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 Read the following text and answer the following questions:
 * __Reading Log 1__**

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

b. What do you think the text will be about?
 * I have listened about the Chaos Theory and I believe that this theory is related to the behavior of the universe, but I really don't know __of what it treats.__ ** **** (better... What it is about) Good ****  

* WHen you use consist of: you mean that something has two or more parts
 * I think that the text is going to try to explain __of what the Chaos Theory consists__*** **, (What the chaos theory is about) which are their ** <span style="color: rgb(255, 112, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(22, 181, 3)">(ITS)   <span style="color: rgb(255, 112, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">**foundations and probably, which are <span style="background-color: rgb(125, 255, 112)">their **  <span style="color: rgb(255, 112, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(22, 181, 3)">(ITS)   <span style="color: rgb(255, 112, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">**applications.**

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


 * Theory, Physics, Universe, Chaotic, Behavior, Applications, Explanation (or Explain)...**

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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">**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.)


 * Theory: //"//**//theory describing the complex and unpredictable motion or dynamics of systems"//
 * Physics:** it is not.
 * Universe:** //**"**The dynamic nature of the universe"//
 * Chaotic: //"//**//Chaotic systems are mathematically deterministic"//
 * Behavior:** //"their irregular behavior can appear to be random to the casual observer"//
 * Applications:** //"Scientists are currently developing applications that use chaos"//
 * Explanation (or Explain):** it is not.

2. Underline all the definitions you find in the text. **<span style="color: rgb(255, 112, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(22, 181, 3)"> SUPER  **


 * 1) **__Chaos Theory__**__, theory describing the complex and unpredictable motion or dynamics of systems that are sensitive to their initial conditions.__
 * 2) __**Chaotic systems** are mathematically deterministic—that is, they follow precise laws, but their irregular behavior can appear to be random to the casual observer.__ **<span style="color: rgb(255, 112, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(22, 181, 3)">description   **
 * 3) __It is now known that many systems can exhibit long-term unpredictability even in the absence of random influences. Such systems are called **chaotic.**__

3. In the definitions: <span style="color: rgb(146, 34, 201)">Mark the term being defined, the general class words and the characteristics of the terms <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">.
 * <span style="color: rgb(255, 112, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(22, 181, 3)">EXCELLENT  **
 * 1) //Chaos Theory// (term), //theory// (general class word) describing //the complex and unpredictable motion or dynamics of systems that are sensitive to their initial conditions// (characteristics).
 * 2) //Chaotic systems// (term) are //mathematically deterministic// (general class word) --- that is, //they follow precise laws, but their irregular behavior can appear to be random to the casual observer// (characteristics).**<span style="color: rgb(255, 112, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(22, 181, 3)">description   **
 * 3) //It is now known that many systems can exhibit long-term unpredictability even in the absence of random influences// (characteristics). Such //systems// (general class word) are called //chaotic// (term).

4. Find the descriptions if any.

Chaos Theory: "The field of chaos is evolving rapidly from a theoretical to an applied science"

Chaoctic Systems: "The unpredictability of chaotic systems arises due to their sensitivity to their initial conditions, such as their initial position and velocity. Two identical chaotic systems set in motion with slightly different initial conditions can quickly exhibit motions that are quite different" Chaotic: it is not.
 * <span style="color: rgb(255, 112, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(22, 181, 3)">SOME ARE MISSING...  **

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 <span style="color: rgb(218, 37, 37)">__that__ <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">are sensitive to <span style="color: rgb(18, 13, 13)">__<span style="color: rgb(225, 9, 9)">their initial conditions __ .... **That** is refering to Systems and **Their initial condition**s is refering to Systems. **<span style="color: rgb(255, 112, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(22, 181, 3)">SUPER  ** <span style="color: rgb(18, 13, 13)"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">b. Until recently, it was believed that if the dynamics of a system behaved unpredictably, <span style="color: rgb(225, 25, 25)">__it__ <span style="color: rgb(219, 20, 20)"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">was due to random external influences ... **It** is refering to system behaved unpredictably. **<span style="color: rgb(255, 112, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(22, 181, 3)">GREAT  ** <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> c. “It may happen that small differences in the initial conditions produce very great ones in the final phenomena. A small error in <span style="color: rgb(208, 22, 22)">__the former__ <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">will produce an enormous error in __<span style="color: rgb(236, 19, 19)">the latter __<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">. Prediction becomes impossible.…” .... **The former** is refering to inicial conditions and **the latter** is refering to final phenomena. **<span style="color: rgb(255, 112, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(22, 181, 3)">EXCELLENT  ** <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> d. The ramifications of Poincaré's discovery were not fully appreciated by most scientists until computers allowed <span style="color: rgb(224, 16, 16)">__them__ <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">to easily model and visualize chaotic systems. .... **Them** is refering to scientists. **<span style="color: rgb(255, 112, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(22, 181, 3)"> WOW  ** <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> e. He demonstrated visually that there was structure in his chaotic weather model __<span style="color: rgb(210, 25, 25)">that __<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">, <span style="color: rgb(238, 17, 17)">__when plotted__ <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">in three dimensions <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">... .... **That** and **When** plotted are refering to structure **<span style="color: rgb(255, 112, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(22, 181, 3)">in the chaotic weather model  **<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">. **<span style="color: rgb(255, 112, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(22, 181, 3)">SUPER  ** <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> 6. What new aspects did you discover about the chaos theory? It is interesting to discover that many phenomena <span style="background-color: rgb(130, 252, 115)">of (<span style="color: rgb(13, 188, 6)">**in)** our environment do not behave <span style="background-color: rgb(141, 253, 129)">__of inexplicable form__, **<span style="color: rgb(255, 112, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(22, 181, 3)">(in an explainable way)  **<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">__if not that of fact,__ **<span style="color: rgb(255, 112, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(22, 181, 3)">CONFUSING ¿? **<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">their behavior follows specific laws. In addition, with this article one discovers that the phenomena that follow <span style="color: rgb(255, 112, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(22, 181, 3)">  <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> a chaotic behavior are more of those that one might imagine and that the prediction of the above mentioned behavior is very sensitive to small mistakes in the initial conditions of the model. **<span style="color: rgb(255, 112, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(22, 181, 3)">ONCE AGAIN GREAT REASONING... ** <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> 7. Is the chaos theory related to real life aspects? <span style="color: rgb(149, 29, 221)">Explain Yes, the Chaos Theory is related to the real life, since this one allows us to predict many physical phenomena that __they__ **<span style="color: rgb(255, 112, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(22, 181, 3)">(wrong referent, maybe "WE")  **<span style="color: rgb(149, 29, 221)">find naturally in our lives. In addition, the models belonging to it, are models of differential equations, which it is a branch of many application **<span style="color: rgb(255, 112, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(22, 181, 3)">S  **<span style="color: rgb(149, 29, 221)"> at present. **<span style="color: rgb(255, 112, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(22, 181, 3)">SUPER  **