Below you will find a set of texts used on TypeRacer. Certain texts only appear on certain difficulties.
Rank |
ID |
Text |
Length |
Races |
Difficulty Rating |
Top Score |
Top 100 |
Average |
Active Since |
1. |
#1970686 |
Being happy isn't having everything in your life be perfect. |
60 |
1 |
1.515 |
47.49 — jayden (azab) |
47.49 |
47.49 |
September 12, 2016 |
2. |
#1971187 |
Big Ma did not answer me. |
25 |
1 |
1.422 |
15.71 — clara (clarasimonsen03) |
15.71 |
15.71 |
September 13, 2016 |
3. |
#1970077 |
To revise is to make changes in writing after proofreading and editing. |
71 |
1 |
1.421 |
15.70 — clara (clarasimonsen03) |
15.70 |
15.70 |
September 9, 2016 |
4. |
#1970409 |
Why fit in when you were born to stand out? |
43 |
1 |
1.382 |
28.98 — john (master_typer10) |
28.98 |
28.98 |
September 12, 2016 |
5. |
#1970435 |
You are in pretty good shape for the shape you are in. |
54 |
2 |
1.371 |
32.12 — john (type_master12) |
31.36 |
31.36 |
September 9, 2016 |
6. |
#1970400 |
I am the Lorax. I speak for the trees. I speak for the trees for the trees have no tongues. |
91 |
1 |
1.369 |
54.06 — Grace (_grace_wagner_) |
54.06 |
54.06 |
September 13, 2016 |
7. |
#1970777 |
Did you know that the whistle of a blue whale is the loudest noise made by an animal? |
85 |
2 |
1.331 |
52.40 — marina (marinasimon) |
52.24 |
52.24 |
September 13, 2016 |
8. |
#1970170 |
Deformation refers to the change in shape of the surface of the Earth. |
70 |
1 |
1.327 |
14.66 — clara (clarasimonsen03) |
14.66 |
14.66 |
September 9, 2016 |
9. |
#1970645 |
If the sky that we look upon should tumble and fall, and the mountain should crumble to the sea. |
96 |
1 |
1.321 |
52.20 — Grace (_grace_wagner_) |
52.20 |
52.20 |
September 12, 2016 |
10. |
#1971233 |
She dropped to her knees on the cold ground, picked the puppy up, and held it close to her face. |
96 |
3 |
1.312 |
45.90 — Abraham (the_scorch_runner) |
44.21 |
44.21 |
September 13, 2016 |
11. |
#1970583 |
The days had folded one into another and mixed so that after two or three weeks he only knew time had passed in days because he made a mark for each day in the stone near the door to his shelter. |
195 |
1 |
1.307 |
45.71 — Abraham (the_scorch_runner) |
45.71 |
45.71 |
September 12, 2016 |
12. |
#1970676 |
I was just sitting in the kitchen doing my homework and she just walked in and just started making this thing. |
110 |
3 |
1.278 |
48.17 — marina (marinasimon) |
38.79 |
38.79 |
September 9, 2016 |
13. |
#1970515 |
It is estimated that a single toad may catch and eat as many as ten thousand insects in the course of a summer. |
111 |
1 |
1.273 |
49.68 — marina (marinasimon) |
49.68 |
49.68 |
September 13, 2016 |
14. |
#1970403 |
I am glad we had the times together just to laugh and sing a song. |
66 |
1 |
1.267 |
26.56 — john (master_typer10) |
26.56 |
26.56 |
September 12, 2016 |
15. |
#1971156 |
Still, it was easier for two boys to dig a six-foot hole than it was for one boy to dig a five-foot hole. |
105 |
2 |
1.262 |
13.94 — clara (clarasimonsen03) |
13.02 |
13.02 |
September 12, 2016 |
16. |
#1970448 |
You will get mixed up with many strange birds as you go. |
56 |
1 |
1.259 |
31.79 — Emma (elloyd) |
31.79 |
31.79 |
September 12, 2016 |
17. |
#1970778 |
Did you know that camels have three eyelids to protect their eyes from blown sand? |
82 |
2 |
1.257 |
53.99 — Grace (_grace_wagner_) |
49.36 |
49.36 |
September 13, 2016 |
18. |
#1971993 |
Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try. |
105 |
2 |
1.251 |
50.38 — Grace (_grace_wagner_) |
49.12 |
49.12 |
September 13, 2016 |
19. |
#1970703 |
We have gathered here today to celebrate a magical gift that has been given to us. |
82 |
1 |
1.240 |
48.97 — Grace (_grace_wagner_) |
48.97 |
48.97 |
September 13, 2016 |
20. |
#1971448 |
A sudden silence hit the Earth. |
31 |
1 |
1.236 |
19.19 — jayden (azek) |
19.19 |
19.19 |
September 13, 2016 |
21. |
#1971844 |
Our government rests in public opinion. |
39 |
1 |
1.234 |
31.17 — Emma (elloyd) |
31.17 |
31.17 |
September 13, 2016 |
22. |
#1971435 |
Two steps from the pit we were ordered to turn to the left and made to go into a barracks. |
90 |
2 |
1.228 |
48.41 — marina (marinasimon) |
45.45 |
45.45 |
September 13, 2016 |
23. |
#1970971 |
A mockingbird can and will expertly mimic many of the calls of other birds. |
75 |
1 |
1.225 |
25.68 — john (master_typer10) |
25.68 |
25.68 |
September 12, 2016 |
24. |
#1971577 |
A baby beaver stays with its parents for a period of two years. |
63 |
1 |
1.223 |
32.62 — Olivia (liv_dougherty) |
32.62 |
32.62 |
September 13, 2016 |
25. |
#1970150 |
Absolute value refers to the distance between a number and 0 on a number line. |
78 |
1 |
1.211 |
47.83 — Grace (_grace_wagner_) |
47.83 |
47.83 |
September 13, 2016 |
26. |
#1970066 |
To edit is to check the grammar, spelling, and punctuation of a piece of writing. |
81 |
1 |
1.207 |
42.22 — Abraham (the_scorch_runner) |
42.22 |
42.22 |
September 12, 2016 |
27. |
#1970695 |
When you're the one who walks around saying screw the world because that's easier than having to feel something! |
112 |
1 |
1.199 |
46.79 — marina (marinasimon) |
46.79 |
46.79 |
September 12, 2016 |
28. |
#1970634 |
No one has a solid answer, but just walking in the dark, and you can see the look on my face, it just tears me apart. |
117 |
1 |
1.195 |
47.21 — Grace (_grace_wagner_) |
47.21 |
47.21 |
September 13, 2016 |
29. |
#1970651 |
He was so deadly, in fact, that his enemies would go blind from over-exposure to pure awesomeness! |
98 |
1 |
1.183 |
18.69 — Ahni (ahnibryant04) |
18.69 |
18.69 |
September 13, 2016 |
30. |
#1971033 |
Esperanza was six years old and loved to walk with her papa through the winding rows of their vineyard. |
103 |
1 |
1.182 |
46.14 — marina (marinasimon) |
46.14 |
46.14 |
September 13, 2016 |
31. |
#1971182 |
Once inside the house, I leaned against the latch. |
50 |
1 |
1.181 |
23.77 — john (type_master12) |
23.77 |
23.77 |
September 9, 2016 |
32. |
#1971230 |
There the trees grew so thick at the top that the sunshine was veiled. |
70 |
1 |
1.179 |
31.43 — Olivia (liv_dougherty) |
31.43 |
31.43 |
September 13, 2016 |
33. |
#1970590 |
She would have the small television on the kitchen counter on and be watching the news and talking about how awful it was in South Africa or how cute the baby in the commercial looked. |
184 |
1 |
1.174 |
46.39 — Grace (_grace_wagner_) |
46.39 |
46.39 |
September 13, 2016 |
34. |
#1971197 |
Of course he had gotten up early to run. He had gotten up early everyday all summer to run. |
91 |
2 |
1.169 |
34.54 — Olivia (liv_dougherty) |
30.43 |
30.43 |
September 13, 2016 |
35. |
#1971257 |
Laughing at the other girls who think they're so cool Well be out of here as soon as we can |
91 |
4 |
1.169 |
46.17 — Abraham (the_scorch_runner) |
39.24 |
39.24 |
September 13, 2016 |
36. |
#1970600 |
I stared without breathing across the long room, into the dark eyes of the hunter, and he looked pleasantly back at me. |
119 |
1 |
1.154 |
30.78 — Olivia (liv_dougherty) |
30.78 |
30.78 |
September 13, 2016 |
37. |
#1970398 |
Only you can control your future. |
33 |
1 |
1.152 |
29.09 — Emma (elloyd) |
29.09 |
29.09 |
September 13, 2016 |
38. |
#1971944 |
This one has a little star. This one has a little car. Say, what a lot of fish there are! |
89 |
2 |
1.151 |
39.59 — Abraham (the_scorch_runner) |
29.05 |
29.05 |
September 12, 2016 |
39. |
#1970707 |
Time to figure out who I'm supposed to be... to find my place in the world before I have to leave it. |
101 |
2 |
1.150 |
44.72 — marina (marinasimon) |
42.54 |
42.54 |
