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Question: [QUESTION]Would you find the word porridge on a dictionary page with the following guide words? panther - presume Solution: Put the words in alphabetical order. Since porridge is between the guide words panther - presume, it would be found on that page.
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Question: [QUESTION]What is the temperature of a pot of boiling water? Solution: The better estimate for the temperature of a pot of boiling water is 100°C. 100°F is too cold.
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Question: [QUESTION]Is the following trait inherited or acquired? Patty has five fingers on each hand. Solution: Most humans are born with five fingers on each hand. So, having five fingers is an inherited trait.
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Question: [QUESTION]Which of the following could Diana's test show? Solution:
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Question: [QUESTION]Which part of the soybean plant do we usually eat? Solution: The part of the soybean plant we usually eat is the seeds. They can grow into a new plant.
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Question: [QUESTION]Which rhetorical appeal is primarily used in this ad? Solution: The ad appeals to pathos, or emotion, by drawing on the reader's desire to stand out.
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Question: [QUESTION]During this time, thermal energy was transferred from () to (). Solution: The temperature of each pizza decreased, which means that the thermal energy of each pizza decreased. So, thermal energy was transferred from each pizza to the surroundings.
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Question: [QUESTION]Based on this information, what is Digby's genotype for the fur length gene? Solution: An organism's genotype for a gene is its combination of alleles for that gene. Digby has two alleles for short fur (F). So, Digby's genotype for the fur length gene is FF.
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Question: [QUESTION]Which statement describes the Steigerwald Forest ecosystem? Solution: A temperate deciduous forest is a type of ecosystem. Temperate deciduous forests have the following features: warm, wet summers and cold, wet winters, soil that is rich in nutrients, and only a few types of trees. So, the followin...
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Question: [QUESTION]What is the name of the colony shown? Solution: The colony is Pennsylvania.
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Question: [QUESTION]Which figure of speech is used in this text? Death, be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful, for thou are not so. —John Donne, Holy Sonnet X Solution: The text uses apostrophe, a direct address to an absent person or a nonhuman entity. Death is a direct address to death, a non...
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Question: [QUESTION]Think about the magnetic force between the magnets in each pair. Which of the following statements is true? Solution: Magnet sizes affect the magnitude of the magnetic force. Imagine magnets that are the same shape and made of the same material. The smaller the magnets, the smaller the magnitude of ...
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Question: [QUESTION]Will these magnets attract or repel each other? Solution: To predict if these magnets will attract or repel, look at which poles are closest to each other. The north pole of one magnet is closest to the north pole of the other magnet. Like poles repel. So, these magnets will repel each other.
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Question: [QUESTION]Will these magnets attract or repel each other? Solution: To predict if these magnets will attract or repel, look at which poles are closest to each other. Both poles of each magnet line up with both poles of the other magnet. The north pole of each magnet is closest to the north pole of the other m...
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Question: [QUESTION]Which figure of speech is used in this text? Akira, I've told you a million times: you need to dry the dishes before you put them away. Solution: The text uses hyperbole, an obvious exaggeration that is not meant to be taken literally. A million times is an exaggeration, since it is unlikely that Ak...
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Question: [QUESTION]Which of these states is farthest south? Solution: To find the answer, look at the compass rose. Look at which way the south arrow is pointing. Arizona is farthest south.
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Question: [QUESTION]Which of the following could Marshall's test show? Solution:
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Question: [QUESTION]Compare the motion of two mountain bikers. Which mountain biker was moving at a higher speed? Solution: Look at the distance each mountain biker moved and the time it took to move that distance. One mountain biker moved 255 kilometers in 10 hours. The other mountain biker moved 190 kilometers in 10 ...
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Question: [QUESTION]Select the organism in the same species as the pink-backed pelican. Solution: A pink-backed pelican's scientific name is Pelecanus rufescens. Pelecanus rufescens has the same scientific name as a pink-backed pelican. So, these organisms are in the same species. Strix uralensis does not have the same...
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Question: [QUESTION]Last year, there were seven men's clothing stores on Main Street in Wildgrove. This year, there are only three. What probably happened to the overall supply of men's shirts in Wildgrove? Solution: When four men's clothing stores closed on Main Street, the number of suppliers went down. There were fe...
