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PAX Prep NLN Verbal Comprehension Passages Answered, 2022 The way Things Work It was the ancient Greeks who first had the idea that everything is made up of elements. They conjured up just four of them-earth, fire, wind and water. As it turned out, the idea was right but the elements were wrong. Modern elements are less evocative but more numerous. They make up just over one hundred basic substances. Some are commonplace, like hydrogen, oxygen, iron and carbon; others are rare and precious, ...

The way Things Work It was the ancient Greeks who first had the idea that everything is made up of elements. They conjured up just four of them-earth, fire, wind and water. As it turned out, the idea was right but the elements were wrong. Modern elements are less evocative but more numerous. They make up just over one hundred basic substances. Some are commonplace, like hydrogen, oxygen, iron and carbon; others are rare and precious, such as mercury, uranium and gold. Purely by the power o...