September 13, 2016 |
40. |
#1970578 |
The berries were full and ripe, and he tasted one to find it sweet, and with none of the problems of the gut cherries. |
118 |
2 |
1.148 |
44.03 — Abraham (the_scorch_runner) |
42.25 |
42.25 |
September 12, 2016 |
41. |
#1970208 |
The word species refers to a group of similar organisms that can mate with each other and produce fertile offspring. |
116 |
1 |
1.147 |
30.59 — Olivia (liv_dougherty) |
30.59 |
30.59 |
September 13, 2016 |
42. |
#1971551 |
Methane gas is produced by the decomposition of dead plants and animals in the mud at the bottom of a pond. |
107 |
1 |
1.146 |
40.10 — Abraham (the_scorch_runner) |
40.10 |
40.10 |
September 13, 2016 |
43. |
#1970907 |
A solar eclipse happens when the Moon passes between the Sun and the Earth, blotting out the sunlight to part of our planet. |
124 |
2 |
1.146 |
43.71 — Abraham (the_scorch_runner) |
42.18 |
42.18 |
September 12, 2016 |
44. |
#1971173 |
When we neared the house, the dull glow of a kerosene lamp was shining faintly from the boys' room. |
99 |
1 |
1.144 |
40.02 — Abraham (the_scorch_runner) |
40.02 |
40.02 |
September 9, 2016 |
45. |
#1971402 |
He explained to me with great insistence that every question possessed a power that did not lie in the answer. |
110 |
2 |
1.144 |
46.98 — Grace (_grace_wagner_) |
42.71 |
42.71 |
September 12, 2016 |
46. |
#1971953 |
The kids slumped in their chairs too glum to complain. And to make matters worse, it started to rain . . . |
106 |
3 |
1.142 |
48.75 — Grace (_grace_wagner_) |
41.96 |
41.96 |
September 13, 2016 |
47. |
#1970582 |
A flash of metal caught his eye and he saw his hatchet in the sand where he had thrown it at the porcupine in the dark. |
119 |
2 |
1.140 |
32.04 — Emma (emmalloyd) |
27.69 |
27.69 |
September 9, 2016 |
48. |
#1970178 |
Moon phases refers to the change in the amount of reflected moon light visible from Earth. |
90 |
1 |
1.138 |
39.80 — Abraham (the_scorch_runner) |
39.80 |
39.80 |
September 12, 2016 |
49. |
#1970957 |
Some birds make a call that sounds like their name. The Bobwhite is one of them. |
80 |
1 |
1.136 |
44.32 — marina (marinasimon) |
44.32 |
44.32 |
September 9, 2016 |
50. |
#1971174 |
Big Ma did not answer. Instead, she pushed open the gate and walked down the drive and across the road into the forest. |
119 |
1 |
1.132 |
44.17 — marina (marinasimon) |
44.17 |
44.17 |
September 13, 2016 |
51. |
#1970573 |
His voice was starting to rattle and he felt as if he might start screaming at any second. |
90 |
2 |
1.131 |
44.61 — marina (marinasimon) |
44.39 |
44.39 |
September 13, 2016 |
52. |
#1970786 |
Lobsters can regenerate their legs, claws and antennae if these parts are pulled off by a predator. |
99 |
2 |
1.129 |
39.51 — Abraham (the_scorch_runner) |
35.22 |
35.22 |
September 12, 2016 |
53. |
#1971155 |
The boys dug until each hole was well over six feet deep and wide. |
66 |
2 |
1.127 |
33.47 — Olivia (liv_dougherty) |
29.59 |
29.59 |
September 13, 2016 |
54. |
#1970353 |
Lying on her stomach, she looked across a vast lawn of grass and moss and focused her attention on the wolves she had come upon two sleeps ago. |
143 |
3 |
1.126 |
44.31 — marina (marinasimon) |
32.35 |
32.35 |
September 12, 2016 |
55. |
#1971459 |
Trillian had come to suspect that the main reason he had had such a wild and successful life was that he never really understood the significance of anything he did. |
165 |
1 |
1.123 |
43.83 — marina (marinasimon) |
43.83 |
43.83 |
September 13, 2016 |
56. |
#1970206 |
Reproduction is the process by which plants and animals give rise to offspring. |
79 |
1 |
1.122 |
29.92 — Olivia (liv_dougherty) |
29.92 |
29.92 |
September 9, 2016 |
57. |
#1971585 |
Kangaroos usually give birth to one young annually. |
51 |
1 |
1.121 |
22.57 — john (type_master12) |
22.57 |
22.57 |
September 9, 2016 |
58. |
#1970577 |
Using the sun and the fact that it rose in the east and set in the west, he decided that the far side was the northern side of the ridge. |
137 |
3 |
1.119 |
46.60 — Abraham (the_scorch_runner) |
38.25 |
38.25 |
September 9, 2016 |
59. |
#1970965 |
Scientific studies have shown that crows are capable of solving simple problems. |
80 |
1 |
1.119 |
44.19 — Grace (_grace_wagner_) |
44.19 |
44.19 |
September 9, 2016 |
60. |
#1971837 |
...and that this government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. |
106 |
3 |
1.115 |
52.05 — Grace (_grace_wagner_) |
42.44 |
42.44 |
September 12, 2016 |
61. |
#1971400 |
He was a past master in the art of making himself insignificant, of seeming invisible. |
86 |
1 |
1.114 |
44.02 — Grace (_grace_wagner_) |
44.02 |
44.02 |
September 13, 2016 |
62. |
#1971258 |
And then you're on your very first date and he's got a car And you're feeling like flying and you're mommas waiting up and you think he's the one And you're dancing round your room when the night ends When the night ends |
220 |
1 |
1.112 |
43.93 — Grace (_grace_wagner_) |
43.93 |
43.93 |
September 13, 2016 |
63. |
#1970969 |
The springtime migration of the many different Warblers is quite a sight to see. |
80 |
2 |
1.109 |
43.29 — marina (marinasimon) |
42.22 |
42.22 |
September 13, 2016 |
64. |
#1970320 |
Clad in armor, he leaned casually on an impressive sword, while behind him, foxes wildcats and vermin fled in terror. |
117 |
2 |
1.108 |
30.11 — Olivia (liv_dougherty) |
28.79 |
28.79 |
September 13, 2016 |
65. |
#1971246 |
You take a deep breath and you walk through the doors It's the morning of your very first day You say hi to your friends you ain't seen in a while Try and stay out of everybody's way |
182 |
2 |
1.102 |
29.54 — Olivia (liv_dougherty) |
28.60 |
28.60 |
September 13, 2016 |
66. |
#1970107 |
Diameter is a line segment that passes through the center of a circle and divides it in half. |
93 |
1 |
1.100 |
43.45 — Grace (_grace_wagner_) |
43.45 |
43.45 |
September 9, 2016 |
67. |
#1970939 |
Stars are classified by their color. The hottest stars are blue or white, and the coolest are red. |
98 |
3 |
1.099 |
43.61 — Grace (_grace_wagner_) |
41.45 |
41.45 |
September 12, 2016 |
68. |
#1971610 |
An orca can reach speeds up to thirty four miles per hour in pursuit of prey. |
77 |
2 |
1.098 |
26.71 — Olivia (liv_dougherty) |
25.88 |
25.88 |
September 12, 2016 |
69. |
#1970641 |
Imagine there's no countries - it isn't hard to do. Nothing to kill or die for and no religion too. Imagine all the people living life in peace. |
144 |
1 |
1.098 |
43.38 — Grace (_grace_wagner_) |
43.38 |
43.38 |
September 12, 2016 |
70. |
#1971225 |
Leslie loaned Jess all of her books about Narnia, so he would know how things went in a magic kingdom. |
102 |
2 |
1.094 |
42.85 — Grace (_grace_wagner_) |
36.13 |
36.13 |
September 12, 2016 |
71. |
#1971849 |
To the humblest and poorest amongst us are held out the highest privileges and positions. |
89 |
1 |
1.094 |
38.26 — Abraham (the_scorch_runner) |
38.26 |
38.26 |
September 13, 2016 |
72. |
#1971000 |
The keystone in an arch bridge is the wedge-shaped center piece that is put in position at the very end of constructing the arch which causes the other pieces to stay in place. |
176 |
1 |
1.092 |
29.12 — Olivia (liv_dougherty) |
29.12 |
29.12 |
September 13, 2016 |
73. |
#1971703 |
I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. MLK |
175 |
3 |
1.090 |
46.04 — Grace (_grace_wagner_) |
38.14 |
38.14 |
September 13, 2016 |
74. |
#1971165 |
He was standing in a lizard nest. |
33 |
1 |
1.089 |
22.83 — john (master_typer10) |
22.83 |
22.83 |
September 12, 2016 |
75. |
#1970923 |
