Science
What is geology?
A) The study of weather and climate
B) The study of the Earth, its materials, structure and processes
C) The study of planets and stars
D) The study of ancient human cultures
B) The study of the Earth, its materials, structure and processes
What is a text structure?
A) The way an author organizes information in a text
B) The number of paragraphs in a text
C) A picture or graph placed beside the text
D) The main message the author wants readers to learn
A) The way an author organizes information in a text
What is the parent function of the quadratic family?
A) y = x
B) y = x²
C) y = 2ˣ
D) y = |x|
B) y = x²
What was the capital of the Byzantine Empire?
A) Rome
B) Constantinople
C) Ravenna
D) Alexandria
B) Constantinople
B) A coat of many colors
Which of these is a mineral?
A) Granite
B) Sandstone
C) Quartz
D) Marble
C) Quartz
Which text structure presents events in the order they happened in time?
A) Sequence
B) Description
C) Chronological
D) Cause and effect
C) Chronological
A graph gets closer to a horizontal line but never touches it. What is that line called?
A) A vertex
B) An endpoint
C) A horizontal asymptote
D) An axis of symmetry
C) A horizontal asymptote
Which emperor ruled when the Byzantine Empire reached its greatest size?
A) Constantine
B) Basil II
C) Justinian I
D) Mehmed II
C) Justinian I
B) Potiphar
Granite is a rock made mainly of which three minerals?
A) Feldspar, quartz and mica
B) Calcite, gypsum and talc
C) Iron, nickel and gold ·
D) Obsidian, pumice and scoria
A) Feldspar, quartz and mica
An author writes about why a bridge collapsed and what happened next. Which
structure fits?
A) Cause and effect
B) Description
C) Compare and contrast
D) Sequence
A) Cause and effect
What type of function is f(x) = −(x + 2)² + 5?
A) Linear
B) Absolute value
C) Exponential
D) Quadratic
D) Quadratic
Which group ruled North Africa before the Byzantines retook it in 533–534?
A) The Ostrogoths
B) The Vandals
C) The Visigoths
D) The Persians
B) The Vandals
What proof do the brothers bring Jacob to convince him that Joseph was killed?
B) His coat soaked in goat's blood
What causes the Earth's plates to move?
A) Wind blowing across the surface
B) Convection currents in the mantle
C) Ocean tides
D) The Moon's gravity
B) Convection currents in the mantle
How does a sequence structure differ from a chronological structure?
A) Sequence gives steps in a process; chronological tells events in time
B) Sequence is only used in fiction; chronological is only nonfiction
C) Chronological uses signal words; sequence never does
D) They are the same structure with two different names
A) Sequence gives steps in a process; chronological tells events in time
y-values: 3, 0, −1, 0, 3 (x goes −1 to 3). What are the first differences?
A) −3, −1, 1, 3
B) 3, 1, −1, −3
C) −3, 1, −1, 3
D) 2, 2, 2, 2
A) −3, −1, 1, 3
Which region was Byzantine BEFORE Justinian's reconquests began?
A) Italy
B) North Africa
C) Egypt
D) Spania
C) Egypt
B) A small tree sapling
he inner core is extremely hot, yet it is solid. Why?
A) It is made of ice
B) It is close to the surface
C) It is made of rock, not metal
D) Enormous pressure squeezes the metal into a solid
D) Enormous pressure squeezes the metal into a solid
A problem/solution article includes a compare-and-contrast section. What is its
likely impact?
A) It defines key terms for the reader
B) It lists the steps for installing the solution
C) It shows why one solution beats another, adding persuasion
D) It gives the history of how the problem began
C) It shows why one solution beats another, adding persuasion
A table has points (0,0), (1,1), (2,2), (3,3). Which types could it represent?
A) Linear only
B) Linear or absolute value
C) Quadratic only
D) Exponential or linear
B) Linear or absolute value
A coin was made in Carthage in 520 CE. Was Carthage Byzantine then?
A) Yes, since 330
B) Yes, it was the capital
C) No, the Vandals ruled it
D) No, the Persians ruled it
C) No, the Vandals ruled it
B) A golden goblet