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Most Popular Baby Names by State Mississipians prefer Emma and William Celebrity Baby Names The interesting, odd, and downright crazy names celebrities give their children The Most Common Names for Twins “Olivia” and “Sophia,” and “Daniel” and “David” are hot names for twins Most Common Last Names Smith, Johnson, Williams, Brown, and Jones top the list Place Names Spanish Place Names “Alcatraz” comes from the Spanish word for pelican American Indian Place Names “Alabama” may come from Choctaw meaning “thicket-clearers” or “vegetation-gatherers” Origin of State Names “Texas” comes from an Indian word meaning “friends” Names of State Residents Are you a Bay Stater or a Wyomingite?...

How do I know when to give credit? In your writing, you must give credit whenever you use information that you found in a source, unless it is common knowledge (see below). Always give your source for: Quotations (exact words)Paraphrased informationSummarized informationFacts that are not common knowledgeIdeas, including opinions and thoughts about what particular facts meanMaps, charts, graphs, data, and other visual or statistical information What is common knowledge? Common knowledge is information that is widely available....

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The age of the universe has now been accurately determined—with just a 1% margin of error—as 13.7 billion years old (previous estimates ranged between 8–20 billion years old). The birth of stars has been pinpointed to just 200 million years after the Big Bang, a surprise to most scientists (predictions had ranged from 500 million to 1 billion years after the cosmos formed). The WMAP image also revealed the contents of the universe: only 4% is made up of atoms, or the physical universe as we know it....

Archaea bacteria Eubacteria Eubacteria are single-celled organisms that don’t have a nucleus. Bacteria make up the entire kingdom. There are more forms of bacteria than any other organism on Earth. Some bacteria are beneficial to us, such as the ones found in yogurt. Others can cause us to get sick. Protists Protists are mostly single-celled organisms that have a nucleus. They usually live in water. Some protists move around, while others stay in one place....

The Spanish were among the first Europeans to explore what is now the United States, and the first to found a permanent settlement here (St. Augustine, Florida, in 1565). From Alaska’s Madre de Dios Island to Mexico, Maine, the United States is dotted with Spanish place names. Here are a few.Alamo: meaning “cottonwood.” This tall softwood tree gave its name to a number of U.S. places, including the memorable chapel-fort in Texas and the town of Los Alamos in New Mexico, where atomic bombs were produced....

In the following equation, 6 is the augend, 3 is the addend, and 9 is the sum: 6 + 3 = 9 NOTE: Sometimes both the augend and addend are called addends. Sometimes the sum is called the total. In subtraction, a subtrahend is subtracted from a minuend to find a difference. In the following equation, 9 is the minuend, 3 is the subtrahend, and 6 is the difference. 9 – 3 = 6 In multiplication, a multiplicand and a multiplier are multiplied to find a product....

You don’t think with your head. You think with your brain, which is inside your head. You see with your eyes and hear with your ears, but your eyes must send a message to your brain in order for you to see, and your ears must send a message to your brain in order for you to hear. Your brain weighs 2 percent of your total body weight. It uses 20 percent of your body’s energy....

You May Also Be Searching For: Land and Water Area of States | Top Ten Archive Source: Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. Some Additional Facts While Alaska is the largest state, it is has the lowest population density of all of the states, with 1.3 persons per square mile. The smallest U.S. state, Rhode Island, could fit into Alaska 425 times. Alaska is larger than Texas, California, and Montana combined....

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