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100

We hear about water every day. More than 70% of ________ surface is covered with water. Water is a requirement for terrestrial life. Water makes up most of our bodies 

Which choice completes the text?

A) our planets

B) their planets

C) our planet's

D) their planets'

B) their planets 

100

Based on the data, which location has the greatest bird species diversity?

cape henlopen 

100

If 1/3 of a number is 4 less than 1/2 of the number, the number is

24. Let x represent the unknown number. Since 1/3 of x is 4 less than 1/2 of x, x/3 = x/2 - 4. So, 2x = 3x - 24, giving x = 24.

100

In how many different ways can five students be seated in three chairs?

60. 5x4x3=60

200

Over time, when the town began to adopt more mainstream customs with respect to family dynamics, the rate of cardiovascular disease______

Which choice completes the text

A) rise

B) risen

C) rose

D) rised

C) rose

200

Label the variables in this graph

Independent variable: month of the year

Dependent variable: Water temperature, population of fish species X

200

Let the function f be defined by f(x) = 3x-1 and let the function g be defined by g(x) = x^2. If m is a positive number such that f(7) = g(m) + g(2), what is the value of m?

4

200

What does ACT stand for (no looking up)

American College Test

300

Poem:

I spot the hills, with yellow balls in autumn. I light the prairie cornfields, Orange and tawny gold clusters. And I am called pumpkins. On the last of October, when dusk is fallen, Children join hands, and circle round me, Singing ghost songs, And love to the harvest moon; I am a jack-o-lantern, with terrible teeth, and the children know, I am fooling. 

The narrator of the poem is bets described as which of the following. 

A) a child

B) a pumpkin

C) a ghost

D) a season

B) a pumpkin 

300

How does temperature effect the solubility of these two substances?

Increasing temperature makes sugar more soluble. Increase temperature does not change the solubility of salt.

300

Jars A, B, and C each contain 8 marbles. What is the minimum number of marbles that must be transferred among the jars so that the ratio of the number of marbles in jar A to the number in jar B to the number in jar C is 1:2:3?

4. Since jars A, B, and C each contain 8 marbles, there are 24 marbles in the three jars. Let x, 2x, and 3x represent the new numbers of marbles in jars A, B, and C, respectively. Hence, x + 2x + 3x = 24 or 6x = 24, so x=4.

300

What do we change for "gardener, he still is:"? My father was an avid "gardener, he still is:" and every Saturday morning he would put on his work clothes, pick up his hoe and trowel, and would head out the back door. 

A. NO CHANGE 

B. gardener—he still is— 

C. gardener, he still is— 

D. gardener and he still is

 

What is B. gardener—he still is—

400

States can best be characterized by their natural idiosyncrasies, Florida has its powdered sugar beaches; Nebraska, its butterscotch _______

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the convention of Standard English?

A) cornfield; and Arizona it's majestic Grand Canyon

B) cornfields: Arizona its majestic Grand Canyon

C) cornfields; and Arizona, its majestic Grand Canyon

D) cornfields, and Arizona, it's majestic Grand Canyon

C) cornfields; and Arizona, its majestic Grand Canyon

400

What age range is the most common for new diagnoses in females?

55-64

400

Simplify (x + 2)^2 - x^2

4(x+1) Note: x^2 + 4x + 4 - x^2

400

Can you eat in the ACT testing room?

Yes or no

Yes

500

In some agricultural parts of Japan, for instance, these three stars are commonly referred to as Karasuki and represent a three-pronged plow. 

Given that all the choices are true, which one provides a detail that has the most direct connection to the information that follows in this sentence?

A) NO CHANGE

B) distant

C) populated

D) historic

A) No change

500

What concentration of salt had the highest light transmittance on average?

6% salt concentration

500

For how many integer values of b is b+3>0 and 1>2b-9?

Seven. b>-3, and b<5. Since b is an integer, b may be equal to any of the following: -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4.

500

A culture of 5000 bacteria triples every 15 minutes. What is the size of the bacteria population after 2 hours have elapsed? (Calculator needed.)

32,805,000