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Complete the sentence.
In this chemical reaction, zinc is a (). | [
"reactant",
"product"
] | 0 | This passage describes a chemical reaction. Read the passage. Then, follow the instructions below.
Many watches are powered by small, flat batteries called button cells. One common type of button cell contains the metal zinc. When zinc in the battery combines with oxygen in the air, zinc oxide forms. This process gener... | closed choice | grade8 | natural science | chemistry | Chemical reactions | Identify reactants and products | A chemical change occurs when new substances are formed from existing substances. This process is called a chemical reaction.
In a chemical reaction, one or more substances change into one or more different substances. During the reaction, the atoms of the original substances are rearranged to form other substances.
Th... | Read the underlined text carefully. Look for information about what happens to zinc in this chemical reaction.
Many watches are powered by small, flat batteries called button cells. One common type of button cell contains the metal zinc. When zinc in the battery combines with oxygen in the air, zinc oxide forms. This p... |
Select the one substance that is not a rock. | [
"Slate is not a pure substance. It is a solid.",
"Syenite is formed in nature. It is not a pure substance.",
"Wool is made by living things. It is formed in nature."
] | 2 | closed choice | grade4 | natural science | earth-science | Rocks and minerals | Identify rocks using properties | Rocks are made of minerals. Here are some properties of rocks:
They are solid.
They are formed in nature.
They are not made by living things.
They are not pure substances. | Compare the properties of each substance to the properties of rocks. Select the substance whose properties do not match those of rocks.
Slate is a rock.
Syenite is a rock.
Wool is made by living things. But rocks are not made by living things.
So, wool is not a rock. | |
What information supports the conclusion that Lamar inherited this trait? | [
"Lamar's parents have pale skin. They passed down this trait to Lamar.",
"Lamar and his father both have dark hair."
] | 0 | Read the description of a trait.
Lamar has pale skin. | closed choice | grade5 | natural science | biology | Traits and heredity | Inherited and acquired traits: use evidence to support a statement | Organisms, including people, have both inherited and acquired traits. Inherited and acquired traits are gained in different ways.
Inherited traits are passed down through families. Children gain these traits from their parents. Inherited traits do not need to be learned.
Acquired traits are gained during a person's lif... | |
Which greeting is correct for a letter? | [
"Dear jada,",
"Dear Jada,"
] | 1 | closed choice | grade3 | language science | punctuation | Formatting | Greetings and closings of letters | A letter starts with a greeting and ends with a closing. For each one, capitalize the first word and end with a comma. You should also capitalize proper nouns, such as Aunt Sue.
Dear Aunt Sue,
I'm glad you could come to my party, and
thank you for the birthday gift. I could not have
asked for a better one! Every time I... | The second greeting is correct:
Its first word is capitalized, and it ends with a comma. Jada is capitalized because it is a proper noun. | |
Which word would you find on a dictionary page with the following guide words?
salt - slow | [
"size",
"stride"
] | 0 | closed choice | grade3 | language science | reference-skills | Reference skills | Use guide words | Guide words appear on each page of a dictionary. They tell you the first word and last word on the page. The other words on the page come between the guide words in alphabetical order.
To put words in alphabetical order, put them in order by their first letters. If the first letters are the same, look at the second let... | Put the words in alphabetical order.
Since size is between the guide words salt - slow, it would be found on that page. | |
Which tense does the sentence use?
The pilot will fly the plane to Lima. | [
"present tense",
"past tense",
"future tense"
] | 2 | closed choice | grade3 | language science | verbs | Verb tense | Is the sentence in the past, present, or future tense? | Present tense verbs tell you about something that is happening now.
Most present-tense verbs are regular. They have no ending, or they end in -s or -es.
Two verbs are irregular in the present tense, to be and to have. You must remember their forms.
Past tense verbs tell you about something that has already happened.
Mo... | The sentence is in future tense. You can tell because it uses will before the main verb, fly. The verb tells you about something that is going to happen. | |
Does the sentence use a simile or a metaphor?
Her eyes are as blue as the cloudless sky. | [
"simile",
"metaphor"
] | 0 | closed choice | grade4 | language science | figurative-language | Literary devices | Identify similes and metaphors | Similes and metaphors are figures of speech that compare two things that are not actually alike.
A simile compares two things by saying that one is like the other. Similes often use the words like and as.
My sister runs like a cheetah.
The sister's running and a cheetah's running are compared using the word like.
A che... | Her eyes are as blue as the cloudless sky.
The words eyes and sky are compared using the word as. So, the sentence uses a simile. | |
Which logical fallacy is used in the text?
I can't understand why people are complaining that it's difficult to find a job in this job market. My daughter and I got jobs without any trouble. | [
"hasty generalization: a very broad claim based on very little evidence",
"guilt by association: a negative association intended to discredit someone or something"
] | 0 | closed choice | grade8 | language science | writing-strategies | Developing and supporting arguments | Classify logical fallacies | A strong argument uses valid reasoning and logic in support of a claim. When an argument or claim introduces irrelevant information or misrepresents the issues at hand, it may be committing a logical fallacy. Logical fallacies can hurt a writer's credibility and can lead readers to draw false conclusions.
A logical fal... | The text argues that it's not difficult to find a job in this job market. However, even though the speaker's family found jobs without trouble, that doesn't necessarily mean that everyone can. This illustrates a type of logical fallacy known as a hasty generalization. | |
What does the idiom in this text suggest?
In such an unfamiliar environment, Billy was a fish out of water. | [
"Billy didn't have any friends.",
"Billy felt out of place."
] | 1 | closed choice | grade11 | language science | figurative-language | Literary devices | Interpret the figure of speech | Figures of speech are words or phrases that use language in a nonliteral or unusual way. They can make writing more expressive.
An idiom is an expression that cannot be understood literally. Its meaning must be learned.
The assignment was a piece of cake. | The text uses an idiom, an expression that cannot be understood literally.