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Question: [QUESTION]What is the capital of Oregon? Solution: Salem is the capital of Oregon.
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Question: [QUESTION]Think about the magnetic force between the magnets in each pair. Which of the following statements is true? Solution: The magnets in Pair 2 attract. The magnets in Pair 1 repel. But whether the magnets attract or repel affects only the direction of the magnetic force. It does not affect the magnitud...
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Question: [QUESTION]Is teaching art a good or a service? Solution: To decide whether teaching art is a good or a service, ask these questions: Is teaching art something you can touch? No. Is teaching art a job you might pay someone else to do? Yes. So, teaching art is a service.
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Question: [QUESTION]Which of these organisms contains matter that was once part of the phytoplankton? Solution: Use the arrows to follow how matter moves through this food web. For each answer choice, try to find a path of arrows that starts from the phytoplankton.There are four paths matter can take from the phytoplan...
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Question: [QUESTION]Which type of sentence is this? As Colton sat down on the rickety old chair, it abruptly collapsed beneath him. Solution: The sentence is complex. It is made up of an independent clause and a dependent clause. The dependent clause begins with the subordinating conjunction as. As Colton sat down on t...
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Question: [QUESTION]Which correctly shows the title of a book? Solution: Capitalize the first word, the last word, and every important word in between. The words in and the are not important, so they should not be capitalized. The correct title is The Cat in the Hat.
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Question: [QUESTION]Based on clues in the text, how did fossil evidence help scientists explain the huge number of beetle species? Solution: Think about these details from the text: Fossils can show how many ancient species have gone extinct. Fossil evidence shows that beetles die out less often than any other animal. ...
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Question: [QUESTION]Which of the following could David's test show? Solution:
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Question: [QUESTION]What is the name of the colony shown? Solution: The colony is Virginia. The Virginia Colony included land that would later become part of the state of West Virginia. West Virginia was never its own colony.
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Question: [QUESTION]What is the capital of Utah? Solution: Salt Lake City is the capital of Utah.
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Question: [QUESTION]Which text uses the word peruse in its traditional sense? Solution: The second text uses peruse in its traditional sense: to examine in detail. Edmond perused a catalog from his wife's favorite clothing store, searching for the perfect birthday gift. The first text uses peruse in its nontraditional ...
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Question: [QUESTION]What is the capital of Mississippi? Solution: Jackson is the capital of Mississippi.
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Question: [QUESTION]Is the following trait inherited or acquired? Lola has naturally blond hair. Solution: Humans do not choose their natural hair color. Instead, children get their natural hair color from their parents. So, Lola's hair color is an inherited trait.
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Question: [QUESTION]Select the vertebrate. Solution: A greater flamingo is a bird. Like other birds, a greater flamingo is a vertebrate. It has a backbone. Like other jellyfishes, a moon jellyfish is an invertebrate. It does not have a backbone. It has a soft body. A ladybug is an insect. Like other insects, a ladybug ...
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Question: [QUESTION]What is the capital of Maine? Solution: Augusta is the capital of Maine.
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Question: [QUESTION]Which figure of speech is used in this text? Go back to Mississippi, go back to Alabama, go back to South Carolina, go back to Georgia, go back to Louisiana, go back to the slums and ghettos of our northern cities, knowing that somehow this situation can and will be changed. —Martin Luther King, Jr....
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Question: [QUESTION]Using only these supplies, which question can Emmy investigate with an experiment? Solution:
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Question: [QUESTION]Which country is highlighted? Solution: This country is Australia. Is Australia a country or a continent? Both! Australia is a country in Oceania, a region made up of many lands and islands in the Pacific Ocean. Many people say that Australia is the world's smallest continent. But some people call O...
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Question: [QUESTION]What do these two changes have in common? sediment settling to the bottom of a muddy puddle an iceberg melting slowly Solution: Step 1: Think about each change. Loose matter such as sand and dirt is called sediment. Sediment settling to the bottom of a muddy puddle is a physical change. The sediment...
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Question: [QUESTION]What is the name of the colony shown? Solution: The colony is South Carolina.
