Bottom-up processing is not thought to be a very efficient way to approach a text initially, and is often contrasted with top-down processing, which is thought to be more efficient. Example. Asking learners to read aloud may encourage bottom-up processing because they focus on word forms, not meaning.
Had Titanic hit the iceberg head on, it is likely that there would be massive crushing of the fore part of the ship, which may have prolonged its end, since theoretically while it may have begun to go down by the bow, the center and aft compartments would have stayed dry for a longer period of time.
The British ship RMS Titanic sank at 2:20 AM on April 15th  1912, having collided with the iceberg at 11:40 on April 14th.  At 12.15 AM, one of the S.O.S calls from the Tita â¦ nic reached its  sister ship, the Olympic.