The soil on Mars contains large amounts of iron, which gives the planet a rusty look. Some people call it the Red Planet. |
121 |
1 |
1.087 |
42.93 — Grace (_grace_wagner_) |
42.93 |
42.93 |
September 13, 2016 |
76. |
#1970694 |
Turn your back on them and that is when you truly have nothing. |
63 |
1 |
1.086 |
27.97 — Keegan (keeganiscool) |
27.97 |
27.97 |
September 13, 2016 |
77. |
#1970594 |
His father returned to the northern oil fields, where Brian eventually visited him, and his mother stayed in the city and worked at her career in real estate. |
158 |
1 |
1.086 |
28.96 — Olivia (liv_dougherty) |
28.96 |
28.96 |
September 12, 2016 |
78. |
#1970516 |
The gecko lizard can run on the ceiling without falling because its toes have flaps of skin that act like suction cups. |
119 |
2 |
1.086 |
40.84 — marina (marinasimon) |
40.10 |
40.10 |
September 12, 2016 |
79. |
#1971728 |
The function of education, therefore, is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. MLK |
103 |
1 |
1.084 |
37.91 — Abraham (the_scorch_runner) |
37.91 |
37.91 |
September 13, 2016 |
80. |
#1970740 |
You have to believe it, and you hate it. I don't have to believe it, and I think it's beautiful. |
96 |
1 |
1.082 |
42.21 — marina (marinasimon) |
42.21 |
42.21 |
September 13, 2016 |
81. |
#1971138 |
Instead, they were crammed in a tiny apartment that smelled of burning rubber and foot odor. |
92 |
3 |
1.081 |
42.16 — Grace (_grace_wagner_) |
40.79 |
40.79 |
September 13, 2016 |
82. |
#1971611 |
Measuring about eight feet at birth, killer whale bulls can grow to twenty five feet and weigh as much as six tons. |
115 |
1 |
1.078 |
28.74 — Olivia (liv_dougherty) |
28.74 |
28.74 |
September 13, 2016 |
83. |
#101 |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million eyes - they call me on and on across the universe. Thoughts meander like a restless wind inside a letter box - they tumble blindly as they make their way across the universe. |
234 |
1 |
1.078 |
28.73 — Olivia (liv_dougherty) |
28.73 |
28.73 |
September 13, 2016 |
84. |
#1970087 |
Discrimination is treating people differently based on favor or individual merit. |
81 |
2 |
1.077 |
46.29 — marina (marinasimon) |
42.25 |
42.25 |
September 13, 2016 |
85. |
#1971241 |
And you know I wanna ask you to dance right there in the middle of the parking lot. |
83 |
1 |
1.076 |
11.88 — clara (clarasimonsen03) |
11.88 |
11.88 |
September 12, 2016 |
86. |
#1970065 |
A dialect is the form of language that is spoken in a certain place or by a certain class of people. |
100 |
1 |
1.072 |
28.59 — Olivia (liv_dougherty) |
28.59 |
28.59 |
September 9, 2016 |
87. |
#1970912 |
At some times of the year, you can easily see Venus with the naked eye, just before sunrise, or just after sunset. |
114 |
2 |
1.072 |
45.65 — marina (marinasimon) |
42.05 |
42.05 |
September 13, 2016 |
88. |
#1970436 |
I know up on the top you are seeing great sights, but down at the bottom we, too, should have rights. |
101 |
2 |
1.071 |
26.63 — Emma (emmalloyd) |
19.79 |
19.79 |
September 9, 2016 |
89. |
#1970523 |
A group of geese on the ground is called a gaggle; a group of geese in the air is a skein. |
90 |
1 |
1.069 |
11.81 — clara (clarasimonsen03) |
11.81 |
11.81 |
September 13, 2016 |
90. |
#1970705 |
You know what I like most about the stars? You look at them, at all of them up there... and you just know there's gotta be something more... |
140 |
1 |
1.069 |
21.52 — john (type_master12) |
21.52 |
21.52 |
September 9, 2016 |
91. |
#1971268 |
And you just might find who you're supposed to be I didn't know who I was supposed to be at fifteen |
99 |
1 |
1.067 |
37.32 — Abraham (the_scorch_runner) |
37.32 |
37.32 |
September 13, 2016 |
92. |
#1970218 |
The word force in science refers to a push or a pull that causes or prevents motion. |
84 |
2 |
1.067 |
39.88 — Abraham (the_scorch_runner) |
39.32 |
39.32 |
September 13, 2016 |
93. |
#1971001 |
He couldn't bear to see their faces darkened with shame. Jonas bowed his head and searched through his mind. What had he done wrong? |
132 |
1 |
1.066 |
41.58 — marina (marinasimon) |
41.58 |
41.58 |
September 12, 2016 |
94. |
#1971274 |
Music starts playin' like the end of a sad movie, It's the kinda ending you don't really wanna see. |
99 |
2 |
1.063 |
28.07 — Olivia (liv_dougherty) |
25.29 |
25.29 |
September 12, 2016 |
95. |
#1970356 |
Not a tree grew anywhere to break the monotony of the gold-green plain, for the soils of the tundra are permanently frozen. |
123 |
3 |
1.062 |
37.57 — Abraham (the_scorch_runner) |
24.35 |
24.35 |
September 9, 2016 |
96. |
#1970193 |
Diffusion is the process by which molecules move from an area of high concentration to an area of lower concentration. |
118 |
1 |
1.061 |
28.30 — Olivia (liv_dougherty) |
28.30 |
28.30 |
September 13, 2016 |
97. |
#1970588 |
When the light comes I'll start to rebuild. I still have the hatchet and that's all I had in the first place. |
109 |
2 |
1.061 |
40.14 — Abraham (the_scorch_runner) |
33.06 |
33.06 |
September 12, 2016 |
98. |
#1970580 |
Brian tried several times to tell his father, came really close once to doing it, but in the end never said a word about the man or what he knew, the Secret. |
157 |
1 |
1.058 |
27.24 — Keegan (keeganiscool) |
27.24 |
27.24 |
September 13, 2016 |
99. |
#1971216 |
Nobody would make up scuba diving to be their favorite hobby if it wasn't so. |
77 |
3 |
1.054 |
39.39 — marina (marinasimon) |
38.30 |
38.30 |
September 12, 2016 |
100. |
#1971020 |
A hippo sandwich is easy to make. All you do is simply take one slice of bread, one slice of cake |
97 |
2 |
1.050 |
40.65 — Abraham (the_scorch_runner) |
38.63 |
38.63 |
September 13, 2016 |
101. |
#1970001 |
Simply stated, although it's not really simple at all, my job is to transmit to you all the memories I have within me. Memories of the past. |
140 |
2 |
1.050 |
41.63 — Grace (_grace_wagner_) |
41.22 |
41.22 |
September 13, 2016 |
102. |
#1971245 |
And I don't know why but with you I would dance in a storm in my best dress - fearless |
86 |
1 |
1.048 |
27.94 — Olivia (liv_dougherty) |
27.94 |
27.94 |
September 13, 2016 |
103. |
#1971200 |
He figured if he worked at it he could be the fastest runner in the fifth grade. |
80 |
2 |
1.046 |
38.78 — Grace (_grace_wagner_) |
34.20 |
34.20 |
September 9, 2016 |
104. |
#1971605 |
Tuna will suffocate if they ever stop swimming. They need a continual flow of water across their gills to breathe, even while they rest. |
136 |
1 |
1.043 |
41.22 — Grace (_grace_wagner_) |
41.22 |
41.22 |
September 13, 2016 |
105. |
#1971141 |
Stanley could see some kids dressed in orange and carrying shovels dragging themselves toward the tents. |
104 |
1 |
1.043 |
27.82 — Olivia (liv_dougherty) |
27.82 |
27.82 |
September 13, 2016 |
106. |
#1971206 |
It must be embarassing to sit in front when you find yourself dressed funny on the first day of school. And you don't know anybody. |
131 |
1 |
1.043 |
26.86 — Keegan (keeganiscool) |
26.86 |
26.86 |
September 13, 2016 |
107. |
#1970360 |
The only reason I agreed to do this at all is because I figure later on when I'm rich and famous, I'll have better things to do than answer people's stupid questions all day long. |
179 |
1 |
1.043 |
59.68 — Sandy (sandybeaches) |
59.68 |
59.68 |
September 13, 2016 |
108. |
#1970122 |
A polygon is a simple, closed plane figure, having three or more line segments as sides. |
88 |
1 |
1.042 |
20.32 — Hunter (huntermanske) |
20.32 |
20.32 |
September 13, 2016 |
109. |
#1971999 |
And the turtles, of course...all the turtles are free -- as turtles and, maybe, all creatures should be. |
104 |
1 |
