UCPS 6th Grade Roots List #13

There is overwhelming scientific evidence to contradict those statements — strongly based on experiments, field observations and theory. Nature (Dec 5, 2016)

Scientists are searching for an unseen world at the fringes of the solar system. Nature (Dec 15, 2016)

It says the easement will protect the forest’s wetlands, rivers, streams and aquatic habitats. Washington Times (Nov 26, 2016)

The aquarium says it has successfully rehabilitated and released 20 seals so far this year. Washington Times (Oct 28, 2016)

She led him down into the hold of the clipper, to where the hydraulic systems of the ship lay exposed. Ship Breaker

Our increasing water use had started to modify our hydrosphere. The Guardian (Jun 29, 2013)

I was really interested in how the biosphere interacts with the atmosphere, so I started modeling that on a computer. National Geographic (Oct 20, 2016)

Now Heath is a walking muscle chart, as if lifted from the wall of biology class. New York Times (Oct 28, 2016)

“Astronomy is the scientific study of everything in outer space,” wrote NASA. Time (Sep 26, 2016)

That’s about when the first telescope was invented and astronomical measurements became significantly more precise. Seattle Times (Dec 7, 2016)

“We already have a stellar reputation, a storied tradition of excellence,” she said. Seattle Times (Nov 3, 2016)

The geology of the rock indicates that the fossils come from a streambed that was suddenly buried in mudslides from a nearby volcanic eruption. New York Times (Jun 8, 2016)

The mysteries of the Southern Ocean have beckoned explorers for centuries, but the unique geography of the region makes it a perilous place for ships. Nature (Nov 15, 2016)

Or alpine weather and challenging terrain can turn your winter weekend into a disaster. Seattle Times (Dec 1, 2016)

Our friends on shore cut poles, and extended them to us, by help of which we were soon on terra firma. Bourne, Benjamin Franklin

More than this, and worse than this, he had asserted the heliocentric theory—that the earth made its annual journey about the sun. Ingersoll, Robert Green

Europe, Japan, Russia and China have all expressed interest in crewed missions to the lunar surface sometime in the next two decades. Washington Post (Nov 18, 2016)

The only way to determine if a turkey is cooked is to check its internal temperature with a food thermometer. Seattle Times (Nov 22, 2016)

From morning to afternoon during that cool-to-warm transition a column of heated air known as a “thermal” ascends up into the earth’s atmosphere. Washington Times (Sep 17, 2016)

It ties river frontage together into a cohesive, themed package of maritime industry and sights. Washington Times (Oct 31, 2016)

The daily catch limit in all marine areas is one halibut with no minimum size limit. Seattle Times (Dec 9, 2016)

So they kept swinging the spade and striking, but the sun- blistered ground had hardened like a rock, the dirt unyielding, compressed, almost petrified. A Thousand Splendid Suns

He observed also other striking similarities between petrifactions and living organisms. Scientific American (Jul 18, 2013)

Unlike Earth, which has multiple tectonic plates, Mercury’s lithosphere is made of a single plate. New York Times (Nov 21, 2016)

The image was drawn on a large piece of limestone and was printed in an old technique called lithography. Washington Times (Mar 27, 2016)