Life Science
What is the process called when plants absorb sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to make their own "food"?
Photosynthesis
Which of the following events is cyclic and highly predictable?
A. a volcano eruption
B. an earthquake
C. Jupiter’s movement across the night sky
D. an asteroid striking Earth
C Because the planets have cyclic, elliptical orbits, their positions can easily be predicted by humans. While there are warning systems in place to predict volcanic eruptions and earthquakes, those events do not take place in regular cycles. Finally, asteroids and meteorites and other space objects orbit around the sun, but many are too small to detect until the very last moment before they collide with Earth, making them very unpredictable.
Which is the correct mixed double in this sentence?
Most students feel more confident in English and Social Studies rather (than/then) Science or Math.
Than- with an "a" it is comparing 2 things.
Then is a time or sequence of events (first you get the ingredients, then you....)
On our class trip to the U.S. Capital, Washington, D.C., the teachers insisted on taking us to the National Archives, where the government’s most important records are kept.
A. No change
B. capital Washington, D.C. the
C. capital, Washington, D.C., the
D. Capital, Washington, D.C. the
Option C is correct because “capital” is a common noun and should be lowercase, and commas are correctly used to set off “D.C.” from the sentence the same way they would be used with the name of a state.
Dreams
Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow.
What happens to life if dreams die? (in your own words)
It becomes barren, meaningless, isolated. Dreams give us purpose and hope to keep trucking on.
Dr. Parkerson performs a simple test on her patient by holding a small ball and having her patient hold one hand beneath it. The doctor then releases the ball, and the patient attempts to grab the ball in his fist.
What is his experiment most likely to test for?
Reaction time
In the past it was believed that our sun and other stars were balls of fire. Today, however, scientists have confirmed that the sun is not fueled by combustion. Instead, the sun is known to be fueled by a nuclear reaction.
The nuclear reaction that takes place within the sun is best described as
A. a series of reactions in which chemical bonds are broken to release energy
B. energy production via convection that takes place on the sun’s surface
C. the burning of fossil fuels within the sun
D. a series of fusion reactions that take place within the sun
D. The sun is fueled by a series of fusion reactions.
Choose the correct mixed double to complete this sentence.
The fog created an eerie (effect/affect).
Effect - it is a noun (person, place, or thing), a result or change (cause and effect)
Affect- a verb (action word) produces a change in someone/something (the lies affected her greatly)
One by one, people passed in front of them and paused looking. No one just hurried by.
A. No change
B. pausing looked.
C. paused to look.
D. looked pausing.
Option C is correct because “paused to look” maintains the past verb tense used in the sentence and expresses the idea most precisely.
Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening
Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.
My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.
He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound’s the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.
The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
What does the poet (Robert Frost) mean by sleep in the last few lines?
Sleep= death. The speaker of the poem is tempted to stay and indulge in small pleasures, and instead has "miles to go before I sleep" or years to go until he dies.
Populations of white moths and black moths live in a forest that is located near a factory. The factory is powered by the burning of fossil fuels, which releases airborne black soot that eventually covers the trees in the area. As a result, the trees become darker in color.
In terms of natural selection/darwinism, what do you think will happen to both the black and white moth population if these circumstances continue?
The white moth population will decrease, as they will not be able to camoflauge as effectively on darker trees.
And/Or
The black moth population will increase, they are better protected and their offspring inherit their dark color that helps protect them
The maximum size of a stable white dwarf star is about 1.4 times the mass of the sun. Stars with mass higher than this limit, called the Chandrasekhar limit, ultimately collapse under their own weight and become neutron stars or black holes. Stars with a mass below this limit are prevented from collapsing because pressure from their electrons prevents the atoms from collapsing.
What is the Chandrasekhar limit?
A. the maximum mass that a black hole can contain B. the maximum density of a black dwarf star
C. the maximum mass of a white dwarf star
D. the minimum density of a black hole
C Stars with a mass greater than the Chandrasekhar limit will collapse into black holes or neutron stars.
Choose the correct mixed double to complete the sentence.
The changes in his personality were hard to (accept/except) after so long.
Accept- allow or approve of someone or something
Except- Excluding, or apart from (I hate corn except for cornbread)
"Ask for more information about the job. For example, this can be a time to ask about hours or pay. It is also the time to ask for clarification of anything discussed during the interview."
Choose the best way to express the information in the indicated sentences.
A. Ask for more information about the job, such as the hours or pay, and for clarification of anything discussed during the interview.
B. Ask for more information about the job hours or job pay and that clarifies anything discussed during the interview.
C. Ask for more information about the job’s hours or pay and its clarifying anything discussed during the interview.
D. Ask for more information about the job, such as the hours, pay, and to clarify anything discussed during the interview.