1.040 |
40.60 — marina (marinasimon) |
40.60 |
40.60 |
September 13, 2016 |
110. |
#1970911 |
The atmosphere around Venus is very thick and mainly made of carbon dioxide gas. |
80 |
3 |
1.039 |
47.51 — Grace (_grace_wagner_) |
35.56 |
35.56 |
September 9, 2016 |
111. |
#1971680 |
Theropods, or meat-eating dinosaurs, developed early on and lasted until the end of dinosaur time. |
98 |
1 |
1.039 |
36.36 — Abraham (the_scorch_runner) |
36.36 |
36.36 |
September 13, 2016 |
112. |
#1970611 |
The flapping of enormous wings echoed across the black water: The dragon had drunk its fill and risen into the air. |
115 |
2 |
1.038 |
41.02 — Grace (_grace_wagner_) |
36.65 |
36.65 |
September 9, 2016 |
113. |
#1971987 |
Today you are you, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is youer than you. |
88 |
6 |
1.036 |
39.17 — marina (marinasimon) |
31.74 |
31.74 |
September 9, 2016 |
114. |
#1970626 |
We gotta tell them that we love them while we got the chance to say - gotta live like we're dying. |
98 |
1 |
1.036 |
36.24 — Abraham (the_scorch_runner) |
36.24 |
36.24 |
September 13, 2016 |
115. |
#1971157 |
By lunchtime the Warden was beginning to lose her patience. She made them eat quickly, so they could get back to work. |
118 |
1 |
1.036 |
21.71 — john (master_typer10) |
21.71 |
21.71 |
September 12, 2016 |
116. |
#1970790 |
An ant can lift ten times its own weight. |
41 |
2 |
1.035 |
33.33 — Olivia (liv_dougherty) |
31.01 |
31.01 |
September 9, 2016 |
117. |
#1971429 |
The afternoon passed slowly. The wagon doors slid open. Two men were allowed to get down to fetch water. |
104 |
4 |
1.035 |
38.76 — Grace (_grace_wagner_) |
32.87 |
32.87 |
September 12, 2016 |
118. |
#1970013 |
It was not a grasping of thin and burdensome recollection; this was different. This was something that he could keep. It was a memory of his own. |
145 |
2 |
1.029 |
34.50 — Abraham (the_scorch_runner) |
31.55 |
31.55 |
September 12, 2016 |
119. |
#1970746 |
That's what you hold onto. That's how you keep her alive. |
57 |
2 |
1.029 |
24.18 — john (master_typer10) |
24.14 |
24.14 |
September 9, 2016 |
120. |
#1970053 |
Plot is the chain of related events that happen in a story. |
59 |
1 |
1.027 |
21.53 — john (master_typer10) |
21.53 |
21.53 |
September 12, 2016 |
121. |
#1970576 |
His eyes fell upon the stone ridge to his left and he thought at first he should build his shelter against the stone. |
117 |
3 |
1.025 |
45.78 — marina (marinasimon) |
32.79 |
32.79 |
September 12, 2016 |
122. |
#1971990 |
You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself, any direction you choose. |
108 |
1 |
1.023 |
39.93 — marina (marinasimon) |
39.93 |
39.93 |
September 13, 2016 |
123. |
#1970747 |
I check my air. I don't have as much time as I need to see everything, but that is what makes it so special. |
108 |
1 |
1.023 |
40.41 — Grace (_grace_wagner_) |
40.41 |
40.41 |
September 13, 2016 |
124. |
#1970657 |
My patience is wearing thin. |
28 |
1 |
1.023 |
35.78 — Abraham (the_scorch_runner) |
35.78 |
35.78 |
September 9, 2016 |
125. |
#1970008 |
After Twelve, age isn't important. Most of us even lose track of how old we are as time passes, though information is in the Hall of Open Records. |
146 |
2 |
1.019 |
41.52 — Grace (_grace_wagner_) |
38.03 |
38.03 |
September 13, 2016 |
126. |
#1970942 |
Because you won't find a loon up in a tree or a bobwhite out at sea, habitat is an important thing to note when birdwatching. |
125 |
1 |
1.014 |
27.04 — Olivia (liv_dougherty) |
27.04 |
27.04 |
September 13, 2016 |
127. |
#1970735 |
Now it occurred to him that perhaps Terabithia was like a castle where you came to be knighted. |
95 |
2 |
1.014 |
38.34 — Grace (_grace_wagner_) |
25.01 |
25.01 |
September 9, 2016 |
128. |
#1971427 |
It was as though she were possessed by an evil spirit which spoke from the depths of her being. |
95 |
1 |
1.014 |
39.55 — marina (marinasimon) |
39.55 |
39.55 |
September 12, 2016 |
129. |
#1970045 |
Chronological means arranged in order of time in which the events took place. |
77 |
1 |
1.012 |
11.18 — clara (clarasimonsen03) |
11.18 |
11.18 |
September 12, 2016 |
130. |
#1970188 |
Weathering is the physical and chemical breakdown of rock. |
58 |
2 |
1.009 |
20.32 — john (type_master12) |
19.54 |
19.54 |
September 9, 2016 |
131. |
#1971776 |
Dracorex was name it after Draco Malfoy, the evil character in the Harry Potter books. |
86 |
2 |
1.009 |
37.70 — Abraham (the_scorch_runner) |
37.19 |
37.19 |
September 13, 2016 |
132. |
#1970154 |
Correlation is the trend in a set of data. A positive correlation tends to grow upward from left to right, a negative correlation tends to go downward from left to right, and no correlation means the data is random. |
215 |
2 |
1.009 |
39.84 — Grace (_grace_wagner_) |
39.28 |
39.28 |
September 9, 2016 |
133. |
#1970215 |
Density refers to how tightly or loosely particles are packed together in a given material. |
91 |
2 |
1.008 |
33.99 — Grace (_grace_wagner_) |
32.41 |
32.41 |
September 13, 2016 |
134. |
#1970820 |
Jeffrey had the two worst black eyes I'd ever seen, and his nose was swollen to about twice its normal size. |
108 |
2 |
1.007 |
39.83 — Abraham (the_scorch_runner) |
37.20 |
37.20 |
September 9, 2016 |
135. |
#1970612 |
They paused in their preparations to watch it climb higher and higher, now black against the rapidly darkening sky, until it vanished over a nearby mountain. |
157 |
2 |
1.006 |
39.62 — Abraham (the_scorch_runner) |
37.17 |
37.17 |
September 9, 2016 |
136. |
#1971404 |
I would often sit with Moshe in the evening after the service, listening to his stories and trying my hardest to understand his grief. |
134 |
1 |
1.002 |
39.12 — marina (marinasimon) |
39.12 |
39.12 |
September 9, 2016 |
137. |
#1970679 |
You know, I don't even know if you could call it a pizza. It was more like the entire contents of our refrigerator on a round crust. |
132 |
1 |
1.002 |
39.09 — marina (marinasimon) |
39.09 |
39.09 |
September 13, 2016 |
138. |
#1970173 |
Elevation refers to the height above sea level. |
47 |
1 |
1.000 |
23.09 — Brenden (bl2323) |
23.09 |
23.09 |
September 12, 2016 |
139. |
#1971038 |
Everyone who lived and worked on El Rancho de las Rosas was gathered at the edge of the field... |
96 |
3 |
0.999 |
37.95 — Abraham (the_scorch_runner) |
33.16 |
33.16 |
September 9, 2016 |
140. |
#1970750 |
So I realize, that if it's hard for me, how much harder it must be for you. |
75 |
1 |
0.997 |
26.58 — Olivia (liv_dougherty) |
26.58 |
26.58 |
September 13, 2016 |
141. |
#1970354 |
Her hands trembled and her heart quickened, for she was frightened, not so much of the wolves, who were shy and many harpoon shots away, but because of her desperate predicament. Miyax was lost. |
194 |
1 |
0.996 |
39.33 — Grace (_grace_wagner_) |
39.33 |
39.33 |
September 12, 2016 |
142. |
#1971012 |
Then, when he has had a choice, he had made the wrong one: the choice to leave. And now he was starving. |
104 |
3 |
0.995 |
36.91 — Abraham (the_scorch_runner) |
29.20 |
29.20 |
September 9, 2016 |
143. |
#1971409 |
That same day the Hungarian police burst into all the Jewish houses in the street. |
82 |
3 |
0.991 |
40.71 — marina (marinasimon) |
37.63 |
37.63 |
September 9, 2016 |
144. |
#1970182 |
Rock cycle refers to the processes that slowly change rocks from one kind to another. |
85 |
1 |
0.991 |
39.15 — Grace (_grace_wagner_) |
39.15 |
39.15 |
September 13, 2016 |
145. |
#1971693 |
That my four children will live in a nation where they will not be judged by the skin of their color but the content of their character... Dr. Martin Luther King |