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Question: [QUESTION]Select the chemical formula for this molecule. Solution: I is the symbol for iodine. Cl is the symbol for chlorine. This ball-and-stick model shows a molecule with one iodine atom and one chlorine atom. The chemical formula will contain the symbols I and Cl. There is one iodine atom, so I will not h...
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Question: [QUESTION]Which figure of speech is used in this text? Mateo's room is as tidy as an overgrown garden. Solution: The text uses verbal irony, which involves saying one thing but implying something very different. As tidy as an overgrown garden shows verbal irony because an overgrown garden is not tidy.
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Question: [QUESTION]Which object has less thermal energy? Solution: The two glasses of grape juice have the same mass but different temperatures. Since the 5°C glass of grape juice is colder than the 15°C glass of grape juice, it has less thermal energy.
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Question: [QUESTION]Which word does not rhyme? Solution: The words back and black rhyme. They both end with the ack sound. The word duck does not rhyme. It ends with a different sound.
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Question: [QUESTION]What does the idiom in this text suggest? In such an unfamiliar environment, Dirk was a fish out of water. Solution: The text uses an idiom, an expression that cannot be understood literally. The idiom a fish out of water suggests that Dirk felt out of place. A fish out of water is someone out of hi...
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Question: [QUESTION]What do these two changes have in common? breaking a stick in half mixing sand and gravel Solution: Step 1: Think about each change. Breaking a stick in half is a physical change. The stick gets broken into two pieces. But the pieces are still made of the same type of matter as the original stick. M...
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Question: [QUESTION]Which solution has a higher concentration of pink particles? Solution: In Solution A and Solution B, the pink particles represent the solute. To figure out which solution has a higher concentration of pink particles, look at both the number of pink particles and the volume of the solvent in each con...
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Question: [QUESTION]Identify the question that Manuel's experiment can best answer. Solution:
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Question: [QUESTION]Which country is highlighted? Solution: This country is Kiribati.
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Question: [QUESTION]Complete the sentence. Slicing cheese is a (). Solution: Slicing cheese is a physical change. The cheese changes shape. But it is still made of the same type of matter.
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Question: [QUESTION]Identify the question that Jada's experiment can best answer. Solution:
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Question: [QUESTION]Which tense does the sentence use? Heather learns about her ancestors in the book. Solution: The sentence is in present tense. You can tell because it uses a present-tense verb, learns. The verb ends in -s and tells you about something that is true or happening now.
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Question: [QUESTION]Which solution has a higher concentration of green particles? Solution: In Solution A and Solution B, the green particles represent the solute. To figure out which solution has a higher concentration of green particles, look at both the number of green particles and the volume of the solvent in each...
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Question: [QUESTION]Look at the models of molecules below. Select the elementary substance. Solution:
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Question: [QUESTION]Which is the main persuasive appeal used in this ad? Solution: The ad appeals to logos, or reason. It uses a graph to display factual information.
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Question: [QUESTION]Which word would you find on a dictionary page with the following guide words? palm - poster Solution: Put the words in alphabetical order. Since pearl is between the guide words palm - poster, it would be found on that page.
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Question: [QUESTION]Complete the sentence so that it uses personification. The wind () dispersed the leaves that Erik had spent so long raking. Solution: Complete the sentence with the word carelessly. It describes the wind as if it were a person who didn't care.
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Question: [QUESTION]Which country is highlighted? Solution: This country is Tonga.
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Question: [QUESTION]Which sentence states a fact? Solution: The first sentence states a fact. The first modern Olympic Games were held in Athens in 1896. It can be proved by researching the history of the Olympics. The second sentence states an opinion. Olympic athletes are excellent role models for kids. Excellent sho...
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Question: [QUESTION]Select the bird. Solution: A coral snake is a reptile. It has scaly, waterproof skin. Coral snakes spend most of their time underground or hiding under leaves. A grass frog is an amphibian. It has moist skin and begins its life in water. Frogs live near water or in damp places. Most frogs lay their ...
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Question: [QUESTION]Is this a run-on sentence? It is estimated that ten percent of the population has a fear of needles, medical researchers are developing devices that make injections pain-free. Solution: This is a run-on sentence. It is a comma splice formed from two sentences run together, joined by just a comma. It...
