interesting that he devoted time from his life to study them because it's sort of an uncommon topic!

QQC #3

"This was the suggestion that the Earth is not quite round. According to Newton's theory, the centrifugal force of the Earth's spin should result in a slight flattening at the poles and a bulging at the equator, which would make the planet slightly obsolete."

I think that it's weird that Newton has found so much evidence about the Earth not being round but it is. The question I have about this quote is what evidence is his research based off of? Because if there is evidence to prove his theory, then how come it is false?

QQC #2

The basic unit of measure in the solar system is the Astronomical
Unit or AU, representing the distance from the Sun to the
Earth.

I chose this quote because I didn't realize that there were ways of measuring things in space that are different than how we measure things on Earth. I think that the author is talking about space and by doing this he sort of relates math and measurements to space. I'm kind of interested in space so I thought that this article was interesting.

QQC #1

This quote strikes me as important because it's basically explaining why atoms are everywhere, and why they have a large impact on everyone's lives. Because everything is made up of atoms, living without them would be impossible. In this quote I feel like the author is using descriptive words to relay the importance of the statement to the reader. This quote is near the beginning of the reading and it makes me foreshadow that the rest of it will be interesting and descriptive instead of droll and boring.