161 |
1 |
0.990 |
56.68 — Sandy (sandybeaches) |
56.68 |
56.68 |
September 13, 2016 |
146. |
#1971453 |
Motionless they hung, huge, heavy, steady in the sky, a blasphemy against nature. |
81 |
1 |
0.989 |
34.58 — Abraham (the_scorch_runner) |
34.58 |
34.58 |
September 27, 2016 |
147. |
#1971707 |
I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. MLK |
166 |
4 |
0.988 |
71.22 — Sandy (sandybeaches) |
51.09 |
51.09 |
September 9, 2016 |
148. |
#1970787 |
A scallop swims by quickly clapping its shell open and shut. This makes a water jet that pushes the scallop forward. |
116 |
1 |
0.988 |
34.55 — Abraham (the_scorch_runner) |
34.55 |
34.55 |
September 27, 2016 |
149. |
#1970510 |
Research indicates that mosquitoes are attracted to people who have recently eaten bananas. |
91 |
2 |
0.986 |
38.07 — Abraham (the_scorch_runner) |
36.27 |
36.27 |
September 13, 2016 |
150. |
#1970412 |
And the turtles, of course...all the turtles are free, as turtles and, maybe, all creatures should be. |
102 |
1 |
0.984 |
26.23 — Olivia (liv_dougherty) |
26.23 |
26.23 |
September 13, 2016 |
151. |
#1971439 |
The word bulldozer wandered through his mind for a moment in search of something to connect with. |
97 |
1 |
0.984 |
38.39 — marina (marinasimon) |
38.39 |
38.39 |
September 9, 2016 |
152. |
#1970828 |
Some seemed healthier than Jeffrey, and others were in such bad shape that they had to be pushed around in wheelchairs. |
119 |
2 |
0.981 |
39.50 — Abraham (the_scorch_runner) |
36.20 |
36.20 |
September 12, 2016 |
153. |
#1971117 |
Being bitten by a scorpion or even a rattlesnake is not the worst thing that can happen to you. You won't die. Usually. |
119 |
1 |
0.980 |
34.29 — Abraham (the_scorch_runner) |
34.29 |
34.29 |
September 12, 2016 |
154. |
#1970364 |
You got kids like me who haven't hit their growth spurt yet mixed in with gorillas who need to shave twice a day. |
113 |
3 |
0.978 |
30.60 — Abraham (the_scorch_runner) |
26.06 |
26.06 |
September 9, 2016 |
155. |
#1970042 |
Alliteration is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words. |
77 |
1 |
0.975 |
15.41 — Ahni (ahnibryant04) |
15.41 |
15.41 |
September 12, 2016 |
156. |
#1971042 |
She put the knife to it, and with a quick swipe, the heavy cluster of grapes dropped into her waiting hand. |
107 |
1 |
0.973 |
38.45 — Grace (_grace_wagner_) |
38.45 |
38.45 |
September 13, 2016 |
157. |
#1970336 |
He worked in a toothpaste factory, where he sat all day long at a bench and screwed the little caps onto the tops of the tubes of toothpaste after the tubes had been filled. |
173 |
2 |
0.973 |
15.38 — Ahni (ahnibryant04) |
15.21 |
15.21 |
September 12, 2016 |
158. |
#1971180 |
Then Mr. Simms jumped into the street. I moved away from him, trying to get up. He was a mean-looking man, red in the face and bearded. |
135 |
1 |
0.973 |
37.95 — marina (marinasimon) |
37.95 |
37.95 |
September 9, 2016 |
159. |
#1970314 |
The young mouse Matthias (formerly Redwall's most awkward novice) vows to recover the legendary weapon. |
103 |
2 |
0.972 |
38.21 — Grace (_grace_wagner_) |
38.16 |
38.16 |
September 13, 2016 |
160. |
#1970197 |
Genes refer to a segment of DNA on a chromosome that codes for a specific trait. |
80 |
2 |
0.972 |
37.15 — marina (marinasimon) |
31.79 |
31.79 |
September 13, 2016 |
161. |
#1970633 |
I never thought that it'd be easy, 'cause we're both so distant now, and the walls are closing in on us and we're wondering how? |
128 |
5 |
0.971 |
40.86 — Grace (_grace_wagner_) |
32.63 |
32.63 |
September 9, 2016 |
162. |
#1970819 |
I usually practice at least an hour a day on my practice pad and another half hour on my drum set. |
98 |
2 |
0.969 |
23.38 — Olivia (liv_dougherty) |
22.82 |
22.82 |
September 12, 2016 |
163. |
#1970032 |
Well, I reckon because mockingbirds don't do anything but make music for us to enjoy. They don't eat people's gardens, don't nest in the corncrib, they don't do one thing but just sing their hearts out for us. |
209 |
1 |
0.969 |
37.81 — marina (marinasimon) |
37.81 |
37.81 |
September 13, 2016 |
164. |
#1971700 |
We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence. MLK |
162 |
1 |
0.968 |
33.87 — Abraham (the_scorch_runner) |
33.87 |
33.87 |
September 13, 2016 |
165. |
#1971460 |
The pink cublicle had winked out of existence, the monkeys had sunk away to a better dimension. |
95 |
4 |
0.967 |
35.81 — Grace (_grace_wagner_) |
33.20 |
33.20 |
September 13, 2016 |
166. |
#102 |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart and head and hands, and then to work outward from there. Other people can talk about how to expand the destiny of mankind. I just want to talk about how to fix a motorcycle. I think that what I have to say has more lasting value. |
288 |
3 |
0.966 |
38.07 — Grace (_grace_wagner_) |
32.72 |
32.72 |
September 12, 2016 |
167. |
#1970298 |
Jem said he would escort me to the school auditorium. Thus began our longest journey together. |
94 |
2 |
0.966 |
36.29 — Abraham (the_scorch_runner) |
27.52 |
27.52 |
September 12, 2016 |
168. |
#1970313 |
Cluny the Scourge, the evil one-eyed rat warlord, is hell-bent on destroying the tranquility as he prepares to fight a bloody battle for the ownership of Redwall. |
162 |
1 |
0.965 |
33.77 — Abraham (the_scorch_runner) |
33.77 |
33.77 |
September 27, 2016 |
169. |
#1970827 |
What do you call a planet where bad guys stroll through life with success draped around their shoulders like a king's cloak, while random horrors are visited upon the innocent heads of children? |
194 |
1 |
0.964 |
25.69 — Olivia (liv_dougherty) |
25.69 |
25.69 |
September 13, 2016 |
170. |
#1970601 |
When life offers you a dream so far beyond any of your expectations, it's not reasonable to grieve when it comes to an end. |
123 |
1 |
0.963 |
37.59 — marina (marinasimon) |
37.59 |
37.59 |
September 9, 2016 |
171. |
#1970966 |
Once the first fall chill arrives, we're likely to see and hear chickadees around our birdfeeders. |
98 |
1 |
0.963 |
38.05 — Grace (_grace_wagner_) |
38.05 |
38.05 |
September 13, 2016 |
172. |
#1970305 |
The Community lives only in the present, and the people have a narrow perspective of life because they only know their community and way of life. They are naive; they do not gain knowledge or wisdom from the memories. |
217 |
2 |
0.963 |
40.18 — Abraham (the_scorch_runner) |
35.43 |
35.43 |
September 12, 2016 |
173. |
#1970007 |
No one mentioned such things; it was not a rule, but was considered rude to call attention to things that were unsettling or different about individuals. |
153 |
1 |
0.959 |
33.54 — Abraham (the_scorch_runner) |
33.54 |
33.54 |
September 9, 2016 |
174. |
#1970606 |
After the usual brief spell of darkness and near suffocation, Harry found himself in the tiny alleyway where the first phase of their plan was scheduled to take place. |
167 |
1 |
0.958 |
15.14 — Ahni (ahnibryant04) |
15.14 |
15.14 |
September 9, 2016 |
175. |
#1971147 |
He had just walked out from under a freeway overpass when the shoe hit him on the head. |
87 |
2 |
0.956 |
37.91 — Grace (_grace_wagner_) |
37.54 |
37.54 |
September 9, 2016 |
176. |
#1970177 |
The lithosphere is the rocky crust and top part of mantle. |
58 |
2 |
0.955 |
26.99 — Olivia (liv_dougherty) |
22.90 |
22.90 |
September 12, 2016 |
177. |
#1971830 |
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, upon this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. |
179 |
2 |
0.955 |
55.79 — Sandy (sandybeaches) |
40.35 |
40.35 |
September 12, 2016 |
178. |
#1970120 |
Perpendicular is the word for two lines or planes that intersect to form a right angle. |