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Question: [QUESTION]Which of the following organisms is the secondary consumer in this food web? Solution: Secondary consumers eat primary consumers, and primary consumers eat producers. So, in a food web, secondary consumers have arrows pointing to them from primary consumers. Primary consumers have arrows pointing to...
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Question: [QUESTION]How long is an ice skate? Solution: The better estimate for the length of an ice skate is 31 centimeters. 31 meters is too long.
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Question: [QUESTION]Suppose Evan decides to join the Photography Club. Which result would be a cost? Solution: This result is a cost. It involves giving up or spending something that Evan wants or needs: Evan will spend more time in the Photography Club than he would have spent in the Theater Club.
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Question: [QUESTION]Identify the question that Natalie's experiment can best answer. Solution:
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Question: [QUESTION]Which statement describes the Cape Breton Highlands National Park ecosystem? Solution: A taiga is a type of ecosystem. Taigas have the following features: long, cold winters and short, cool summers, many evergreen trees, and soil that is poor in nutrients. So, the following statements describe the C...
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Question: [QUESTION]Complete the sentence. Sauce burning on a stove is a (). Solution: Sauce burning on a stove is a chemical change. High temperatures case the sauce to react with oxygen in the air. The sauce turns black and no longer tastes good.
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Question: [QUESTION]Which tense does the sentence use? The zookeeper will feed the kangaroos. Solution: The sentence is in future tense. You can tell because it uses will before the main verb, feed. The verb tells you about something that is going to happen.
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Question: [QUESTION]What do these two changes have in common? water freezing into ice mixing sand and water Solution: Step 1: Think about each change. Water freezing into ice is a change of state. So, it is a physical change. The water changes from solid to liquid. But the ice is still made of the same type of matter a...
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Question: [QUESTION]Which of the following contains a vague pronoun reference? Solution: The second answer choice contains a vague pronoun reference. The pronoun it is used without its antecedent. The first answer choice shows a possible correction for the vague pronoun reference. It has been replaced with the article....
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Question: [QUESTION]Using only these supplies, which question can Lily investigate with an experiment? Solution:
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Question: [QUESTION]Think about the magnetic force between the magnets in each pair. Which of the following statements is true? Solution: The magnets in Pair 1 attract. The magnets in Pair 2 repel. But whether the magnets attract or repel affects only the direction of the magnetic force. It does not affect the magnitud...
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Question: [QUESTION]What can Arianna and Clarence trade to each get what they want? Solution: Arianna wanted broccoli in her lunch and Clarence was hoping for tomatoes. Look at the labeled part of the images. Arianna has tomatoes. Clarence has broccoli. They can trade tomatoes for broccoli to both be happier. Trading o...
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Question: [QUESTION]Which tense does the sentence use? The plane will land in Tokyo. Solution: The sentence is in future tense. You can tell because it uses will before the main verb, land. The verb tells you about something that is going to happen.
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Question: [QUESTION]Which correctly shows the title of a song? Solution: A song should be in quotation marks. The correct title is "Ten Little Monkeys Jumping on a Bed."
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Question: [QUESTION]Which country is highlighted? Solution: This country is Antigua and Barbuda.
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Question: [QUESTION]Which country is highlighted? Solution: This country is Tuvalu.
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Question: [QUESTION]Which is a simple sentence? Solution: The second sentence is the simple sentence. It is a single independent clause. According to many scholars, the 1798 publication of Lyrical Ballads by Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Wordsworth began the romantic period in English literature.
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Question: [QUESTION]Which of the following could Wendy's test show? Solution:
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Question: [QUESTION]Select the one substance that is not a rock. Solution: Compare the properties of each substance to the properties of rocks. Select the substance whose properties do not match those of rocks. Soap is made by humans. But rocks are not made by living things. So, soap is not a rock. Basalt is a rock. Qu...
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Question: [QUESTION]What is the capital of Vermont? Solution: Montpelier is the capital of Vermont.
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Question: [QUESTION]What kind of sentence is this? How many articles did Clarence write before his publisher offered him a book contract? Solution: The sentence asks something, and it ends with a question mark. It is an interrogative sentence.
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Question: [QUESTION]Think about the magnetic force between the magnets in each pair. Which of the following statements is true? Solution: Distance affects the strength of the magnetic force. When magnets are closer together, the magnetic force between them is stronger. The magnets in Pair 2 are closer together than the...