The idiom a fish out of water suggests that Billy felt out of place. A fish out of water is someone out of his or her usual, comfortable environment. | |
Which word would you find on a dictionary page with the following guide words?
walk - whip | [
"week",
"wipe"
] | 0 | closed choice | grade4 | language science | reference-skills | Reference skills | Use guide words | Guide words appear on each page of a dictionary. They tell you the first word and last word on the page. The other words on the page come between the guide words in alphabetical order.
To put words in alphabetical order, put them in order by their first letters. If the first letters are the same, look at the second let... | Put the words in alphabetical order.
Since week is between the guide words walk - whip, it would be found on that page. | |
What does the hyperbole in this text suggest?
After he finished the marathon, Gordon collapsed into a chair and declared that he could no longer move a single muscle. | [
"Gordon became paralyzed.",
"Gordon was very tired and sore."
] | 1 | closed choice | grade10 | language science | figurative-language | Literary devices | Interpret figures of speech | Figures of speech are words or phrases that use language in a nonliteral or unusual way. They can make writing more expressive.
Hyperbole is an obvious exaggeration that is not meant to be taken literally.
I ate so much that I think I might explode! | The text uses hyperbole, an obvious exaggeration that is not meant to be taken literally.
The hyperbole could no longer move a single muscle suggests that Gordon was very tired and sore. His muscles were not literally incapable of moving. | |
Which figure of speech is used in this text?
A Chicago winter separates the men from the boys, especially newcomers from milder climes. The temperature frequently plunges below zero. | [
"verbal irony",
"idiom"
] | 1 | closed choice | grade10 | language science | figurative-language | Literary devices | Classify figures of speech: review | Figures of speech are words or phrases that use language in a nonliteral or unusual way. They can make writing more expressive.
Alliteration is the repetition of sounds at the beginning of nearby words.
What a lucky little lady you are!
An allusion is a brief reference to something or someone well known, often from his... | The text uses an idiom, an expression that cannot be understood literally.
Separates the men from the boys means distinguishes the tough from the not-so-tough. | |
Which figure of speech is used in this text?
We don't mistrust each other because we're armed; we're armed because we mistrust each other.
—President Ronald Reagan, speaking of relations between the U.S. and the Soviet Union | [
"chiasmus",
"understatement"
] | 0 | closed choice | grade11 | language science | figurative-language | Literary devices | Classify the figure of speech: anaphora, antithesis, apostrophe, assonance, chiasmus, understatement | Figures of speech are words or phrases that use language in a nonliteral or unusual way. They can make writing more expressive.
Anaphora is the repetition of the same word or words at the beginning of several phrases or clauses.
We are united. We are powerful. We are winners.
Antithesis involves contrasting opposing id... | The text uses chiasmus, an expression in which the second half parallels the first but reverses the order of words.
The second half of the sentence reverses the order of the words mistrust and armed relative to the first half. | |
How long is a kitchen table? | [
"8 yards",
"8 miles",
"8 inches",
"8 feet"
] | 3 | Select the best estimate. | closed choice | grade6 | natural science | units-and-measurement | Units and measurement | Choose customary units of distance, mass, and volume | Measurements are written with both a number and a unit. The unit comes after the number. The unit shows what the number means.
When you are using customary units, length may be written with units of inches, feet, yards, or miles.
There are 12 inches in 1 foot, and 3 feet in 1 yard. There are 5,280 feet in 1 mile.
A foo... | The best estimate for the length of a kitchen table is 8 feet.
8 inches is too short. 8 yards and 8 miles are too long. |
How long is a basketball court? | [
"25 feet",
"25 inches",
"25 yards",
"25 miles"
] | 2 | Select the best estimate. | closed choice | grade6 | natural science | units-and-measurement | Units and measurement | Choose customary units of distance, mass, and volume | Measurements are written with both a number and a unit. The unit comes after the number. The unit shows what the number means.
When you are using customary units, length may be written with units of inches, feet, yards, or miles.
There are 12 inches in 1 foot, and 3 feet in 1 yard. There are 5,280 feet in 1 mile.
A foo... | The best estimate for the length of a basketball court is 25 yards.
25 inches and 25 feet are too short. 25 miles is too long. |
Which is a simple sentence? | [
"If we hike Bright Angel Trail in the Grand Canyon, we won't see Mooney Falls.",
"Madison Chock and Gracie Gold were two American figure skaters in the Sochi 2014 Olympics."
] | 1 | closed choice | grade5 | language science | grammar | Sentences, fragments, and run-ons | Is the sentence simple, compound, or complex? | A clause is a group of words that contains both a subject and a predicate.
An independent clause is a complete thought. It can stand alone as a sentence. A dependent clause is not a complete thought. It cannot stand alone as a sentence.
the oranges on our tree are ripe
The clause can stand alone. It is independent.
aft... | The first sentence is the simple sentence. It is a single independent clause.
Madison Chock and Gracie Gold were two American figure skaters in the Sochi 2014 Olympics. | |
Complete the sentence.
Mixing carbon and iron to make steel is a (). | [
"physical change",
"chemical change"
] | 0 | closed choice | grade5 | natural science | chemistry | Physical and chemical change | Compare physical and chemical changes | Matter is made of very small particles called atoms. Atoms can be linked together by chemical bonds. When two or more atoms link together, they form a molecule.
In a chemical change, the chemical bonds in the molecules break. The atoms then link together to form new molecules. The types of molecules in matter before an... | Mixing carbon and iron to make steel is a physical change. To make steel, a furnace melts the carbon and iron so that they can be mixed easily.
Solid steel forms when the mixture cools. The carbon and iron are now combined as steel. But they are still made of the same types of matter as before. | |
Does this passage describe the weather or the climate?
It is snowing in Tanvi's town today. | [
"weather",
"climate"
] | 0 | closed choice | grade5 | natural science | earth-science | Weather and climate | What's the difference between weather and climate? | The atmosphere is the layer of air that surrounds Earth. Both weather and climate tell you about the atmosphere.
Weather is what the atmosphere is like at a certain place and time. Weather can change quickly. For example, the temperature outside your house might get higher throughout the day.
Climate is the pattern of ... | Read the text carefully.
It is snowing in Tanvi's town today.