87 |
1 |
0.953 |
25.42 — Olivia (liv_dougherty) |
25.42 |
25.42 |
September 9, 2016 |
179. |
#1971022 |
...a dash of pepper-- that ought to do it. And now comes the problem... biting in to it! |
88 |
1 |
0.952 |
37.61 — Grace (_grace_wagner_) |
37.61 |
37.61 |
September 13, 2016 |
180. |
#1971762 |
Archaeopteryx is considered the closest link we have found between dinosaurs and birds. |
87 |
2 |
0.952 |
25.08 — Olivia (liv_dougherty) |
22.64 |
22.64 |
September 12, 2016 |
181. |
#1970345 |
Now, more than ever, she must look hard at who she really is. Is she Miyax, Eskimo girl of the old ways? |
104 |
1 |
0.943 |
36.80 — marina (marinasimon) |
36.80 |
36.80 |
September 12, 2016 |
182. |
#1971034 |
The warm sun pressed on one of Esperanza's cheeks and the warm earth on the other one. |
86 |
1 |
0.943 |
19.77 — john (master_typer10) |
19.77 |
19.77 |
September 12, 2016 |
183. |
#1971009 |
But when he looked out across the crowd, the sea of faces, the thing happened again. The thing that had happened with the apple. They changed. |
142 |
1 |
0.943 |
25.13 — Olivia (liv_dougherty) |
25.13 |
25.13 |
September 9, 2016 |
184. |
#1971706 |
I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a desert state, sweltering with the heat of injustice and oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice. MLK |
190 |
2 |
0.942 |
36.76 — marina (marinasimon) |
36.30 |
36.30 |
September 12, 2016 |
185. |
#1970511 |
The poison arrow frog has enough poison to kill about twenty-two hundred people. |
80 |
1 |
0.941 |
19.73 — john (master_typer10) |
19.73 |
19.73 |
September 12, 2016 |
186. |
#1970893 |
Most scientists believe that the universe began with a huge explosion. They call this idea the Big Bang Theory. |
111 |
1 |
0.939 |
37.11 — Grace (_grace_wagner_) |
37.11 |
37.11 |
September 12, 2016 |
187. |
#1970429 |
Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, it is not going to get better. It just is not. |
95 |
1 |
0.937 |
37.02 — Grace (_grace_wagner_) |
37.02 |
37.02 |
September 9, 2016 |
188. |
#1970995 |
The anchorage of a bridge is where the cables of a suspension bridge are secured into the ground. |
97 |
1 |
0.935 |
24.94 — Olivia (liv_dougherty) |
24.94 |
24.94 |
September 12, 2016 |
189. |
#1971764 |
Dinosaur planteaters evolved different teeth for their varied diets and habitats. |
81 |
2 |
0.935 |
35.80 — marina (marinasimon) |
34.56 |
34.56 |
September 9, 2016 |
190. |
#1971768 |
Stegosaurus was the largest of all the plate-backed plant eaters. |
65 |
2 |
0.933 |
27.01 — Olivia (liv_dougherty) |
24.49 |
24.49 |
September 13, 2016 |
191. |
#1971044 |
Esperanza stood between Mama and Papa, with her arms linked to theirs, and admired the activity of the workers. |
111 |
3 |
0.933 |
37.99 — marina (marinasimon) |
35.08 |
35.08 |
September 9, 2016 |
192. |
#1971653 |
Dinosaurs belonged to one of two groups according to the design of their hips. They were either lizard-hipped or bird-hipped. |
125 |
2 |
0.932 |
37.33 — Grace (_grace_wagner_) |
30.92 |
30.92 |
September 12, 2016 |
193. |
#1971689 |
The brain of Tyrannosaurus rex was twice the size of other giant meat eaters. It was also faster and had better vision than than others. |
136 |
3 |
0.932 |
36.35 — Abraham (the_scorch_runner) |
31.63 |
31.63 |
September 9, 2016 |
194. |
#1970640 |
Imagine no possessions - I wonder if you can. |
45 |
1 |
0.930 |
18.14 — Hunter (huntermanske) |
18.14 |
18.14 |
September 13, 2016 |
195. |
#1971265 |
You're very first day Take a deep breath girl Take a deep breath as you walk through those doors |
96 |
1 |
0.929 |
36.27 — marina (marinasimon) |
36.27 |
36.27 |
September 9, 2016 |
196. |
#1971267 |
And when you're fifteen, don't forget to look before you fall I've found that time can heal most anything |
105 |
1 |
0.928 |
14.67 — Ahni (ahnibryant04) |
14.67 |
14.67 |
September 9, 2016 |
197. |
#1970169 |
Convection refers to the heat transfer within a fluid. |
54 |
1 |
0.926 |
10.23 — clara (clarasimonsen03) |
10.23 |
10.23 |
September 13, 2016 |
198. |
#1970226 |
Physical change refers to a change in a substance that only changes its physical properties/appearance without changing its chemical composition (make-up). No new substance is created in this change. |
199 |
1 |
0.926 |
53.01 — Sandy (sandybeaches) |
53.01 |
53.01 |
September 13, 2016 |
199. |
#1970973 |
You can hear the loud, raspy calls of Red-Winged Blackbirds every spring as they protect their nests built in marshes and reeds. |
128 |
1 |
0.925 |
19.40 — john (master_typer10) |
19.40 |
19.40 |
September 12, 2016 |
200. |
#1971730 |
We must remember that intelligence is not enough. Intelligence plus character--that is the goal of true education. MLK |
118 |
6 |
0.925 |
39.87 — marina (marinasimon) |
32.04 |
32.04 |
September 9, 2016 |
201. |
#1971684 |
Chickens aid their digestion by swallowing little bits of grit. |
63 |
1 |
0.923 |
10.20 — clara (clarasimonsen03) |
10.20 |
10.20 |
September 12, 2016 |
202. |
#1970917 |
On Earth, the atmosphere acts like a roof. It stops the Sun from making things too hot during the day and at night, it prevents heat from escaping. |
147 |
3 |
0.923 |
39.51 — Grace (_grace_wagner_) |
34.87 |
34.87 |
September 13, 2016 |
203. |
#123 |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted like oatmeal, or tuna fish. That makes you wonder about a lot of things. You take chicken, for example: maybe they couldn't figure out what to make chicken taste like, which is why chicken tastes like everything. |
271 |
2 |
0.922 |
38.39 — marina (marinasimon) |
34.23 |
34.23 |
September 12, 2016 |
204. |
#1971772 |
Ankylosaurs were as large as tanks and nearly as hard to attack, even though they were slow moving. |
99 |
1 |
0.919 |
35.87 — marina (marinasimon) |
35.87 |
35.87 |
September 12, 2016 |
205. |
#1971019 |
And everyone grins, And everyone cuddles, And everyone wins. |
60 |
1 |
0.918 |
19.24 — john (master_typer10) |
19.24 |
19.24 |
September 12, 2016 |
206. |
#1971721 |
I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. MLK |
92 |
2 |
0.918 |
37.55 — marina (marinasimon) |
34.05 |
34.05 |
September 13, 2016 |
207. |
#1971434 |
The cherished objects we had brought with us thus far were left behind in the train, and with them at last, our illusions. |
122 |
3 |
0.912 |
21.38 — Abraham (the_scorch_runner) |
16.97 |
16.97 |
September 12, 2016 |
208. |
#1970342 |
To her small Eskimo village, she is known as Miyax; to her friend in San Francisco, she is Julie. |
97 |
3 |
0.909 |
36.71 — Grace (_grace_wagner_) |
20.88 |
20.88 |
September 9, 2016 |
209. |
#1970644 |
If the sky that we look upon should tumble and fall, and the mountain should crumble to the sea. I won't cry, I won't cry, no I won't shed a tear. Just as long as you stand, stand by me. |
186 |
3 |
0.907 |
37.09 — Abraham (the_scorch_runner) |
30.69 |
30.69 |
September 12, 2016 |
210. |
#1970776 |
Did you know that the tongue of a blue whale is larger than an elephant? |
72 |
3 |
0.907 |
34.14 — Abraham (the_scorch_runner) |
30.17 |
30.17 |
September 9, 2016 |
211. |
#1971588 |
The anaconda, one of the world's largest snakes, gives birth to its young instead of laying eggs. |
97 |
2 |
0.906 |
31.70 — Abraham (the_scorch_runner) |
27.09 |
27.09 |
September 12, 2016 |
212. |
#1971690 |
If cars had been around in T. rex's day, its bite could have dented the metal. |
78 |
2 |
0.906 |
36.73 — Abraham (the_scorch_runner) |
33.42 |
33.42 |
September 12, 2016 |
213. |
#1970999 |
A suspension bridge is supported on huge steel cables which are anchored into the ground. The Golden Gate Bridge is an example of this kind of bridge. |