Option A is correct because it greatly reduces the wordiness of the sentence while preserving the original intended meaning.
I’m Nobody! Who are you?
Are you – Nobody – too?
Then there’s a pair of us!
Don’t tell! they’d advertise – you know!
How dreary – to be – Somebody!
How public – like a Frog –
To tell one’s name – the livelong June –
To an admiring Bog!
Why does the speaker of "I'm Nobody" think it would be "dreary to be Somebody"?
A - she (Emily Dickinson) greatly valued her privacy and did not want extra attention
A dentist wants to prevent the possible spread of hepatitis C in her dental office. Which of the following steps is the LEAST practical precaution she can take?
A. Wear disposable plastic gloves.
B. Refuse to do dental work that causes gums to bleed.
C. Disinfect all dental instruments before each use. D. Place all blood-soaked items in a plastic bag for safe disposal.
B. Most gums bleed when being worked on at the dentist's office, so this does not seem like a reasonable precaution.
There is evidence that the continents have moved over time. It is believed that at one point in Earth’s history, all of the current continents were one landmass called Pangaea.
Based upon current models of the movement of the continents, it is estimated that if Christopher Columbus were to sail today to the Americas as he did in 1492, his ship would have to sail approximately 155 feet farther to reach land.
This movement of the continents is best related to
A. weathering at Earth’s surface
B. the diversity of life on Earth
C. the increase in the number of humans present on Earth over time
D. plate tectonics and convection within Earth
D.
*Plate tectonics are also what can cause earthquakes
Choose the correct mixed double to complete the sentence.
Will you come lay/lie next to me in the grass?
Lie - does not indicate that anything is being done to anything or anyone. The person or thing does the action of just lying (NOT laying) there.
Lay- indicates that something is being done to someone or something.
As The Rucker continued to thrive, its reputation grew, and, in 1974 New York City renamed its home.
A. No change
B. grew and in 1974,
C. grew and, in 1974
D. grew, and in 1974
Option D is correct because a comma is only needed before the coordinating conjunction “and,” not after it.
Not Waving but Drowning
In the poem, what does swimming probably represent metaphorically?
Bonus question - Is the speaker truly drowning, and if so, how do you know/where are they drowning?
Drowning is metaphorical, drowning can represent the struggles in life and how they weight us down
Which of the following factors is LEAST likely to lead to the extinction of an animal species in North America?
A. the extinction of similar animals in Europe
B. the disappearance of food resources
C. an increase in air pollution levels
D. an extreme temperature change
A- the extinction of animals on a different continent would have no effect on animal life here
What does NOT occur on the moon due to the lack of significant atmosphere?
A. varying temperatures
B. hills and valleys
C. colorful sunrise and sunset
D. rotation on its axis
C Sunrise and sunset as we know them on Earth are due to Earth’s atmosphere.
Choose the correct mixed double to complete the sentence.
House prices have been (raising/rising) over the past few years.
Rising- something (the prices) rises, or gets higher
Raise- Something raises something (I raised my hand)
Crucial to this (innovation) was the fact that The Rucker, though it (administered) leagues with coaches, referees, and champions, did not have teams that provided the players or coaches with a (livelyhood) or that represented (institutions) such as schools.
One of the four indicated words is misspelled. Which change in spelling corrects the error?
A. inovation
B. adminestered
C. livelihood
D. instituitions
C. Livelyhood was spelt wrong, it is the only choice that is spelt correctly with the "change in spelling"
1Remember the sky that you were born under,
2know each of the star’s stories.
3Remember the moon, know who she is.
4Remember the sun’s birth at dawn, that is the
5strongest point of time. Remember sundown
6and the giving away to night.
7Remember your birth, how your mother struggled
8to give you form and breath. You are evidence of
9her life, and her mother’s, and hers.
10Remember your father. He is your life, also.
11Remember the earth whose skin you are:
12red earth, black earth, yellow earth, white earth
13brown earth, we are earth.
14Remember the plants, trees, animal life who all have their
15tribes, their families, their histories, too. Talk to them,
16listen to them. They are alive poems.
17Remember the wind. Remember her voice. She knows the
18origin of this universe.
19Remember you are all people and all people
are you.
20Remember you are this universe and this
universe is you.
21Remember all is in motion, is growing, is you.
22Remember language comes from this.
23Remember the dance language is, that life is.
24Remember.
What literary device is used in line 11?
“Remember the earth whose skin you are.” is a metaphor, comparing 2 unlike things (earth and skin)