This passage tells you about the precipitation today in Tanvi's town. It describes the atmosphere at a certain place and time. So, this passage describes the weather. | |
Which closing is correct for a letter? | [
"sincerely,\nDevin",
"Sincerely,\nDevin"
] | 1 | closed choice | grade2 | language science | capitalization | Capitalization | Greetings and closings of letters | A letter starts with a greeting and ends with a closing. For each one, capitalize the first word and end with a comma. You should also capitalize proper nouns, such as Aunt Sue.
Dear Aunt Sue,
I'm glad you could come to my party, and
thank you for the birthday gift. I could not have
asked for a better one! Every time I... | The first closing is correct:
Its first word is capitalized, and it ends with a comma. | |
What is the volume of a coffee pot? | [
"3 milliliters",
"3 liters"
] | 1 | Select the better estimate. | closed choice | grade5 | natural science | units-and-measurement | Units and measurement | Choose metric units of volume | Measurements are written with both a number and a unit. The unit comes after the number. The unit shows what the number means.
Volume is a measurement of how much space something takes up.
There are many different units of volume. When you are using metric units, volume may be written in units of milliliters or liters.... | The better estimate for the volume of a coffee pot is 3 liters.
3 milliliters is too little. |
Which object has the most thermal energy? | [
"a 180-gram bottle of water at a temperature of 69°F",
"a 180-gram bottle of water at a temperature of 63°F",
"a 180-gram bottle of water at a temperature of 82°F"
] | 2 | The objects are identical except for their temperatures. | closed choice | grade4 | natural science | physics | Heat and thermal energy | How is temperature related to thermal energy? | All solids, liquids, and gases are made of matter. Matter is made up of tiny particles that are always moving. The energy from the motion of these particles is called thermal energy.
Temperature measures how hot or cold matter is. If the particles in matter move faster, the temperature goes up. The matter now has both ... | All three bottles of water have the same mass but different temperatures. Since the 82°F bottle of water is the hottest, it has the most thermal energy. |
What is the source of the allusion in the sentence below?
Jacob described the situation he was facing with his boss as a catch-22. | [
"literature",
"a song"
] | 0 | closed choice | grade11 | language science | figurative-language | Literary devices | Recall the source of an allusion | An allusion is a brief mention of something or someone well known, often from mythology, history, or literature. An allusion lets you reference ideas from an entire story in just a few words.
The protean nature of the disease makes it difficult to diagnose.
The word protean is an allusion to the sea god Proteus in Gree... | The source of the allusion catch-22 is literature.
Joseph Heller coined the term "catch-22" in his 1961 novel of the same name. In the novel, if an army pilot wants to avoid dangerous missions, he must be deemed mentally unfit; however, his desire to stay safe proves his sanity, so he can never be excused from a missio... | |
What do these two changes have in common?
an old sandwich rotting in a trashcan
a piece of pear turning brown | [
"Both are only physical changes.",
"Both are caused by cooling.",
"Both are caused by heating.",
"Both are chemical changes."
] | 3 | closed choice | grade4 | natural science | chemistry | Physical and chemical change | Compare physical and chemical changes | Chemical changes and physical changes are two common ways matter can change.
In a chemical change, the type of matter changes. The types of matter before and after a chemical change are always different.
Some chemical changes are caused by heating or cooling. For example, burning a piece of paper is a chemical change c... | Step 1: Think about each change.
A sandwich rotting is a chemical change. The matter in the sandwich breaks down and slowly turns into a different type of matter.
A piece of a pear turning brown is a chemical change. The substances in the pear react with oxygen in the air and turn into a different type of matter.
If yo... | |
Which closing is correct for a letter? | [
"sincerely,\nBrenna",
"Sincerely,\nBrenna"
] | 1 | closed choice | grade3 | language science | punctuation | Formatting | Greetings and closings of letters | A letter starts with a greeting and ends with a closing. For each one, capitalize the first word and end with a comma. You should also capitalize proper nouns, such as Aunt Sue.
Dear Aunt Sue,
I'm glad you could come to my party, and
thank you for the birthday gift. I could not have
asked for a better one! Every time I... | The second closing is correct:
Its first word is capitalized, and it ends with a comma. | |
Which is harder? | [
"wood bat",
"rubber band"
] | 0 | closed choice | grade2 | natural science | physics | Materials | Compare properties of materials | Every object is made of one or more materials. A material is a type of matter. Wood, glass, metal, and plastic are common materials.
A material has different properties. A material's properties tell you how it looks, feels, tastes, or smells. | Hard is a property. A hard material keeps its shape when you press on it with your finger.
Look at each picture, one at a time. Imagine pushing on the material shown in each picture.
Of the choices, the wood bat is harder. If you squeeze a piece of wood, it will not change shape. | |
Which is a compound sentence? | [
"That wool scarf looks soft and warm.",
"The coach makes us run laps, or he has us lift weights."
] | 1 | closed choice | grade3 | language science | grammar | Sentences, fragments, and run-ons | Is the sentence simple or compound? | A simple sentence is a sentence with only one subject and predicate.
The pitcher threw the ball to first base.
A compound sentence is two simple sentences joined by a comma and a conjunction such as and, but, or, or so.
The pitcher threw the ball, and the batter hit it.
Some simple sentences have a compound subject or ... | The first sentence is the compound sentence. It is made up of two simple sentences joined by a comma and the conjunction or.
The coach makes us run laps, or he has us lift weights. | |
Is this a run-on sentence?
During the Civil War, the Union blocked the port of New Orleans, preventing the shipment of coffee, devoted coffee drinkers began mixing chicory with their coffee to make it last longer. | [
"no",
"yes"
] | 1 | yes or no | grade12 | language science | writing-strategies | Sentences, fragments, and run-ons | Identify run-on sentences | A sentence is a group of words that expresses a complete thought.
The band I'm in has been rehearsing daily because we have a concert in two weeks.
A run-on sentence is formed when two sentences are run together, joined by just a comma or by no punctuation at all. If only a comma is used, the run-on is called a comma s... | This is a run-on sentence. It is a comma splice formed from two sentences run together, joined by just a comma.
