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So, the probability of getting a 3 or 4 when the die is rolled is
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STRING THEORY

Extra Dimensions
Our universe currently has three dimensions of space, up/down, front/back, and left/right. String theory, however, can only make sense if there are more than three dimensions. And scientists have possible explanations for where these extra dimensions are. One explanation is that it is believed that there are six dimensions, and that they are curled up into sizes so small that we will never identify them. Another explanation states that the other dimensions are inaccessible because we are fixed on a three-dimensional brane, and those other dimensions extend from off of our brane.

HEBREW

Useful Hebrew Phrases
Here are some helpful Hebrew phrases to use when traveling to Israel (or maybe attending a service). Note that these are written phonetically.

Hello.
Shalom.

Good morning.
Boker tov.

Good afternoon.
Achar tzahara’im tovim.

Good evening.
Erev tov.

Pleased to meet you.
Na’im me’od.

I don’t understand.
Ani lo mevin
(when said by a man).
Ani lo mevinah
(when said by a woman).

How much is this?
Kama ze ole?

Thank you.
Rav todot.

Where’s the toilet?
Eifo ha’sheirutim?

Goodbye.
Lehitraot.

1. On December 13, 1903, Orville Wright flew the first piloted and powered flight for how long?
   

   1. 45 seconds
      
   2. 12 minutes
      
   3. 12 seconds
      
   4. 45 minutes
      

2. In order to successfully fly, the Wright brothers realized that they needed to base their models on:
   

   1. Kites
      
   2. Small birds that rely on flapping their wings
      
   3. Large soaring birds
      
   4. Balloons
      

3. Which of the following did literature of American Romanticism NOT focus on?
   

   1. Nature
      
   2. Imagination
      
   3. Individuality
      
   4. Industrialism
      

4. When Poe died, Rufus Wilmot Griswold wrote an obituary printed in the
   New York Daily Tribune
   , signed with what pseudonym?
   

   1. Ludwig
      
   2. The Raven
      
   3. The Poe Toaster
      
   4. Baltimore
      

5. Every letter from the word
   cello
   is written down on a piece of paper and put in a hat. What is the probability that you will pick an
   l
   ?
   

   1. 
   2. 
   3. 
   4. 

6. A drawer contains green and red socks. The probability of getting a red sock is
   . What is the probability of getting a green sock?
   

   1. 
   2. 
   3. 
   4. 

7. Which of the following is one of the fundamental forces found in the universe that string theory attempts to unify?
   

   1. Gravity
      
   2. Electromagnetic force
      
   3. Strong and weak nuclear forces
      
   4. All of the above
      

8. The two types of particles in the universe are:
   

   1. Fermions and strings
      
   2. Bosons and strings
      
   3. Fermions and bosons
      
   4. Strings and branes
      

9. Ashkenazi, Sephardi, and
   Mizrahi are examples of:
   

   1. Different writing systems
      
   2. Different pronunciations
      
   3. Different dialects of Israel
      
   4. Different forms of Aramaic script
      

10. Eliezer Ben-Yehuda is responsible for:
    

    1. Making Hebrew the official language of Judaism
       
    2. Making Yiddish the official language of Israel
       
    3. Creating Sephardi
       
    4. Reviving the Hebrew spoken language