I Was a Second-Semester Freshman

question 82

Short Answer

I was a second-semester freshman.I was eating fries in the college cafeteria when my friend Liz came up.She was wearing that plaid coat with her yellow skirt,along with that moss-green embroidered bag,the one with a Grecian urn embroidered on it.She told me the shuttle blew up.This is my memory of the 1986 Challenger disaster.

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Definitions:

Cause-and-Effect

The relationship between events where one or more are the result of the others, indicating a direct line of action and response.

Sensation

The process of receiving stimuli from the environment and the initial encoding into the nervous system.

Nervous System

The complex network of neurons and supporting cells that transmit signals between different parts of the body and the brain.

Amplitude

The maximum extent of a vibration or oscillation, measured from the position of equilibrium.