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100

To confine or imprison somebody

a. incarcerate

b. detain

c. quid pro quo

a. incarcerate

100

Form of energy on the electromagnetic spectrum that is not visible to the human eye. 

a. Ultraviolet light

b. Infrared light

c. X-ray light

a. Ultraviolet light

100

A cell with several internal structures

a. Eukaryote

b. Prokaryotic

c. Organelles

a. Eukaryote

100

The nation’s top health official issued an extraordinary public warning on May 23 about the risks of ________  to young people, urging a push to fully understand the possible “harm to the mental health and well-being of children and adolescents.”

a. poor sleeping habits

b. pandemic learning loss

c. social media

c. social media

100

How many hairs does the average human lose each day? 

a. Between 10-30

b. Between 40-100

c. Between 100-200

b. Between 40-100
200

"First Generation"

a. Issei

b. Nisei

c. Sansi

a. Issei

200

Which word goes with "at risk"

a. vulnurable

b. revealed

c. disguise

a. vulnurable

200

Bacterial Cell divides into two cells

a. osmosis

b. binary fission

c. solution

b. binary fission

200

Charles III of Britain was crowned king on May 6, during an eighth-century ritual in a 21st-century metropolis with a handful of concessions to the modern age but the unabashed pageantry of a fairy tale, unseen since the coronation of _______ , his mother, in 1953.

a. Anne Boylen

b. Cersei Lannister

c. Queen Elizabeth II 

c. Queen Elizabeth II

200

What is the name of the cat in the film "Hocus Pocus"? 

a. Bibbly Bop

b. Mountain Lion Kitty

c. Thackery Binx 

c. Thackery Binx 

300

A fear, distrust, or intense dislike of people from another country. 

a. Cacophobia 

b.  Equinophobia 

c. Xenophobia 

c. Xenophobia 

300

What word goes with "verge"

a. advocates

b. brink

c. showed

b. brink

300

Prokaryote contain all the following except:

a. DNA

b. Nucleus

c. a cell membrane

b. Nucleus

300

President Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy on May 27 reached an agreement in principle to lift the debt limit for two years while cutting and capping some government spending over the same period.

The centerpiece of the agreement is the two-year suspension of the debt ceiling, which _________

a. caps the total amount of money the government is allowed to borrow.

b. limits the income government can collect through taxation

c. prohibts the issuing of U.S. Treasury Bonds

a. caps the total amount of money the government is allowed to borrow

300

According to the Bible, what is now guarded by an angel holding a flaming sword? 

a. Garden of Eden

b. Jerusalem

c. Sodom

a. Garden of Eden

400

The Naturalization Act of 1790 said

a. Only a "free white person" could become a citizen

b. Anyone who enters the country can become a citizen

c. Only people who are "highly educated" can enter the country

a. Only a "free white person" could become a citizen

400

How does the author develop the central idea of the article titled, "Gabby, a 14 year old bird.....?"

A. by describing Gabby’s life and why her survival is important to her species

B. by describing how the Endangered Species Coalition discovered Gabby

C. by describing how piping plovers make nests across the United States and Canada


A. by describing Gabby’s life and why her survival is important to her species

400

Cells found in ________ have many organells that produce energy.

a. hair

b. skin

c. muscles

c. muscles

400

Buddy Holly, pictured above, won best in show at this year’s Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, becoming the first of his breed to claim the top prize. What kind of hound is he?

a. a bracco Italiano

b. a giant schnauzer

c. a petit basset griffon Vendeen

c. a petit basset griffon Vendeen

400

In what year did Lewis & Clark depart St. Louis to begin their expedition to the west? 

a. 1794

b. 1804

c.. 1874

b. 1804

500

By 1911 over ____________ Japanese immigrants lived in the United States

a. quarter of a million

b. half a million

c. a million

b. half a million

500

How does the central idea FIRST emerge in the article titled "North Carolina Salamander....?

A. by highlighting how biofluorescing affects salamander mating

B. by emphasizing the unique biodiversity in the Great Smoky Mountains

C. by describing a scientific study explaining why some salamanders glow


C. by describing a scientific study explaining why some salamanders glow

500

Prokaryotic cells_____________

a. lack a cell membrane

b. form organs

c. reproduce by binary fission

c. reproduce by binary fission

500

Hollywood’s 15 years of labor peace was shattered on May 1, as movie and television ______  went on strike, bringing many productions to a halt and dealing a blow to an industry that has been rocked in recent years by the pandemic and sweeping technological shifts.

a. actors

b. animators

c. writers 

c. writers

500

The term Sesquincentennial represents how many years ? 

a. 100 years

b. 150 years

c. 200 years

b. 150 years

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