During the Civil War, the Union blocked the port of New Orleans, preventing the shipment of coffee, devoted coffee drinkers began mixing chicory with their coffee to make it last longer.
Here is one way to fi... | |
Which tense does the sentence use?
Uncle Brett will cook dinner for us. | [
"past tense",
"present tense",
"future tense"
] | 2 | closed choice | grade2 | language science | verbs | Verb tense | Is the sentence in the past, present, or future tense? | Present tense verbs tell you about something that is happening now.
Most present-tense verbs are regular. They have no ending, or they end in -s or -es.
Two verbs are irregular in the present tense, to be and to have. You must remember their forms.
Past tense verbs tell you about something that has already happened.
Mo... | The sentence is in future tense. You can tell because it uses will before the main verb, cook. The verb tells you about something that is going to happen. | |
What is the mass of a dinner fork? | [
"75 kilograms",
"75 grams"
] | 1 | Select the better estimate. | closed choice | grade4 | natural science | units-and-measurement | Units and measurement | Choose metric units of mass | Measurements are written with both a number and a unit. The unit comes after the number. The unit shows what the number means.
Mass is a measurement of how much matter something contains.
There are many different units of mass. When you are using metric units, mass may be written with units of grams or kilograms.
There... | The better estimate for the mass of a dinner fork is 75 grams.
75 kilograms is too heavy. |
Using only these supplies, which question can Tori investigate with an experiment? | [
"When wrapped in a cotton shirt and placed in the sun, does a large jar or a small jar heat up more?",
"When placed in the sun, does a glass jar wrapped in cotton heat up more than a glass jar wrapped in wool?",
"When placed in the sun, does a glass jar wrapped in a black cotton shirt heat up more than a glass ... | 2 | Tori is outside with her friend on a sunny day. Tori is wearing a light-colored shirt, and she notices that she feels colder than her friend, who is wearing a dark shirt. She wonders what factors affect how fabric warms an object. So, she decides to design an experiment. She has the following supplies available:
a blac... | closed choice | grade6 | natural science | science-and-engineering-practices | Designing experiments | Identify questions that can be investigated with a set of materials | Experiments can be designed to answer specific questions. When designing an experiment, you must identify the supplies that are necessary to answer your question. In order to do this, you need to figure out what will be tested and what will be measured during the experiment.
Imagine that you are wondering if plants gro... | |
Which is a sentence fragment? | [
"Danielle is from Fairfax now she lives in Middletown.",
"That awful noise from the large factory."
] | 1 | closed choice | grade3 | language science | writing-strategies | Sentences, fragments, and run-ons | Is it a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on? | A sentence is a group of words that forms a complete thought. It has both a subject and a verb.
My friends walk along the path.
A sentence fragment is a group of words that does not express a complete thought. It is usually missing a subject or a verb.
Knows the answer.
This is a sentence fragment. It is missing a subj... | That awful noise from the large factory is a sentence fragment. It is missing a verb. | |
Complete the sentence.
Butter melting on a hot day is a (). | [
"chemical change",
"physical change"
] | 1 | closed choice | grade3 | natural science | chemistry | Physical and chemical change | Identify physical and chemical changes | Chemical changes and physical changes are two common ways matter can change.
In a chemical change, the type of matter changes. The types of matter before and after a chemical change are always different.
Burning a piece of paper is a chemical change. When paper gets hot enough, it reacts with oxygen in the air and burn... | Butter melting on a hot day is a change of state. So, it is a physical change. The butter changes from solid to liquid, but it is still made of the same type of matter. | |
Is the following trait inherited or acquired?
Carrie has five fingers on each hand. | [
"acquired",
"inherited"
] | 1 | Hint: Carrie was born with five fingers on each hand. | closed choice | grade3 | natural science | biology | Heredity | Identify inherited and acquired traits | Organisms, including people, have both inherited and acquired traits. Inherited and acquired traits are gained in different ways.
Inherited traits are passed down through families. Children gain these traits from their parents. Inherited traits do not need to be learned.
Acquired traits are gained during a person's lif... | Most humans are born with five fingers on each hand. So, having five fingers is an inherited trait. |
Which place usually has fewer cars? | [
"a rural area",
"an urban area"
] | 0 | closed choice | grade2 | social science | geography | Geography | Compare urban, suburban, and rural areas | People around the world live in three main kinds of places: urban areas, suburban areas, and rural areas.
An urban area is a city. It has many people and businesses. The buildings are close to each other. The buildings are often tall and have many floors. Since there are so many people, traffic is usually bad. People w... | There aren't as many cars or people in rural areas. | |
What does the allusion in this text suggest?
Kurt seems to have the Midas touch. Without any special experience or training, he launched a thriving business and then established a well-respected charity. | [
"Kurt has a hands-on approach to his work.",
"Kurt is successful at all that he does."
] | 1 | closed choice | grade10 | language science | figurative-language | Literary devices | Interpret figures of speech | Figures of speech are words or phrases that use language in a nonliteral or unusual way. They can make writing more expressive.
An allusion is a brief reference to something or someone well known, often from history or literature.
"I'd better get home before I turn into a pumpkin!" Lila remarked. | The text uses an allusion, a brief reference to someone or something well known.
The allusion the Midas touch suggests that Kurt is successful at all that he does. In Greek mythology, King Midas has the power to turn anything he touches into gold, easily creating value from nothing. | |
Suppose Dana decides to make egg drop soup. Which result would be a cost? | [
"The egg drop soup will be tastier than the chicken soup would have been.",
"Dana will spend more time making the egg drop soup than she would have spent making the chicken soup."
] | 1 | Dana is deciding whether to make egg drop soup or chicken soup for dinner. She wants dinner to be as tasty as possible. But she is also hungry and wants to eat soon. | closed choice | grade4 | social science | economics | Basic economic principles | Costs and benefits | Before you decide to do something, it is often helpful to list costs and benefits.
Costs are what you give up or spend when you decide to do something. Costs involve giving up things that you want or need.
Benefits are what you gain or save when you decide to do something. Benefits involve gaining something that you wa... | This result is a cost. It involves giving up or spending something that Dana wants or needs:
Dana will spend more time making the egg drop soup than she would have spent making the chicken soup. |
Complete the statement.
