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__a. TwelveyearsafterSputnik,theUnitedStatescaughtupbybecoming


thefirstnationtolanda manonthemoon.

__b. TheEuropeanshavejoinedthecompetition,vowingtolandEuropean


astronautsonthemoonby 2025 andonMarsby2035.

__c. Thenumberofnationscompetinginthe"spacerace"hasgrown


sincetheearlydaysofspaceexploration.

__d. Chinajoinedthecompetitionin 2003 whenit launched


Shenzhou5.

__e.Initially,theformerSovietUniontooktheleadwhenit sentthefirst


manintoEarthorbitinthespaceshipSputnikin1957.
__f. Foralmost 50 years,theUnitedStatesandRussiaweretheonly
competitorsinthecontesttoexplorespaceusingmanned
spacecraft.

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__a. Anotherimportantchangewasthatpeoplehadthefreedomtolive


andworkwherevertheywanted.

__b. Theearliestsignificantchangewasforfarmingfamilies,whowere


nolongerisolated.

__c. Thefinalmajorchangebroughtbytheautomobilewasthebuilding


ofsuperhighways,suburbs,hugeshoppingcenters,andthemeparks
suchasDisneyWorldinFlorida.

__d. TheautomobilerevolutionizedthewayoflifeintheUnitedStates.


__e. Theautomobileenabledthemtodrivetotownsandcities


comfortablyandconveniently.
__f. Infact,peoplecouldworkina busymetropolitancityanddlive
hometothequietsuburbs.

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__a. Intime,thismeltedpartrisesasmagma.I


__b. Theformationofa volcanicemptionis a dramaticseliesofevents.


__c.Astheplate"sinks,frictionandEarth'sheatcausepartofit

tomelt.

__d.Themagmaproducesheat,steam,andpressure.


__e.Firstofall,mostvolcanoesarefGlIDedwheretwoplatescollide.^3


__f. Thenoneoftheplatesisforcedundertheotherandsinks.


__g.Whentheheat,steam,andpressurefromthemagmafinallyreachthe

surfaceofEarth,a volcanicemptionoccurs.

Imagma:meltedrockinsideEarth
"plate:large,solidsectionofrock
3 collide:crashintoeachother
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