150 |
1 |
0.904 |
35.28 — marina (marinasimon) |
35.28 |
35.28 |
September 12, 2016 |
214. |
#1970988 |
Generally there are two kinds of energy in mechanical systems: potential energy and kinetic energy. |
99 |
1 |
0.903 |
9.97 — clara (clarasimonsen03) |
9.97 |
9.97 |
September 13, 2016 |
215. |
#1971942 |
One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish. Black fish, blue fish, old fish, new fish. |
83 |
3 |
0.902 |
45.13 — Grace (_grace_wagner_) |
34.30 |
34.30 |
September 13, 2016 |
216. |
#1970677 |
You know, I don't even know if you could call it a pizza. It was more like the entire contents of our refrigerator on a round crust. |
132 |
1 |
0.901 |
24.03 — Olivia (liv_dougherty) |
24.03 |
24.03 |
September 13, 2016 |
217. |
#1971462 |
This above all appeared to Trillian to be genuinely stupid, but she could no longer be bothered to argue about it. |
114 |
1 |
0.901 |
35.58 — Grace (_grace_wagner_) |
35.58 |
35.58 |
September 13, 2016 |
218. |
#1971046 |
She tried to find the place in her heart where her life was anchored, but she couldn't. So she closed her eyes and pressed the palms of her hands against the earth, making sure she was there. |
191 |
1 |
0.900 |
35.13 — marina (marinasimon) |
35.13 |
35.13 |
September 12, 2016 |
219. |
#1971436 |
Never shall I forget that nocturnal silence which deprived me, for all eternity, of the desire to live. |
103 |
1 |
0.899 |
35.53 — Grace (_grace_wagner_) |
35.53 |
35.53 |
September 9, 2016 |
220. |
#1971557 |
Marie Curie, the scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning. |
78 |
6 |
0.896 |
37.08 — marina (marinasimon) |
30.66 |
30.66 |
September 13, 2016 |
221. |
#1970229 |
In chemistry, the word "solution" refers to when two materials mix so well that one dissolves into the other but they keep their own chemical compositions and properties. |
170 |
1 |
0.888 |
35.08 — Grace (_grace_wagner_) |
35.08 |
35.08 |
September 9, 2016 |
222. |
#1970064 |
Conventions in writing include spelling, punctuation, capitalization, grammar, and paragraphing. |
96 |
3 |
0.887 |
31.34 — marina (marinasimon) |
30.22 |
30.22 |
September 12, 2016 |
223. |
#1970905 |
As the Earth and Moon move in space, they sometimes block each other from the Sun's light. This is called an eclipse. |
117 |
2 |
0.885 |
34.36 — Abraham (the_scorch_runner) |
32.74 |
32.74 |
September 9, 2016 |
224. |
#1970919 |
The Moon has no atmosphere to protect it. |
41 |
2 |
0.882 |
27.15 — Olivia (liv_dougherty) |
21.39 |
21.39 |
September 12, 2016 |
225. |
#1970915 |
It takes the same time for the Moon to spin around once as it does for it to orbit Earth. |
89 |
1 |
0.882 |
34.83 — Grace (_grace_wagner_) |
34.83 |
34.83 |
September 13, 2016 |
226. |
#1970521 |
Snakes do not have eyelids, so even when they're asleep, they cannot close their eyes. |
86 |
1 |
0.879 |
34.32 — marina (marinasimon) |
34.32 |
34.32 |
September 12, 2016 |
227. |
#1971780 |
Nearly half the dinosaurs ever named turn out to be mistakes as scientists have so litle fossil remains, teeth or bones to work with. |
133 |
2 |
0.879 |
25.61 — Keegan (keeganiscool) |
18.74 |
18.74 |
September 13, 2016 |
228. |
#1970908 |
Of all the planets in our Solar System, Mercury is the closest to the Sun and also the smallest. |
96 |
2 |
0.877 |
33.61 — Grace (_grace_wagner_) |
32.62 |
32.62 |
September 12, 2016 |
229. |
#1970437 |
And to think that I saw it go down on Eight Mile. |
49 |
1 |
0.877 |
9.69 — clara (clarasimonsen03) |
9.69 |
9.69 |
September 12, 2016 |
230. |
#1971991 |
Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not. |
90 |
3 |
0.877 |
39.67 — marina (marinasimon) |
32.60 |
32.60 |
September 9, 2016 |
231. |
#1970605 |
Then, on Harry's count of three, they reversed the spells upon their three victims, and before the waitress or either of the Death Eaters could do more than stir sleepily, Harry, Ron and Hermione had turned on the spot and vanished into the compressing darkness once again. |
273 |
1 |
0.874 |
30.58 — Abraham (the_scorch_runner) |
30.58 |
30.58 |
September 12, 2016 |
232. |
#1971718 |
Like anybody, I would like to live a long life. Longevity has its place. But I'm not concerned about that now. MLK |
114 |
1 |
0.872 |
30.50 — Abraham (the_scorch_runner) |
30.50 |
30.50 |
September 13, 2016 |
233. |
#1970316 |
He hopes to use the weapon to defeat Cluny's infamous army and save Redwall. |
76 |
1 |
0.869 |
13.73 — Ahni (ahnibryant04) |
13.73 |
13.73 |
September 9, 2016 |
234. |
#1971713 |
When we let freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city. MLK |
119 |
1 |
0.866 |
30.31 — Abraham (the_scorch_runner) |
30.31 |
30.31 |
September 12, 2016 |
235. |
#1970967 |
The male Eastern Bluebird looks like a piece of pure sky come to life. |
70 |
1 |
0.866 |
21.87 — Emma (elloyd) |
21.87 |
21.87 |
September 13, 2016 |
236. |
#1971984 |
Through three cheese trees three free fleas flew. While these fleas flew, freezy breeze blew. |
93 |
1 |
0.866 |
30.29 — Abraham (the_scorch_runner) |
30.29 |
30.29 |
September 13, 2016 |
237. |
#1971722 |
Martin Luther King dedicated his life to love and to justice for his fellow human beings, and he died because of that effort. RFK |
129 |
3 |
0.863 |
40.73 — marina (marinasimon) |
32.92 |
32.92 |
September 12, 2016 |
238. |
#1970209 |
Acceleration is the act of speeding up, slowing down or changing direction in a moving object. |
94 |
2 |
0.855 |
23.07 — Olivia (liv_dougherty) |
20.40 |
20.40 |
September 12, 2016 |
239. |
#1970944 |
Cormorants lack the ability to waterproof their feathers, so they need to dry their wings after each swim. |
106 |
2 |
0.855 |
31.81 — Abraham (the_scorch_runner) |
26.57 |
26.57 |
September 9, 2016 |
240. |
#1970629 |
I'd like to make myself believe that planet Earth turns slowly. It's hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep, 'cause everything is never as it seems. |
164 |
1 |
0.854 |
33.75 — Grace (_grace_wagner_) |
33.75 |
33.75 |
September 12, 2016 |
241. |
#1971699 |
This note was a promise that all men would be guaranteed the inalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. MLK |
131 |
2 |
0.854 |
34.77 — marina (marinasimon) |
33.53 |
33.53 |
September 9, 2016 |
242. |
#1970093 |
Meter is the recurrence of a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem. |
84 |
1 |
0.852 |
9.41 — clara (clarasimonsen03) |
9.41 |
9.41 |
September 13, 2016 |
243. |
#87 |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of where he grips it! It's a simple question of weight ratios! A five ounce bird could not carry a one pound coconut. Listen - in order to maintain air-speed velocity, a swallow needs to beat its wings forty-three times every second, right? |
296 |
1 |
0.850 |
33.58 — Grace (_grace_wagner_) |
33.58 |
33.58 |
September 13, 2016 |
244. |
#1970069 |
A metaphor is a comparison of two unlike things that uses like or as. |
69 |
1 |
0.844 |
9.32 — clara (clarasimonsen03) |
9.32 |
9.32 |
September 12, 2016 |
245. |
#1970185 |
Subduction refers to a tectonic plate moving below another tectonic plate. |
74 |
1 |
0.840 |
9.28 — clara (clarasimonsen03) |
9.28 |
9.28 |
September 13, 2016 |
246. |
#1971037 |
...since Esperanza was an only child and Papa's pride and glory, she was always given the honor. |
96 |
2 |
0.840 |
33.95 — marina (marinasimon) |
21.45 |
21.45 |
September 12, 2016 |
247. |
#1971654 |
Dinosaurs lived on every continent and ranged in size from a small sparrow to a house. Dinosaurs ruled the planet Earth for almost 165 million years. |
149 |
2 |
