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The Salt Lake Temple is one of the most instantly recognizable structures in the state of Utah. However, many people do not know that _______ built over the course of forty years.
A) it was B) one was C) they were D) both were
A) It was
What type of air mass is most likely to form over an ocean near the Equator?
A) warm and humid B) warm and dry C) cold and humid D) cold and dry
A) warm and humid
Solve for x: 1/3 x – 5=2/3 x – 5
x=0
Who was the US fighting in the war of 1812?
Great Britain
For an observer in New York State, the Sun appears to move across the sky in a general path from
A) west to east B) east to west C) north to south D) south to north
B) east to west
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Sumerian civilization _______ many concepts that persist into present-day civilizations: for example, the first description of the seven-day week appears in the Sumerian "Epic of Gilgamesh".
A) transformed B) introduced C) inherited D) overlooked
B) Introduced
Cancer within an organism’s body is a result of
A) dynamic equilibrium B) increasing essential microorganisms C) natural selection D) abnormal cell division
D) abnormal cell division
Evaluate 63 · 68 · 6-9
36
What document did Abraham Lincoln write to free slaves in the US?
Emancipation Proclamation
The following text is from Nella Larsen’s 1928 novel Quicksand. The trees in their spring beauty sent through her restive mind a sharp thrill of pleasure. Seductive, charming, and beckoning as cities were, they had not this easy unhuman loveliness.
As used in the text, what does the word “beckoning” most nearly mean?
A) Demanding B) Signaling C) Inviting D) Shifting
C) Inviting
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Each year in the fall millions of North American monarch butterflies journey south. Searching for food and warmer habitats, they _______ thousands of miles on this annual migration
A) flew B) were flying C) had flown D) fly
D) fly
What happens if a species’ traits do not allow for survival of that species in a changing environment?
A) evolution B) extinction C) natural selection D) selective breeding
B) extinction
What's the value of 12 + 2(12-9)2 ?
30
Settlers in Jamestown saved their colony by beginning to plant large quantities of _______, which sold for a good price
Tobacco
What is the third amendment to the US Constitution?
No quartering of troops
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The fine, powdery substance that covers the Moon’s surface is called regolith. Because regolith is both readily available and high in oxygen _______ scientists have wondered whether it could be used as a potential source of oxygen for future lunar settlements.
A) content and B) content, C) content D) content, and
B) content,
A single unit of hereditary information is called
A) a gene B) an atom C) a cell D) a chromosome
A) a gene
What is the value of w in 0.8w – 7/2 = 1/2
5
In what city was the US constitution written?
Philadelphia
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The poem Beowulf begins with the word “hwæt,” which is an Old English _______ as “hark!” or “listen!”
A) exclamation, translated B) exclamation and translated C) exclamation translated D) exclamation. Translated
D) exclamation. Translated
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The Phoenicians were famous for using natural dyes to color their clothes a distinctive purple. _______ the name “Phoenicia” itself, some historians claim, may have originally meant “land of purple.”
A) In fact, B) Regardless, C) Lastly, D) On the contrary,
A) In Fact
Most of the oxygen in Earth’s atmosphere is the result of
A) respiration B) photosynthesis C) burning of fossil fuels D) eruption of volcanoes
B) photosynthesis
Find a so that the point (a, 2) will fall on the same line as the points (3, 14) and (−7, −6).
a=-3
Where was the first battle of the Civil War?
Fort Sumter, SC
What is the formula for volume of a sphere?
V=4/3πr3