SCANNING WORKSHOP

Lets practice Scanning,

Instructions:
1. Read very careful de following questionnaire
2. Remember to underline the key words in the questions.
3. Read the paragraph and scan it looking for the key words from
the questionnaire and underline them
4. Write the answer for each of the questions
QUESTIONNAIRE A
1) What is baseball?
2) What is the aim of Baseball as a ruled sport?
3) Which are the different roles of baseball players?
4) When and where was renewed the older bat and ball game?
5) How are the professional baseball League organized?
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine
players. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and
touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a 90-
foot diamond. Players on the batting team take turns hitting against
the pitcher of the fielding team, which tries to prevent runs by getting
hitters out in any of several ways. A player on the batting team can
stop at any of the bases and later advance via a teammate's hit or
other means. The teams switch between batting and fielding whenever
the fielding team records three outs. One turn at bat for each team
constitutes an inning and nine innings make up a professional game.
The team with the most runs at the end of the game wins.
Evolving from older bat-and-ball games, an early form of baseball was
being played in England by the mid-eighteenth century. This game was
brought by immigrants to North America, where the modern version
developed. By the late nineteenth century, baseball was widely
recognized as the national sport of the United States. Baseball is now
popular in North America, parts of Central and South America and the
Caribbean, and parts of East Asia.
In the United States and Canada, professional Major League
Baseball (MLB) teams are divided into the National League (NL)
and American League (AL), each with three divisions: East, West, and
Central. The major league champion is determined by playoffs that
culminate in the World Series. Five teams make the playoffs from each
league: the three regular season division winners, plus two wild
card teams. Baseball is the leading team sport in both J apan and
Cuba, and the top level of play is similarly split between two leagues:
J apan's Central League and Pacific League; Cuba's West League and
East League. In the National and Central leagues, the pitcher is
required to bat, per the traditional rules. In the American, Pacific, and
both Cuban leagues, there is a tenth player, a designated hitter, who
bats for the pitcher. Each top-level team has a farm system of one or
more minor league teams