0.838 |
34.56 — marina (marinasimon) |
31.12 |
31.12 |
September 12, 2016 |
248. |
#1970610 |
But Ron stopped talking and Harry knew why. The Sneakoscope on the table had lit up and begun to spin; they could hear voices coming nearer and nearer: rough, excited voices. |
174 |
5 |
0.830 |
33.56 — Grace (_grace_wagner_) |
29.13 |
29.13 |
September 9, 2016 |
249. |
#1970618 |
The stairs beneath their feet flattened into a chute and she, Harry, and Ron hurtled down it, unable to control their speed but so fast that the Death Eaters' Stunning Spells flew far over their heads. |
201 |
1 |
0.830 |
22.13 — Olivia (liv_dougherty) |
22.13 |
22.13 |
September 13, 2016 |
250. |
#1970328 |
Determined to save her friend, Charlotte spins a web that reads "Some Pig," convincing the farmer and surrounding community that Wilbur is no ordinary animal and should be saved. |
178 |
3 |
0.826 |
39.05 — marina (marinasimon) |
31.33 |
31.33 |
September 12, 2016 |
251. |
#1970531 |
The woolly mammoth, extinct since the Ice Age, had tusks almost sixteen feet long. |
82 |
1 |
0.825 |
21.99 — Olivia (liv_dougherty) |
21.99 |
21.99 |
September 13, 2016 |
252. |
#1970080 |
Transition includes the words or phrases that provide organization and connections between thoughts such as however or therefore. |
129 |
1 |
0.824 |
32.54 — Grace (_grace_wagner_) |
32.54 |
32.54 |
September 13, 2016 |
253. |
#1971735 |
Be a bush if you can't be a tree. If you can't be a highway, just be a trail. If you can't be a sun, be a star. For it isn't by size that you win or fail. Be the best of whatever you are. MLK |
191 |
1 |
0.823 |
47.10 — Sandy (sandybeaches) |
47.10 |
47.10 |
September 13, 2016 |
254. |
#1971021 |
...some mayonnaise, one onion ring, one hippopotamus, one piece of string |
73 |
1 |
0.818 |
28.63 — Abraham (the_scorch_runner) |
28.63 |
28.63 |
September 9, 2016 |
255. |
#1970348 |
If she trusts her Eskimo instincts, will she stand a chance of surviving? |
73 |
2 |
0.805 |
24.90 — Olivia (liv_dougherty) |
21.16 |
21.16 |
September 13, 2016 |
256. |
#1970684 |
What no-one ever sees is that there's this whole other part of me that's just like you: quiet, and-and stubborn, and afraid of showing too much. |
144 |
1 |
0.797 |
31.09 — marina (marinasimon) |
31.09 |
31.09 |
September 12, 2016 |
257. |
#1970035 |
Let's go down to the courthouse and see the room that they locked Boo up in. My aunt says it's bat-infested, and he nearly died from the mildew. Come on. I bet they got chains and instruments of torture down there. |
214 |
1 |
0.789 |
21.03 — Olivia (liv_dougherty) |
21.03 |
21.03 |
September 9, 2016 |
258. |
#1970890 |
The Earth is one of eight planets that travel around, or orbit, the Sun. |
72 |
2 |
0.785 |
19.31 — Olivia (liv_dougherty) |
18.53 |
18.53 |
September 12, 2016 |
259. |
#1970585 |
But events - events were burned into his memory and so he used them to remember time, to know and to remember what had happeend, to keep a mental journal. |
154 |
1 |
0.783 |
12.38 — Ahni (ahnibryant04) |
12.38 |
12.38 |
September 9, 2016 |
260. |
#1970088 |
An expository piece of writing is a non-fiction piece of text used to inform or persuade. |
89 |
1 |
0.781 |
20.82 — Olivia (liv_dougherty) |
20.82 |
20.82 |
September 9, 2016 |
261. |
#1971664 |
Dinosaurs laid hard-shelled eggs in nests, just as birds do today. |
66 |
1 |
0.777 |
8.58 — clara (clarasimonsen03) |
8.58 |
8.58 |
September 12, 2016 |
262. |
#1971727 |
Fear not the path of truth for the lack of people walking on it. RFK |
68 |
1 |
0.775 |
20.67 — Olivia (liv_dougherty) |
20.67 |
20.67 |
September 12, 2016 |
263. |
#1971027 |
Whosoever's room this is should be ashamed! Donald or Robert or Willie or-- Huh? You say it's mine? Oh, dear, I knew it looked familiar! |
136 |
1 |
0.773 |
30.15 — marina (marinasimon) |
30.15 |
30.15 |
September 12, 2016 |
264. |
#1971981 |
When a fox is in the bottle where the tweetle beetles battle with their paddles in a puddle on a noodle-eating poodle, THIS is what they call...a tweetle beetle noodle poodle bottled paddled muddled duddled fuddled wuddled fox in socks, sir! |
241 |
1 |
0.769 |
30.00 — marina (marinasimon) |
30.00 |
30.00 |
September 12, 2016 |
265. |
#1971433 |
And as the train stopped, we saw this time that flames were gushing out of a tall chimney into the black sky. |
109 |
1 |
0.748 |
15.06 — john (type_master12) |
15.06 |
15.06 |
September 9, 2016 |
266. |
#1971424 |
The stars were only sparks of the fire which devoured us. Should that fire die out one day, there would be nothing left in the sky but dead stars, dead eyes. |
157 |
1 |
0.744 |
26.03 — Abraham (the_scorch_runner) |
26.03 |
26.03 |
September 9, 2016 |
267. |
#1971593 |
Humans have only about six hundred muscles. |
43 |
1 |
0.734 |
19.58 — Olivia (liv_dougherty) |
19.58 |
19.58 |
September 9, 2016 |
268. |
#1970315 |
Helped by different friends along the way, Matthias finally discovers the sword's location, but he is unprepared for the grave danger he stumbles across while searching for the sword. |
183 |
1 |
0.734 |
8.11 — clara (clarasimonsen03) |
8.11 |
8.11 |
September 12, 2016 |
269. |
#1970897 |
Asteroids are large chunks of rock, or rock and metal. They also orbit the Sun. |
79 |
2 |
0.728 |
28.22 — Abraham (the_scorch_runner) |
26.92 |
26.92 |
September 9, 2016 |
270. |
#1971674 |
Over the years, scientists have had some inaccurate ideas about dinosaurs. |
74 |
1 |
0.718 |
7.93 — clara (clarasimonsen03) |
7.93 |
7.93 |
September 12, 2016 |
271. |
#1971719 |
The masses of people are rising up. And wherever they are assembled the cry is always the same--"We want to be free." MLK |
121 |
2 |
0.715 |
27.90 — marina (marinasimon) |
21.45 |
21.45 |
September 12, 2016 |
272. |
#1971667 |
In 1842, a British scientist, Richard Owen first created the word dinosaur, which means "terrible lizard." |
106 |
1 |
0.711 |
24.88 — Abraham (the_scorch_runner) |
24.88 |
24.88 |
September 12, 2016 |
273. |
#1970334 |
Willy Wonka's famous chocolate factory is opening at last! But only five lucky children will be allowed inside. |
111 |
1 |
0.695 |
27.13 — marina (marinasimon) |
27.13 |
27.13 |
September 12, 2016 |
274. |
#1971716 |
It means that we've got to stay together. We've got to stay together and maintain unity. MLK |
92 |
2 |
0.685 |
19.85 — Olivia (liv_dougherty) |
16.23 |
16.23 |
September 9, 2016 |
275. |
#1971172 |
When we neared the house, the dull glow of a kerosene lamp was shining faintly from the boys' room. |
99 |
1 |
0.681 |
23.82 — Abraham (the_scorch_runner) |
23.82 |
23.82 |
September 9, 2016 |
276. |
#1971446 |
Human beings are great adapters, and by lunchtime life in Arthur's house had settled into a steady routine. |
107 |
1 |
0.651 |
13.10 — john (type_master12) |
13.10 |
13.10 |
September 9, 2016 |
277. |
#1971540 |
The Saguaro Cactus, found in the southwestern US, doesn't grow branches until it is seventy-five years old. |
107 |
1 |
0.642 |
16.21 — Emma (elloyd) |
16.21 |
16.21 |
September 13, 2016 |
278. |
#1970393 |
Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened. |
55 |
1 |
0.623 |
15.73 — Emma (elloyd) |
15.73 |
15.73 |
September 12, 2016 |
279. |
#1970402 |
ASAP. Whatever that means. It must mean, "Act swiftly awesome pacyderm!" |
72 |
2 |
0.604 |
21.94 — Abraham (the_scorch_runner) |
17.06 |
17.06 |
September 9, 2016 |
280. |
#1970575 |
He would have to push the nose down to keep flying speed and then, just before he hit, he would have to pull the nose back up to slow the plane as much as possible. |
164 |
1 |
0.485 |
15.22 — jayden (azab) |
15.22 |
15.22 |
September 12, 2016 |