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I. Pre-reading: a. What do you know about the chaos theory?

Not much, i think its a theory that says that everythink in the universe its in a perfect chaos or disorder

b. What do you think the text will be about?

About the chaos theory

c. Write a list of five words (minimum) that you think you can find in the text you will read.

disorder, physics , system , space , universe

II. Reading: 1. Read the text and check if you can find any of the words you wrote in your list (the one you wrote in the pre-reading, letter c.)

system, universe

2. Underline all the definitions you find in the text.

__ Chaos Theory(term to be defined), theory(general class word) describing the complex and unpredictable motion or dynamics of systems that are sensitive to their initial conditions.(characteristics)

It is now known that many systems (general class word) can exhibit long-term unpredictability even in the absence of random influences.(characteristics) Such systems are called chaotic(term to be defined)__

3. In the definitions: Mark the term being defined, the general class words and the characteristics of the terms. 4. Find the descriptions if any.

All the first pharagraph:

Chaos Theory, theory describing the complex and unpredictable motion or dynamics of systems that are sensitive to their initial conditions. Chaotic systems are mathematically deterministic—that is, they follow precise laws, but their irregular behavior can appear to be random to the casual observer. Chaotic behavior is common in systems as varied as electric circuits, measles outbreaks, lasers, clashing gears, heart rhythms, electrical brain activity, circadian rhythms, fluids, animal populations, and chemical reactions. It is suspected that even economic systems, such as the stock exchange, may be chaotic. The field of chaos is evolving rapidly from a theoretical to an applied science.

5. Find what the following referents, underlined in the sentences below, refer to in the text. Be careful some items more contain more than one referent:

a. Chaos Theory, theory describing the complex and unpredictable motion or dynamics of systems __**that**__ are sensitive to **__their initial conditions__**

that: it refers to the systems their initial conditions:the initials conditions of the systems

b. Until recently, it was believed that if the dynamics of a system behaved unpredictably, **__it__** was due to random external influences

it: it refers to when the dynamics of a system behave unpredictable

c. “It may happen that small differences in the initial conditions produce very great ones in the final phenomena. A small error in __**the former**__ will produce an enormous error in __ **the latter** __. Prediction becomes impossible.…”

the former: it refers to the beginning of the phenomen the latter :it refers to after the phenomen

d. The ramifications of Poincaré's discovery were not fully appreciated by most scientists until computers allowed **__them__** to easily model and visualize chaotic systems.

them:it refers to the scientists

e. He demonstrated visually that there was structure in his chaotic weather model __ **that** __, __**when plotted**__ ...

that:it refers to the structure in his chaotic model when plotted: it refers to when the structure in his chaotic model were graphicated

6. What new aspects did you discover about the chaos theory?

That is a very interesting and important mathematical and physical law that is actually beign applied most of all to the universe and planets, it also can be applied to other systems such as chemical reactions , electric circuits,etc

I also discover that the chaos theory is about the unpredictability that the events may occur.

7. Is the chaos theory related to real life aspects? Explain

Yes, because basically we always live in a state of chaos , not just because we feel safe in the daily rutine means that we are not safe to a random event that could be happen anytime ,i think the chaos theory may be applied to social relations and not only physical and mathemathical systems. Also this theory is related to our life aspects because its have to do with systems such as wether, astronomycs , etc and the knowledge of that theory it can also help the health sector by improving in controling the heart rhytms