Potassium bromide is (). | [
"an elementary substance",
"a compound"
] | 1 | In some countries, potassium bromide can be used as medicine to treat seizures. The chemical formula for potassium bromide is KBr. | closed choice | grade8 | natural science | chemistry | Atoms and molecules | Classify elementary substances and compounds using chemical formulas | There are more than 100 different chemical elements, or types of atoms. Chemical elements make up all of the substances around you.
A substance may be composed of one chemical element or multiple chemical elements. Substances that are composed of only one chemical element are elementary substances. Substances that are ... | You can tell whether potassium bromide is an elementary substance or a compound by counting the number of atomic symbols in its chemical formula. An atomic symbol consists of either one capital letter or a capital letter followed by one or two lowercase letters.
The chemical formula for potassium bromide, KBr, contains... |
Which is the smoothest? | [
"nylon swim shorts",
"rock wall",
"sandpaper"
] | 0 | closed choice | grade4 | natural science | physics | Materials | Compare properties of materials | Every object is made of one or more materials. A material is a type of matter. Wood, glass, metal, and plastic are common materials.
A material has different properties. A material's properties tell you how it looks, feels, tastes, or smells. Some examples of properties are shiny, hard, fragile, and stretchy.
For examp... | Smooth is a property. A smooth material is not rough or bumpy.
Look at each picture, one at a time. Imagine touching the material shown in each picture.
Of the choices, the nylon swim shorts are the smoothest. If you touch nylon fabric, it will not feel rough. | |
Choose the poem that uses alliteration. | [
"Snug in my easy chair,\nI stirred the fire to flame.\nFantastically fair\nThe flickering fancies came.",
"When the cold dawn stood above the house-tops,\nToo late I remembered the cry\nIn the night of a wild bird flying\nThrough the rain-filled sky."
] | 0 | From Alice Corbin, "Apparitions" and from Wilfrid Wilson Gibson, "Fires" | closed choice | grade9 | language science | reading-comprehension | Analyzing literature | Identify elements of poetry | Poets often use the sounds of words to create interesting effects and to express moods and emotions. Understanding these elements of poetry can help you better interpret and appreciate poetic forms.
Anaphora is the repetition of words or sequences of words at the beginning of multiple phrases, sentences, or lines.
Out ... | This poem uses alliteration. It repeats beginning consonant sounds.
I stirred the fire to flame.
The flickering fancies came. |
Select the animal. | [
"Hydrangea bushes can grow colorful flowers.",
"Maple trees have star-shaped leaves.",
"Snowy owls eat small animals.",
"Rose bushes can grow colorful flowers."
] | 2 | closed choice | grade3 | natural science | biology | Classification | Identify plants and animals | Plants and animals are living things. Living things are called organisms.
Plants come in many shapes and sizes. Most plants grow in the ground. They might grow leaves, flowers, and fruit. Plants cannot move around on their own like animals can.
Animals also come in many shapes and sizes. Most animals can move around. A... | A rose bush is a plant. It can grow colorful flowers.
Most rose bushes have sharp thorns. The thorns help protect the rose bush from being eaten by animals.
A snowy owl is an animal. It eats small animals.
Snowy owls live in cold places. Snowy owls have feathers on their feet to protect them from the cold.
A maple tree... | |
Complete the sentence.
The Second Amendment says that people have the right to own (). | [
"weapons",
"private roads",
"enslaved people",
"homes"
] | 0 | closed choice | grade4 | social science | civics | Government | The Bill of Rights | The Second Amendment says that the American people have the right to own weapons. In particular, it says that people can own "arms." The authors understood "arms" to include the type of weapons we now call guns. The complete text of the Second Amendment is below. According to the text, why is it important for Americans... | ||
What does the euphemism in this text suggest?
Mr. Stevenson is enjoying his golden years in a luxurious beachside community just down the street from his grandchildren. | [
"Mr. Stevenson lives near his family.",
"Mr. Stevenson is old."
] | 1 | closed choice | grade10 | language science | figurative-language | Literary devices | Interpret figures of speech | Figures of speech are words or phrases that use language in a nonliteral or unusual way. They can make writing more expressive.
A euphemism is a polite or indirect expression that is used to de-emphasize an unpleasant topic.
The head of Human Resources would never refer to firing people, only to laying them off. | The text uses a euphemism, a polite or indirect expression that is used to de-emphasize an unpleasant topic.
The euphemism golden years indicates that Mr. Stevenson is old. Golden years is a nicer way of referring to old age. | |
What do these two changes have in common?
compost rotting
chicken cooking in an oven | [
"Both are chemical changes.",
"Both are only physical changes.",
"Both are caused by cooling.",
"Both are caused by heating."
] | 0 | closed choice | grade8 | natural science | chemistry | Chemical reactions | Compare physical and chemical changes | Matter is made of very small particles called atoms. Atoms can be linked together by chemical bonds. When two or more atoms link together, they form a molecule.
In a chemical change, the chemical bonds in the molecules break. The atoms then link together to form different molecules. The types of molecules in matter bef... | Step 1: Think about each change.
Compost forms from the remains of plants and animals, such as vegetable scraps and egg shells. Compost rotting is a chemical change. As the compost rots, it breaks down and turns into a different type of matter.
Cooking chicken is a chemical change. The heat causes the matter in the chi... | |
Select the one substance that is not a mineral. | [
"Halite is formed in nature. It is a solid.",
"A nutshell is not a pure substance. It is formed in nature.",
"Gypsum is a solid. It is a pure substance."
] | 1 | closed choice | grade4 | natural science | earth-science | Rocks and minerals | Identify minerals using properties | Minerals are the building blocks of rocks. A rock can be made of one or more minerals.
Minerals and rocks have the following properties:
Property | Mineral | Rock
It is a solid. | Yes | Yes
It is formed in nature. | Yes | Yes
It is not made by organisms. | Yes | Yes
It is a pure substance. | Yes | No
It has a fixed cry... | Compare the properties of each substance to the properties of minerals. Select the substance whose properties do not match those of minerals.
