Clause Connections · 30 Questions

While many video game creators strive to make their graphics ever more ______ others look to the past, developing titles with visuals inspired by the “8-bit” games of the 1980s and 1990s. (The term “8-bit” refers to a console whose processor could only handle eight bits of data at once.)

A science club wants reliable measurements of outdoor temperatures in sunny and shaded areas. Because direct sunlight can warm a thermometer even in cool ______ students place each instrument inside a simple white cover. They also take all their readings at the same height above the ground.

A library exhibition traces changes in the ways travelers have used maps. Although several books in the collection look quite ______ maps still offer useful examples of earlier printing methods. The display includes a short note beside each book and a large modern map for comparison.

A class is testing two paper designs for protecting an egg during a short fall. The students use the same height for every ______ the distance of the fall can affect the result. They change only the paper design, and they record any damage after each test.

An animator creates the appearance of movement by photographing a series of carefully arranged paper figures. When the position of a figure changes only slightly between ______ movement in the finished film appears smoother. For a fair comparison, the animator keeps the camera still and uses the same playback speed for both versions.

A class is comparing handwritten labels with printed labels for a school exhibition. While the handwritten versions give each object a personal ______ printed versions are easier to read from a distance. The students plan to test both designs in the hall before choosing one for the exhibition.

A student is preparing a small experiment with bean plants. Because water can collect at the bottom of a closed ______ pot has several small drainage holes. The student gives all the plants the same amount of water and places them together on a bright shelf.

Students researching local history compare photographs of the same town square from different decades. The students include the date beneath each ______ the dates help viewers follow changes in the square over time. They arrange the photographs in a single row and use labels of equal size.

A school gardening group is planning a small space near the main entrance. Although a narrow strip of soil beside the path receives sunlight for only part of the ______ group can still consider plants suited to shade. The students list the available space and light before choosing seeds.

For a demonstration, a musician uses a string instrument with a tuning peg. When the musician tightens the string without changing its vibrating ______ sound becomes higher in pitch. The musician makes small adjustments to the peg and plucks the string at the same marked point each time.

A student is building a model bridge from folded paper. Because the position of a load can change the forces acting on the ______ student places the test weight at the center every time. Each new model uses the same paper, but the folds vary from one model to another.

Students designing signs for a reading corner must consider how an image looks at different distances. While a detailed picture may attract attention at close ______ simple shape may be clearer from across the room. The students print both designs at the same size and ask classmates to view them from several marked positions.

A music group wants to capture both loud and quiet notes clearly in a short recording. The students close the windows before the ______ traffic noise could make the quiet notes difficult to hear. They keep the microphone in one place and listen to a short sample before recording the full piece.

Students preparing a local field guide plan to help readers identify trees by comparing their leaves. Although leaves from a single tree can differ slightly in size and ______ overall shape can still provide useful clues for identification. The students collect several fallen leaves from each tree instead of relying on just one example.

A school art club is comparing paint colors under different lamps. Because the light from a lamp can affect the appearance of a painted ______ students view all their samples under the same lamp first. They then move the samples together and repeat the comparison under a second light.

A geography class is using a tray of sand to model a small river. When a stream of water moves loose sand from one part of the tray to ______ shape of the channel changes. The students photograph the tray between trials and compare the position of its bends.

A school newspaper is testing two layouts for its front page. Although the larger headline takes up more ______ may help readers find the main story quickly. The editors use the same words and photograph in both layouts so they can focus on the effect of headline size.

A class is comparing the time needed to sort a box of colored buttons by hand. The students mix the buttons again before each ______ a partly sorted box could give the next person an advantage. They use the same number of buttons and the same sorting instructions throughout.

A school museum team is preparing descriptions for a collection of everyday objects. While one label explains an object’s practical ______ discusses its decorative features. The team places the two labels beside the same object and asks visitors to compare the information on the two labels during a short guided activity.

A class is studying shadows in the school courtyard over the course of a day. Because the Sun’s apparent position changes between morning and ______ shadow of a fixed object changes too. The students mark the shadow’s end at regular intervals and keep the object in the same place.

Detroit natives Timothy Paule and Nicole Lindsey have combined their two passions, Detroit and beekeeping, to improve the health of their city’s flowers and other vegetation. In 2017, the couple converted a vacant lot in the city into an ______ in the years that followed they acquired nine additional lots and established more than 35 hives.

In 1727, dramatist Lewis Theobald presented a new play, Double Falsehood, at a London theater. Theobald claimed that his drama was based on a little-known play by William Shakespeare, Cardenio. Many, including poet Alexander Pope, were ______ historians have determined that Shakespeare’s company did perform a play called Cardenio in 1613.

The Tantaquidgeon Museum in Uncasville, Connecticut, was founded in 1931 with the goal of showcasing the culture and history of the Mohegan ______ today, nearly a century later, it is the oldest Native-owned and -operated museum in the country.

Nine months before Rosa Parks made history by refusing to comply with the segregated seating policy on a Montgomery, Alabama, bus, a fifteen-year-old Montgomery girl named Claudette Colvin was arrested for the same ______ to some historians, Colvin’s arrest led to Parks’s action and eventually to the desegregation of Montgomery’s bus system.

Researcher Lin Zhi developed a process for increasing the tensile strength—measured in gigapascals, or GPa—of silkworm ______ dissolving and reweaving the silk in a solution of iron metal ions, zinc, and sugar, Zhi increased the amount of force required to stretch it from approximately 0.5 GPa to 2 GPa.

The Mission 66 initiative, which was approved by Congress in 1956, represented a major investment in the infrastructure of overburdened national ______ it prioritized physical improvements to the parks’ roads, utilities, employee housing, and visitor facilities while also establishing educational programming for the public.

The Limón technique, developed by Mexican-born dancer and choreographer Jose Limón, is known for its emphasis on breath control and its interplay of weight and ______ dancers may explore, for example, the moment of mid-air suspension at the top of a jump.

While light is known as one of the fastest-moving substances, it slows down when passing through some types of matter. One such type of matter is a form of cooled, condensed gas called a Bose-Einstein condensate ______ Dutch physicist Lene Hau famously used a BEC to slow a beam of light to a complete halt.

The intense pressure found in the deep ocean can affect the structure of proteins in fish’s cells, distorting the proteins’ shape. The chemical trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) counters this effect, ensuring that proteins retain their original ______ is found in high concentrations in the cells of the deepest-dwelling fish.

After immigrating from Mexico and obtaining U.S. citizenship, Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo entered politics, earning a reputation for being a fervent defender of Hispanic civil rights. In 1919 Larrazolo was elected governor of ______ in 1928 he became the nation’s first Hispanic U.S. Senator.