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Numbers in science
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Hear large numbers, temperatures and ranges in scientific facts.
Listen to each sentence and write what you hear.
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Words to know
- Celsius
- A scale for measuring temperature.
- sea level
- The average height of the sea, used to measure heights.
- adult
- A fully grown person.
Answer key
- Light travels at about 186,000 miles per second.Write 186,000 or the words.
- Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius at sea level.Write 100 or the words.
- The human body contains about 60 percent water.Write 60 or sixty; “%” and “per cent” are also accepted.
- The Moon is about 239,000 miles from the Earth.Write 239,000 or the words.
- At rest, a healthy adult heart beats 60 to 100 times a minute.Write the numbers as digits or as words.