Halite is a mineral.
Gypsum is a mineral.
A nutshell is not a pure substance. But all minerals are pure substances.
So, a nutshell is not a mineral. | |
What is the mass of a full box of cereal? | [
"18 tons",
"18 ounces",
"18 pounds"
] | 1 | Select the best estimate. | closed choice | grade5 | natural science | units-and-measurement | Units and measurement | Choose customary units of mass | Measurements are written with both a number and a unit. The unit comes after the number. The unit shows what the number means.
Mass is a measurement of how much matter something contains.
There are many different units of mass. When you are using customary units, mass may be written with units of ounces, pounds, or ton... | The best estimate for the mass of a full box of cereal is 18 ounces.
18 pounds and 18 tons are both too heavy. |
Which figure of speech is used in this text?
Magnified apples appear and disappear,
Stem end and blossom end,
And every fleck of russet showing clear.
—Robert Frost, "After Apple-Picking" | [
"anaphora",
"assonance"
] | 1 | closed choice | grade11 | language science | figurative-language | Literary devices | Classify the figure of speech: anaphora, antithesis, apostrophe, assonance, chiasmus, understatement | Figures of speech are words or phrases that use language in a nonliteral or unusual way. They can make writing more expressive.
Anaphora is the repetition of the same word or words at the beginning of several phrases or clauses.
We are united. We are powerful. We are winners.
Antithesis involves contrasting opposing id... | The text uses assonance, the repetition of a vowel sound in a series of nearby words.
The words stem, end, every, and fleck share a vowel sound. | |
Is the following statement true or false?
An animal cell does not have a cell wall. | [
"true",
"false"
] | 0 | true-or false | grade4 | natural science | biology | Cells | Cell part functions: true or false | An animal cell does not have a cell wall.
This statement is true. A plant cell has a cell wall, but an animal cell does not. The cell wall gives a plant cell its fixed shape. Most animal cells do not have a fixed shape. | ||
Which word would you find on a dictionary page with the following guide words?
fact - flood | [
"fiery",
"fox"
] | 0 | closed choice | grade2 | language science | reference-skills | Reference skills | Use guide words | Guide words appear on each page of a dictionary. They tell you the first word and last word on the page. The other words on the page come between the guide words in alphabetical order.
To put words in alphabetical order, put them in order by their first letters. If the first letters are the same, look at the second let... | Put the words in alphabetical order.
Since fiery is between the guide words fact - flood, it would be found on that page. | |
What is the source of the allusion in the sentence below?
The sandy white beaches and turquoise waters make this Gulf of Mexico location its own little utopia. | [
"literature",
"U.S. history"
] | 0 | closed choice | grade9 | language science | figurative-language | Literary devices | Recall the source of an allusion | An allusion is a brief mention of something or someone well known, often from mythology, history, or literature. An allusion lets you reference ideas from an entire story in just a few words.
"I'd better get home before I turn into a pumpkin!" Lila remarked.
Here, Lila alludes to the fairy tale "Cinderella," in which C... | The source of the allusion utopia is literature.
Beginning with Sir Thomas More in 1516, countless authors have written about perfect worlds, or "utopias," often for the purpose of criticizing the societies in which they live.
The allusion utopia means an ideal place. | |
Compare the motion of two humpback whales. Which humpback whale was moving at a lower speed? | [
"a humpback whale that moved 20miles in 10hours",
"a humpback whale that moved 25miles in 10hours"
] | 0 | closed choice | grade2 | natural science | physics | Force and motion | Compare the speeds of moving objects | An object's speed tells you how fast the object is moving. Speed depends on both distance and time.
Distance tells you how far the object has moved. One unit used to measure distance is the mile.
Time tells you how long the object has spent moving. One unit used to measure time is the hour.
Think about two objects movi... | Look at the distance each humpback whale moved and the time it took to move that distance.
One humpback whale moved 20 miles in 10 hours.
The other humpback whale moved 25 miles in 10 hours.
Notice that each humpback whale spent the same amount of time moving. The humpback whale that moved 20 miles moved a shorter dist... | |
Which is the hardest? | [
"ice rink",
"linen handkerchief",
"silk kimono"
] | 0 | closed choice | grade4 | natural science | physics | Materials | Compare properties of materials | Every object is made of one or more materials. A material is a type of matter. Wood, glass, metal, and plastic are common materials.
A material has different properties. A material's properties tell you how it looks, feels, tastes, or smells. Some examples of properties are shiny, hard, fragile, and stretchy.
For examp... | Hard is a property. A hard material keeps its shape when you press on it with your finger.
Look at each picture, one at a time. Imagine pushing on the material shown in each picture.
Of the choices, the ice rink is the hardest. If you step on the ice at an ice rink, it will not change shape. | |
How long is a guitar? | [
"35 inches",
"35 feet"
] | 0 | Select the better estimate. | closed choice | grade2 | natural science | units-and-measurement | Units and measurement | Choose customary units of distance | Measurements are written with both a number and a unit. The unit comes after the number. The unit shows what the number means.
Imagine being told that a pencil is 8 long. You might be thinking, 8 what? Is the pencil 8 inches long? 8 feet? 8 miles?
The number 8 on its own does not give you much information about the len... | The better estimate for the length of a guitar is 35 inches.
35 feet is too long. |
Is the following trait inherited or acquired?
Mia has a scar on her right leg. | [
"acquired",
"inherited"
] | 0 | Hint: Most scars are caused by accidents during a person's life. | closed choice | grade4 | natural science | biology | Traits and heredity | Identify inherited and acquired traits | Organisms, including people, have both inherited and acquired traits. Inherited and acquired traits are gained in different ways.
Inherited traits are passed down through families. Children gain these traits from their parents. Inherited traits do not need to be learned.
Acquired traits are gained during a person's lif... | Children do not inherit their parent's scars. Instead, scars are caused by the environment. People can get scars after they get hurt. So, having a scar is an acquired trait. |
Compare the motion of three ducks. Which duck was moving at the lowest speed? | [
"a duck that moved 430miles east in 10hours",
"a duck that moved 525miles north in 10hours",
"a duck that moved 555miles north in 10hours"
] | 0 | closed choice | grade3 | natural science | physics | Force and motion | Compare the speeds of moving objects | An object's speed tells you how fast the object is moving. Speed depends on both distance and time.
