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March 7 Twitter/FB answer

Whether a regime was seen to have the Mandate of Heaven determined its legitimacy. Unjust rulers were assumed to have either lost or never gained the Mandate

From FlipFlash: World History for iPhone, iPad, iTouch… available in the iPhone App Store NOW!

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Mar 4 Twitter/FB answer

The tertiary level of a protein structure is the 3-D shape of the protein, also called the conformation.

From FlipFlash: Biology, now available in the iPhone App Store. Ideal for pre-test review for AP and IB students.

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March 3 Twitter/FB answer

A neutron does not give an atom any charge, but it does provide 1 amu

From FlipFlash: Chemistry, available in the iPhone App Store NOW!

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March 2 Twitter/FB answer

Maquiladoras are factories set up in Mexico near the US border, in part to take advantage of the North American Free trade Agreement (NAFTA).

From FlipFlash: Comp Gov, available in the iPhone App Store

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March 1 Twitter/FB answer

Transduction is the process of changing one form energy into another. When light energy strikes the retina, for example, the energy is transduced into neural energy (chemical and electrical).

From FlipFlash: Psychology, available in the iPhone App Store

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Feb 26 Twitter/FB answer

The pelagic ocean is the open, deep ocean. The pelagic ocean is analogous to a desert with coral reefs and kelp forests being the oases. Otherwise, there is little productivity in the pelagic ocean.

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February 27, 2011 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a Comment

Feb 25 Twitter/FB answer

Legend holds that the nobility of Ethiopia are descended from Solomon and the Queen of Sheba.

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February 25, 2011 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a Comment

Feb 24 Twitter answer

It’s the magnetic quantum number

From FlipFlash: Chemistry, available in the iPhone App Store

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February 24, 2011 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a Comment

Feb 23 Twitter answer

Isabella of Castile and Leon married Ferdinand of Aragon in 1469. The union of the monarchies laid the foundation for a united Spain.

From FlipFlash: Euro History, available in the iPhone App Store

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February 23, 2011 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a Comment

Feb 22 Twitter answer

Langston Hughes wrote “The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain” in 1926 for The Nation magazine. In it he urged African-Americans to draw from their own experiences in America as the basis for their art.

From FlipFlash: US History – available in the iPhone App store

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February 22, 2011 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a Comment

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