TEXT A
When did the ancient Egyptians develop an early form of mechanized statuette?
Approximately 3,000 years ago.
What two types of common cruise ship outbreaks are mentioned?
C) Gastrointestinal and respiratory infections.
Approximately how many bees were discovered in the cemetery, according to the text?
A) About 5.6 million
In what year did Christopher Colombus sail to America?
a) 2001
b) 1492
c) 1645
d) 1401
b) 1492
4 days of the week, I am nowhere to be found. 1 day of the week I am all over the school lobby. What am I?
suitcase
How does robotics expert Ken Goldberg characterize the quest to build humanoid robots?
A) A necessary step for industrial automation.
B) A challenging but commercially promising industry.
C) An effort akin to pursuing an “almost godlike power.”
D) A way to replace human labor in domestic settings.
C
Rationale: The text directly quotes Ken Goldberg saying the quest is “akin to chasing an ‘almost godlike power,’”
Why is the hantavirus outbreak on the ship so unusual?
It's the first known hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship
What specific species of bee is discussed in the text?
The regular mining bee (Andrena regularis).
Who was the first to unify China?
Qing Shi Huang
What's the second largest country in the world?
Canada
What is an example, from the text, of a task that remains challenging for humanoid robots?
Organizing objects on a cluttered kitchen counter
or tasks requiring human dexterity.
TRUE or FALSE
The text states that the infected passengers experienced mild skin rashes as their first major symptom.
False. Their first major symptoms were fever and gastrointestinal issues, not skin rashes.
Where was the world's largest recorded aggregation of ground-nesting bees discovered?
A) In the university's apple orchard
B) In a state park in the Adirondacks
C) In Ithaca's East Lawn Cemetery
D) In a protected wildlife sanctuary
C) In Ithaca's East Lawn Cemetery
Where does the sun set?
The sun sets in the west
What is the longest river in the world?
A) The Amazon River
B) The Mississippi-Missouri River System
C) The Yangtze River
D) The Nile River
D) The Nile River - 6,650 km (4,130 miles)
Who is Henrik Spohler?
He is a photographer who has been documenting advancements in humanoid robotics.
What happened to the ship and its passengers as a result of the outbreak?
The ship was stranded/denied port; passengers were confined to cabins.
According to the text, how is the nesting behavior of the "regular mining bees" different from that of honeybees?
C) Each female mining bee digs her own individual nest, while honeybees live communally in a shared hive.
How far is the moon from Earth?
a) Roughly 363,000 km away
b) Roughly 600,000 km away
c) Roughly 10,000 km away
d) Roughly 10 meters away
a) Roughly 363,000 km away
Who was the first astronaut in history?
A) Neil Armstrong
B) Yuri Gagarin
C) Alan Shepard
D) John Glenn
B) Yuri Gagarin (April 12, 1961)
Ken Goldberg works at...
...the University of California, Berkeley.
What does the word "stranded" suggest about the ship’s situation?
Helpless, stuck, isolated, unable to move or find safe harbour.
What is a bee?
An insect
Who was Galileo Galilei?
A) A Roman emperor famous for his laws.
B) An Italian astronomer who used the telescope for major discoveries.
C) A Renaissance painter who studied science.
D) A German mathematician who explained planetary motion.
B) An Italian astronomer who used the telescope for major discoveries.
How many bones does an adult human body have?
a) 200 bones
b) 100 bones
c) 206 bones
d) No bones
c) 206 bones