Distance tells you how far the object has moved. One unit used to measure distance is the mile.
Time tells you how long the object has spent moving. One unit used to measure time is the hour.
Think about objects moving f... | Look at the distance each duck moved and the time it took to move that distance. The direction each duck moved does not affect its speed.
Notice that each duck moved for 10 hours. The duck that moved 430 miles moved the shortest distance in that time. So, that duck must have moved at the lowest speed. | |
Which correctly shows the title of a TV show? | [
"***Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends***",
"\"Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends\""
] | 0 | closed choice | grade6 | language science | punctuation | Formatting | Formatting titles | The title of a book, movie, play, TV show, magazine, or newspaper should be in italics. If you write it by hand, it can be underlined instead.
A Midsummer Night's Dream
The title of a poem, song, article, or short story should be in quotation marks.
"You Are My Sunshine" | A TV show should be in italics.
The correct title is **Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends**. | |
What does this Works Cited entry indicate about the cited work?
"Taxes Introduction." Shmoop. Shmoop University, n.d. Web. 2 Jan. 2014. | [
"It is a print source.",
"It is a review.",
"It is an online source."
] | 2 | closed choice | grade11 | language science | reference-skills | Research skills | Understand a Works Cited entry (MLA 7th edition) | When writing research papers, you will often be asked to follow a particular style guide for your citations. One popular style guide is the Modern Language Association (MLA) Handbook.
Below are the basic formats for some common types of Works Cited entries. Consult the MLA Handbook for a complete list.
Books:
Format | ... | Look closely at the Works Cited entry:
"Taxes Introduction." Shmoop. Shmoop University, n.d. Web. 2 Jan. 2014.
You can tell that the cited work is an online source because "Web" is listed as the medium of publication. | |
What do these two changes have in common?
acid rain weathering a marble statue
milk going sour | [
"Both are caused by heating.",
"Both are chemical changes.",
"Both are only physical changes.",
"Both are caused by cooling."
] | 1 | closed choice | grade8 | natural science | chemistry | Chemical reactions | Compare physical and chemical changes | Matter is made of very small particles called atoms. Atoms can be linked together by chemical bonds. When two or more atoms link together, they form a molecule.
In a chemical change, the chemical bonds in the molecules break. The atoms then link together to form different molecules. The types of molecules in matter bef... | Step 1: Think about each change.
Acid rain weathering a marble statue is a chemical change. The acid rain reacts with the outside of the statue and breaks it down into a different type of matter. This new matter is then washed away by the rain. Acid rain is a type of pollution. It forms when smoke from automobiles and ... | |
Based on this information, what is Petunia's phenotype for the wool color trait? | [
"black wool",
"white wool"
] | 1 | In a group of sheep, some individuals have white wool and others have black wool. In this group, the gene for the wool color trait has two alleles. The allele for black wool (l) is recessive to the allele for white wool (L).
Petunia is a sheep from this group. Petunia has the homozygous genotype LL for the wool color g... | closed choice | grade7 | natural science | biology | Genes to traits | Genetics vocabulary: dominant and recessive | All organisms have pieces of hereditary material called genes, which are passed from parents to offspring. Genes contain instructions for building the parts of an organism. An organism's genes affect its observable traits, including its appearance, its behavior, and which diseases it may have. Genes may have different ... | Petunia's genotype for the wool color gene is LL. Petunia's genotype of LL has only L allelles. The L allele is for white wool. So, Petunia's phenotype for the wool color trait must be white wool.
To check this answer, consider whether Petunia's alleles are dominant or recessive. The allele for black wool (l) is recess... |
Which correctly shows the title of an article? | [
"\"State of the Art\"",
"\"state of the Art\""
] | 0 | closed choice | grade4 | language science | capitalization | Formatting | Capitalizing titles | In a title, capitalize the first word, the last word, and every important word in between.
The Wind in the Willows James and the Giant Peach
These words are not important in titles:
Articles, a, an, the
Short prepositions, such as at, by, for, in, of, on, to, up
Coordinating conjunctions, such as and, but, or | Capitalize the first word, the last word, and every important word in between. The words of and the are not important, so they should not be capitalized.
The correct title is "State of the Art." | |
Which closing is correct for a letter? | [
"Thank You,\nColton",
"Thank you,\nColton"
] | 1 | closed choice | grade2 | language science | capitalization | Capitalization | Greetings and closings of letters | A letter starts with a greeting and ends with a closing. For each one, capitalize the first word and end with a comma. You should also capitalize proper nouns, such as Aunt Sue.
Dear Aunt Sue,
I'm glad you could come to my party, and
thank you for the birthday gift. I could not have
asked for a better one! Every time I... | The second closing is correct:
Its first word is capitalized, and it ends with a comma. | |
Which change better matches the sentence?
Water moves loose pieces of rock. | [
"drought",
"erosion"
] | 1 | closed choice | grade2 | natural science | earth-science | Earth events | Classify changes to Earth's surface | |||
Read the following text from a student essay. How can the writer best improve his or her sentence fluency?
Our school needs to serve better food for lunch. Our lunches should be delicious. Our lunches should be nutritious. Our lunches should be satisfying. One way to achieve this would be to have a salad bar available.... | [
"by using shorter sentences",
"by combining sentences containing related information"
] | 1 | closed choice | grade6 | language science | writing-strategies | Editing and revising | Suggest appropriate revisions | When you review a fellow student's writing, try to make your feedback clear and specific. You can use questions such as the following to guide your feedback:
Ideas and development: Does the writer express a clear main idea and develop it with evidence, examples, and analysis?
Organization: Does the writer order ideas i... | The writer could best improve his or her sentence fluency by combining sentences containing related information.