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Question: [QUESTION]What do these two changes have in common? an iceberg melting slowly breaking a plate Solution: Step 1: Think about each change. An iceberg melting is a change of state. So, it is a physical change. An iceberg is made of frozen water. As it melts, the water changes from a solid to a liquid. But a dif...
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Question: [QUESTION]Does this passage describe the weather or the climate? Where Cole lives, winter is the rainiest season of the year. Solution: Read the text carefully. Where Cole lives, winter is the rainiest season of the year. This passage tells you about the usual precipitation where Cole lives. It does not descr...
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Question: [QUESTION]What do these two changes have in common? a piece of avocado turning brown a piece of pizza rotting in a trashcan Solution: Step 1: Think about each change. A piece of avocado turning brown is a chemical change. The avocado reacts with oxygen in the air to form a different type of matter. If you scr...
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Question: [QUESTION]Which solution has a higher concentration of purple particles? Solution: In Solution A and Solution B, the purple particles represent the solute. To figure out which solution has a higher concentration of purple particles, look at both the number of purple particles and the volume of the solvent in ...
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Question: [QUESTION]Does this passage describe the weather or the climate? Jeffrey lives in a town with hot summers and freezing cold winters. Solution: Read the text carefully. Jeffrey lives in a town with hot summers and freezing cold winters. This passage tells you about the usual temperatures where Jeffrey lives. I...
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Question: [QUESTION]Which sentence states a fact? Solution: The first sentence states a fact. It can be verified by looking up how Harry Houdini chose his stage name in a biography or Houdini's own writing. Harry Houdini, born Erich Weisz, used "Houdini" as his stage name to pay homage to famous French magician Robert ...
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Question: [QUESTION]What does the verbal irony in this text suggest? While waiting for her search results, Ling exclaimed, "My Internet connection is as speedy as a snail!" Solution: The text uses verbal irony, which involves saying one thing but implying something very different. As speedy as a snail suggests that the...
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Question: [QUESTION]Identify the question that Laura's experiment can best answer. Solution:
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Question: [QUESTION]Based on the arrows, which of the following living things is a decomposer? Solution: Decomposers help break down dead living things into simpler matter, such as nutrients. These nutrients can then help plants and other living things grow. In a food web, there is an arrow pointing from another living...
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Question: [QUESTION]Read the following excerpt from a student essay. How can the writer best improve his or her grammar and mechanics? In Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, Pip, a young orphan, is sent by his sister to the home of Miss Havisham, a wealthy, eccentric woman. There he meets Estella, a beautiful girl w...
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Question: [QUESTION]Which statement describes the Cerrado ecosystem? Solution: A savanna grassland is a type of ecosystem. Savanna grasslands have the following features: warm summers and warm winters, a rainy season and a dry season, and soil that is poor in nutrients. So, the following statement describes the Cerrado...
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Question: [QUESTION]How long is a passenger airplane? Solution: The best estimate for the length of a passenger airplane is 200 feet. 200 inches is too short. 200 yards and 200 miles are too long.
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Question: [QUESTION]Based on the map, which of the following areas did the Mongol Empire control? Solution: Look back at the map. The labels on the map show the name of each region. The shaded area shows the territory controlled by the Mongol Empire. The map shows that the Mongol Empire controlled many parts of Central...
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Question: [QUESTION]What is the probability that a human produced by this cross will have Huntington's disease? Solution:
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Question: [QUESTION]Compare the motion of three sailboats. Which sailboat was moving at the lowest speed? Solution: Look at the distance each sailboat moved and the time it took to move that distance. The direction each sailboat moved does not affect its speed. Notice that each sailboat moved for 5 hours. The sailboat ...
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Question: [QUESTION]Does this passage describe the weather or the climate? Solution: Read the passage carefully. Winds are called offshore when they blow from land to water. Offshore winds blew on the west coast of Nicaragua last week. Most people prefer to surf on days when the winds are offshore. The underlined part ...
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Question: [QUESTION]Which is this organism's common name? Solution: Bubo scandiacus is written in italics. The first word is capitalized, and the second word is not. So, it is the scientific name. Bubo scandiacus is the organism's scientific name. So, you know that snowy owl is the common name.
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