Math
What is 90% of 70?
Answer:63
Which of the following vertebrates is an ectotherm?
Goldfish
Squirrel
Cardinal
Puppy
Answer: 1. Goldfish
True or false
The Spanish missions were intended to change the Indians’ way of life.
Answer: True
What is the source of the following allusion:
When the vase broke, my notoriously clumsy younger brother served as the scapegoat.
Answer: Bible
According to Matthew 13:1 & 2, where did Jesus go to teach the multitude?
A mountain
The synagogue
A ship by the sea
The temple
Answer: 3. A ship by the sea
Solve for f: 10 = 4 + 2f
Answer: f=3
Which category of vertebrate (think FARMB) undergoes metamorphosis?
Answer: Amphibians
Native Americans often died of diseases that did not kill Europeans because
They had not been previously exposed to those diseases.
Their diets were not rich in vegetables and minerals.
Indian medicine was not as good as Spanish medicine.
Indians were not in very good physical condition
Answer: 1. They had not been previously exposed to those diseases.
What figure of speech is in the following text?
Jennifer submitted her suggestions to Tanner; now the ball is in his court.
Answer: Idiom
According to Philippians 4:7-8, what will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus?
The peace of God
The power of prayer
The strength of fellowship
The wisdom of Paul
Answer: 1. The peace of God
Solve for k in the proportion
42/24 = k/28
Answer: k=49
Which invertebrate sense organ is used to sense light?
Mouth
Ocelli
Spiracle
Antennae
Answer: 2. Ocelli
The first serious conflict between Texans and Mexico was
The battle of New Orleans
At the Alamo in San Antonio
The Fredonian Rebellion
The Battle of San Jacinto
Answer: 3. The Fredonian Rebellion
Identify the gerund in the following sentence:
“When you know the length of the base and the height, calculating the area of a triangle is easy.”
Answer: calculating
According to Daniel 3:15, what challenge did Nebuchadnezzar present to the three men?
To demonstrate their loyalty
To prove their God could rescue them from the fiery furnace
To interpret his dream
To show their strength in battle
Answer: 2. To prove their God could rescue them from the fiery furnace
Percy has $20,000 in a savings account that earns 15% interest per year. The interest is not compounded. How much will Percy have in total in 3 years?
Answer: $29,000
In mice, there is an allele for gray fur (G) and an allele for white fur (g). Gray fur is dominant to white. If two heterozygous mice are crossed, what is the likelihood that the offspring will be gray?
25%
50%
75%
100%
Answer: 3. 75%
The most popular political party in Texas in the 1840s and 1850s was
The Know-Nothing Party
The Tejano Party
The Whig/Republican Party
The Democratic party
Answer: 4. The Democratic party
Does the text have an inappropriate shift in verb tense? If so, fix any verbs that don’t match the tense of the verb in bold. If not, submit the text without making any changes.
“Australia’s Great Dividing Range extends 2,300 miles along Australia’s eastern coast. Although not very high in comparison with other mountain ranges, it contained Mount Kosciuszko, which was Australia’s highest peak.”
Answer: “Australia’s Great Dividing Range extends 2,300 miles along Australia’s eastern coast. Although not very high in comparison with other mountain ranges, it contains Mount Kosciuszko, which is Australia’s highest peak.”
According to Psalms 103:13 & 14, what does the Lord remember about us?
Our strengths
Our weaknesses
That we are dust.
That we are eternal.
Answer: 3. That we are dust.
After 48 months, $80,000 deposited in a savings account with simple interest had earned $48,000 in interest. What was the interest rate?
Answer: 15%
What do Isaac Newton’s three laws of motion say?
Answer:
Objects in motion stay in motion and objects at rest stay at rest unless a force acts on them.
The greater the mass of an object, the greater the force that is needed to accelerate an object.
For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction
Who was the first governor of the state of Texas?
Answer: James Pinckney Henderson
Identify all of the adjectives in the following sentence:
Numerous studies have found that exercise is beneficial because it reduces the risk of illnesses such as stroke, diabetes, and some forms of cancer.
Answer: numerous, some, beneficial
After God saved Shadrach, Meshach, and Abendego from the fiery furnace, what province were they promoted in?
Answer: Babylon