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We offer a few word-search puzzles, but with an unusual twist. We have taken a pithy quotation about chemistry and alphabetized its individual words to form a word list. Your task is to generate the original quote, based on a set of hints. Puzzle 1 is a warm-up.
PUZZLE 1
World list (12 words in alphabetical order )
and Chemistry comings electrons. goings is
of science studies the the that
Hints
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Note which list-word is capitalized, and which ends with a period.
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“ studies “ is a verb, not a noun in this puzzle.
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The only two-letter preposition is found in the second half of the quote.
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The third-to-last word in the quote has as many letters in it as any carbon atom has protons.
PUZZLE 2
The quote is from the noted astronomer/cosmologist Carl Sagan. The word list contains 15 words which we give you below in alphabetical order, not reading order. Can you generate the original quote?
a a body is is it knowledge. more
much of of Science than thinking way
Hints
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Note the only word that is capitalized,
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The longest word ends the quote.
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The second word is a verb.
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The two words beginning with the letter m appear consecutively.
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The only 8-letter word appears in the first half of the quote.
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Starting with word #9 in quote the next six words all have 4 or less letters.
Good luck with your search!
Answers to the ChemMatters Puzzle
PUZZLE #1
“Chemistry is the science that studies the comings and goings of electrons.”
It is a paraphrase of a Henry Bent quote in his textbook.
PUZZLE #2
“Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.”
It is a quote from Carl Sagan.
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Structure and Function
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Cause and effect: mechanism and explanation
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Asking questions (for science) and defining problems (for engineering)
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