Math
Find the y-intercept of the following equation:
y=17x + 47
Answer: 47
Which structure produces pollen in a conifer?
Seed
Flower
Needle
Cone
Answer: 4. Cone
True or False Henry Ford was a pioneer of the assembly line method of manufacturing.
Answer: True
Complete the sentence so that it uses personification:
Summer was over and the desert ___________ the return of the rainy season.
A: celebrated
B: cooled down
Answer: A: celebrated
Who was Abraham’s second born son?
Answer: Isaac
What is the slope of the following equation: y=23x+45
Answer: 45
Which of the following is a heterogeneous mixture?
Lemonade
Salad
Human blood
Sugar
Answer: 2. Salad
Which of the following was an immigrant’s greatest challenge once inside the United States during the late 1800’s?
Finding housing
Finding work
Meeting new friends
Finding the right schools
Answer: 2. Finding work
Phineas Gage’s accident damaged what part of his brian?
Answer: frontal lobe
How many brothers did Joseph have?
Answer: 11
Solve the following equation: 9(g-6) = 54
Answer: g = 12
If the pH of a solution measures 13, what would you know?
It is a weak base
It is a weak base
It is a strong acid
It is a strong base
Answer: 4. It is a strong base
Which law to limit immigration was passed in 1882 and extended twice?
Chinese Exclusion Act
European Exclusion Act
Asian Immigration Act
Immigration and Nationality Act
Answer: 1. Chinese Exclusion Act
Which logical fallacy is used in the following text:
Marie has no school spirit–she never comes to basketball games.
A: False dichotomy
B: Ad hominem
C: Staw man
D: Bandwagon
Answer: A: False dichotomy
Why were Joseph’s brothers jealous of him?
Answer: His father loved him the most and gave him a coat of many colors.
Multiply the following:
(8b - 4)(5b2-2b-1)
Answer: 40b3-36b2+4
If a seed contains two cotyledons, what type of plant will the seed produce?
Dicot
Monocot
Sporophyte
Gametophyte
Answer: 1. Dicot
What was the period called when the government arrested and deported many communists?
Answer: Red Scare
Compare the student text with the source to see if the student plagiarized or not. If yes, tell why.
Source: Erin Blakemore, "Four People Have Died on Everest in as Many Days." Published on Smithsonian.com, 2016:
Given the dangers on the mountain—and the toll humans take on its once-pristine slopes—perhaps it's time to reconsider whether people should summit Everest at all.
Student Text:
To protect both people and Everest, perhaps the mountain should be made off-limits to climbers.
Answer: Yes, it is plagiarized because it doesn’t cite its source.
What did the dream Joseph interpreted mean?
Answer: Egypt would be afflicted with a famine.
Solve the following system, using either substitution or elimination.
x + y = 6
−3x + y = 2
Answer: (1,5)
What is a heterogeneous mixture in which some of the particles settle out of the mixture upon standing called?
Dilute solution
Supersaturated solution
Colloid
Suspension
Answer: 4. Suspension
What was William Howard Taft’s foreign policy known as?
Answer: Dollar Diplomacy
Identify the verb in the sentence and tell if it is transitive or intransitive. Then identify any direct or indirect objects:
Dr. Herrera bought her staff holiday fruit baskets.
Answer: Verb-bought-Transitive
Direct object- baskets (will also allow “holiday fruit baskets”)
Indirect object-staff
Which three of the four gospels contain parables?
Matthew, Mark and Luke