Science
When conducting an experiment, the variables that you keep the same are called ________ variables.
Control variables.
Name at least 2 key features of a map that we talked about in class.
Compass rose (north, south, east, and west), Legend, or Scale
The feeling the author intends you to feel when you read his/her work is called the ________.
Mood.
How many paragraphs should your TASC essay be?
5
Is this a complete sentence:
Landed on the flower.
No. It is missing the subject. Who or what landed on the flower?
When conducting an experiment to see how running shoes affect speed, the running shoes are an example of a ___________ variable.
Independent
Prime Meridian
What is the point of view (first, second, or third person) in the following sentence:
Sarah desperately wanted to Rohan to like her. Little did she know that Rohan felt the same.
Third Person Omniscient.
Name the 3 parts of an essay.
Introduction, Body, and Conclusion.
What punctuation is missing in this sentence:
Honey when you go to the store can you pick up a loaf of bread a carton of eggs and a gallon of milk? Thanks!
Commas
There are two types of reproduction. Which one results in identical organism, such as skin cells reproducing more skin cells?
Meitosis
A population pyramid with a high base and a low top suggests what?
Indirect characterization is more difficult to write, but oftentimes more effective. What is indirect characterization?
Showing what a character is like (actions, how they treat others, etc) rather than stating it outright.
The introduction of the essay has two key components: the paragraph opens with a ________, and the last paragraph of the first sentence is the ________.
The Hook and the Thesis.
Genotype refers to the content of someone’s genes. What does Phenotype refer to?
The physical appearance or expression of those genes.
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The effects of globalization are mixed. On the one hand, we have greater communication across the globe than we have in the history of our planet. Explain one danger of globalization (one that we talked about in the reading)?
Taking advantage of others (cheap labor/exploitation, poor pay/working conditions)
Loss of culture
Not understanding local practices
Her smile was bright, like a sunrise, welcoming a new day.
Simile
The conclusion does more than summarize the essay. It should also have some kind of ______________ statement or call to response.
Extension.
Individuals with beneficial traits survive, and thus, over time, a species can evolve. The process of certain traits surviving while others do not is called ______ _____.
Natural Selection
If a child has two parents with heterozygous genes for brown eyes (a dominant trait), is there a chance their child could have blue eyes?
Yes!
In the 1940s a ________ type of government took control in China. This type of government means that resources are supposedly owned by everyone, and managed by the state.
Communism
What example of figurative language is this:
The summer sun fell to it’s knees.
Personification.
The TASC will give you one of two types of essays to write: informative or _____________.
Argumentative
If two groups stop mating, and, eventually CAN’T procreate together any longer, they have become two distinct ________.
Species.