QUESTIONNAIRE B
1. What is the familiar name given to a member of the class
Reptilian?
2. Which animals can be classified as Reptiles?
3. Which are the physical characteristics of reptiles?
4. Why the family Reptilian is one of the most pervasive group of
animals?
5. Why reptiles are becoming the most favorite pet option for US
families today?
Reptile is the familiar name given to a member of the class Reptilian.
Included in this class are Turtles which include tortoises, terrapins and
sea turtles; the Tuatara; the Crocodilians which include Gavials,
Alligators & Caiman; the Lizards; and the Snakes. Rather large groups
Reptilians are all vertebrates. They are cold blooded creatures that
require heat from their environment. The family Reptilian is one of the
most pervasive group of animals and to a degree they are of the most
successful as they are found in most all habitats on earth and comprise
almost 6,000 species compared with mammals with just over 5,000
species. Reptile's have become a huge force in the pet trade and are
now commonly kept in 1 of 7 pet homes. Their innate prehistoric looks,
ease of care and recent accessibility to the pet trade has proven the
reptile to be a formidable aspect in the mix of pets being kept in homes
today. With at least 7 major full color magazines dedicated to reptiles in
the U.S. and hundreds of professional herpetological societies around
the world as well as specific veterinary organizations dealing
exclusively with reptiles, their popularity is growing at a tremendous
rate.
QUESTIONNAIRE C
1. What is a Macaws?
2. What is a Psittacidae?
3. How many Psittacidae are classified as Macaws and list their
scientific names?
4. Which regions are macaws from?
5. What is the habitat that macaws prefer?
6. Which are the physical characteristics of Macaws?
7. Which of the macaws is the largest?
8. Which of the macaws are the smallest?
9. Which of the macaws is the heaviest?
10. What is the difference among Cyanopsitta, Orthopsittaca
and Primolius macaws and the members of Anodorhynchus and
Ara macaws?
Macaws are small to large, long tailed, often colourful New World
parrots. Of the many different Psittacidae (true parrots) genera, six are
classified as macaws: Ara, Anodorhynchus, Cyanopsitta, Primolius,
Orthopsittaca, and Diopsittaca. Previously, the members of the genus
Primolius were placed in Propyrrhura, but the former is correct in
accordance with ICZN rules. Macaws are native to Mexico, Central
America, South America, and formerly the Caribbean. Most species
are associated with forests, especially rainforests, but others prefer
woodland or savannah-like habitats. Large, dark (usually black)
beaks, and relatively bare, light coloured, medial (facial patch) areas
distinguish macaws. Sometimes the facial patch is smaller in some
species, and limited to a yellow patch around the eyes and a second
patch near the base of the beak in the members of the genus
Anodorhynchus, or Hyacinth Macaw. A macaw's facial feather pattern
is as unique as a fingerprint.
Some of the macaw species are known for their impressive size. The
largest parrot in length and wingspan is the Hyacinth Macaw. The
heaviest macaw is the Buffon's, although the heaviest parrot is the
flightless Kakapo. While still relatively large parrots, the macaws of the
genera Cyanopsitta, Orthopsittaca and Primolius are significantly
smaller than the members of Anodorhynchus and Ara. The smallest
member of the family, the Red-shouldered Macaw, is no larger than
some parakeets of the genus Aratinga.
QUESTIONNAIRE D
6) Where the rules of the basketball game always the same since
the beginning until now days?
7) How many rules had the basketball game at the beginning?
8) Which of those rules are still in use?
9) Which educational institutions promoted organized basketball
games in USA? And why?
10) What is the postseason tournament?
The original rules for basketball were very different from today's
modern rules of the sport. In the beginning there were 13 original rules:
1.The ball may be thrown in any direction with one or both hands.
2.The ball may be batted in any direction with one or both hands, but
never with the fist. 3.A player cannot run with the ball. The player must
throw it from the spot on which he catches it, allowance to be made for
a man running at good speed. 4.The ball must be held by the hands.
The arms or body must not be used for holding it. 5.No shouldering,
holding, pushing, striking or tripping in any way of an opponent. The
first infringement of this rule by any person shall count as a foul; the
second shall disqualify him until the next goal is made or, if there was
evident intent to injure the person, for the whole of the game. No
substitution shall be allowed. 6.A foul is striking at the ball with the fist,
violations of Rules 3 and 4 and such as described in Rule 5. 7.If either
side makes three consecutive fouls it shall count as a goal for the
opponents (consecutive means without the opponents in the meantime
making a foul). 8.A goal shall be made when the ball is thrown or
batted from the grounds into the basket and stays there, providing
those defending the goal do no touch or disturb the goal. If the ball
rests on the edges, and the opponent moves the basket, it shall count
as a goal. 9.When the ball goes out of bounds, it shall be thrown into
the field and played by the first person touching it. In case of dispute
the umpire shall throw it straight into the field. The thrower-in is allowed
five seconds. If he holds it longer, it shall go to the opponent. If any
side persists in delaying the game, the umpire shall call a foul on them.
10.The umpire shall be the judge of the men and shall note the fouls
and notify the referee when three consecutive fouls have been made.
He shall have power to disqualify men according to Rule 5. 11.The
referee shall be judge of the ball and shall decide when the ball is in
play, in bounds, to which side it belongs, and shall keep the time. He
shall decide when a goal has been made and keep account of the
goals, with any other duties that are usually performed by a referee.
12.The time shall be two fifteen-minute halves, with five minutes rest
between. 13.The side making the most goals in that time shall be
declared the winner. As you can see the rules from the beginnings of
basketball were very different from the rules of today.
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After the first
game people were impressed by the amount of fun the game was. So,
many students that went home from school took the game of
basketball with them and the game was an instant success. By 1900,
many colleges had a basketball teams that were playing each other,
including the University of Kansas that was being coached by Naismith
himself. The first doubleheader was played in New York, at Madisonn
Square Garden in 1934. The two games were between New York
University and Notre Dame, and Westminster and St J ohn's. New York
University won 25-18 and Westminster won 37-33. This symbolized the
growth of basketball and how it had expanded and gained popularity all
across the United States and throughout the Universities.


Postseason Tournaments
The first national tournament that came about was the NIT, or National
Invitation Tournament, in 1938. Every tournament was played at
Madison Square Garden in New York. A year later, another tournament
was implemented by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, or the
NCAA. This tournament's location varied from year to year so more
fans could come see games being played instead of having to travel to
New York. Although the NIT was created first, it lost popularity because
many teams from the west that had major success in the NCAA
tournament like UCLA who had 10 championships during the 1960s
and 1970's. When the NCAA tournament expanded its field of teams
from 25 to 32 in 1975, then to 48 in 1980, and then most recently to 64
in 1985, more people wanted to watch the NCAA tournament instead
because it included more teams than the NIT and it had more locations
so they had more options of games to go see and they could choose a
location that was more convenient to them.
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Many other schools and
player have stood out over the tournament years. The University of
Kentucky has accounted for 8 NCAA tournament victories and the
Duke Blue Devils have accounted for 3 National Championship
victories.
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