For example, the writer could combine the underlined groups of sentences into sentences like Our lunches should be delicious, nutritious, and satisfying and Fresh fruits, fresh vegetables, and different kind... | |
Which text uses the word peruse in its traditional sense? | [
"Before returning to the stockroom, Marco briefly perused the nails in the hardware aisle to see if anything needed to be restocked.",
"Marco perused the nails in the hardware aisle for almost an hour, trying to figure out which type would be best for his project."
] | 1 | closed choice | grade9 | language science | writing-strategies | Word usage and nuance | Explore words with new or contested usages | Words change in meaning when speakers begin using them in new ways. For example, the word peruse once only meant to examine in detail, but it's now also commonly used to mean to look through in a casual manner.
When a word changes in meaning, its correct usage is often debated. Although a newer sense of the word may be... | The first text uses peruse in its traditional sense: to examine in detail.
Marco perused the nails in the hardware aisle for almost an hour, trying to figure out which type would be best for his project.
The second text uses peruse in its nontraditional sense: to look through in a casual manner.
Before returning to the... | |
Using only these supplies, which question can Cassie investigate with an experiment? | [
"Do candles with thick wicks or with thin wicks produce more smoke?",
"Do large candles or small candles produce more smoke?",
"Do scented candles or unscented candles produce more smoke?"
] | 0 | Cassie is burning some new candles. She notices that they produce different amounts of smoke. She wonders what factors affect how much smoke a candle produces. So, she decides to design an experiment. She has the following supplies available:
two large unscented candles with thick wicks
two large unscented candles with... | closed choice | grade7 | natural science | science-and-engineering-practices | Designing experiments | Identify questions that can be investigated with a set of materials | Experiments can be designed to answer specific questions. When designing an experiment, you must identify the supplies that are necessary to answer your question. In order to do this, you need to figure out what will be tested and what will be measured during the experiment.
Imagine that you are wondering if plants gro... | |
Is this a run-on sentence?
A helium-filled balloon called the Double Eagle II completed the first transatlantic balloon flight in history in 1978, it landed in a barley field near Paris about 140 hours after lifting off from Presque Isle, Maine. | [
"no",
"yes"
] | 1 | yes or no | grade12 | language science | writing-strategies | Sentences, fragments, and run-ons | Identify run-on sentences | A sentence is a group of words that expresses a complete thought.
The band I'm in has been rehearsing daily because we have a concert in two weeks.
A run-on sentence is formed when two sentences are run together, joined by just a comma or by no punctuation at all. If only a comma is used, the run-on is called a comma s... | This is a run-on sentence. It is a comma splice formed from two sentences run together, joined by just a comma.
A helium-filled balloon called the Double Eagle II completed the first transatlantic balloon flight in history in 1978, it landed in a barley field near Paris about 140 hours after lifting off from Presque Is... | |
Suppose Andrew decides to buy a copy of the book. Which result would be a cost? | [
"Andrew will spend money to buy the book.",
"Andrew will get to keep the book as long as he wants."
] | 0 | Andrew is deciding whether to buy a copy of a book or borrow it from the library. He would like to be able to keep the book as long as he wants, but buying the book would cost money. He could borrow the book for free, but he would have to return it in a few weeks. | closed choice | grade5 | social science | economics | Basic economic principles | Costs and benefits | Before you decide to do something, it is often helpful to list costs and benefits.
Costs are what you give up or spend when you decide to do something. Costs involve giving up things that you want or need.
Benefits are what you gain or save when you decide to do something. Benefits involve gaining something that you wa... | This result is a cost. It involves giving up or spending something that Andrew wants or needs:
Andrew will spend money to buy the book. |
Which tense does the sentence use?
The woman hammers the nails. | [
"present tense",
"past tense",
"future tense"
] | 0 | closed choice | grade3 | language science | verbs | Verb tense | Is the sentence in the past, present, or future tense? | Present tense verbs tell you about something that is happening now.
Most present-tense verbs are regular. They have no ending, or they end in -s or -es.
Two verbs are irregular in the present tense, to be and to have. You must remember their forms.
Past tense verbs tell you about something that has already happened.
Mo... | The sentence is in present tense. You can tell because it uses a present-tense verb, hammers. The verb ends in -s and tells you about something that is true or happening now. | |
Which greeting is correct for a letter? | [
"Dear Mr. Carson,",
"Dear Mr. carson,"
] | 0 | closed choice | grade3 | language science | punctuation | Formatting | Greetings and closings of letters | A letter starts with a greeting and ends with a closing. For each one, capitalize the first word and end with a comma. You should also capitalize proper nouns, such as Aunt Sue.
Dear Aunt Sue,
I'm glad you could come to my party, and
thank you for the birthday gift. I could not have
asked for a better one! Every time I... | The first greeting is correct:
Its first word is capitalized, and it ends with a comma. Mr. Carson is capitalized because it is a proper noun. | |
Assume all other forces on the television are balanced. Which statement describes the forces on the television? | [
"The forces are unbalanced, so there is a net force on the television.",
"The forces are balanced, so there is no net force on the television."
] | 1 | Luke is trying to lift a heavy old television. He is pulling up on the television with a force of 500N. Earth's gravity is pulling down on the television with a force of 500N. | closed choice | grade7 | natural science | physics | Velocity, acceleration, and forces | Balanced and unbalanced forces | A force is a push or a pull that acts on an object. Every force has a direction and a magnitude, or strength. If two forces act on an object in opposite directions, the forces are called opposing forces.
When opposing forces have the same magnitude, they are balanced. If all the forces on an object are balanced, there ... | To determine if there is a net force on the television, look at the forces:
Luke is pulling the television up with a force of 500 N.
Earth's gravity is pulling the television down with a force of 500 N.
The forces are in opposite directions, and the forces have the same magnitude: 500 N. This means that the forces are ... |
Is the following statement true or false?
An animal cell has a cell wall. | [
"true",
"false"
] | 1 | true-or false | grade4 | natural science | biology | Cells | Cell part functions: true or false | An animal cell has a cell wall.
This statement is false. A plant cell has a cell wall, but an animal cell does not. The cell wall gives a plant cell its fixed shape. Most animal cells do not have a fixed shape. | ||
Ethan starts to pull the wagon across the yard. To move the wagon at the same speed each time, which friend does Ethan need to pull with a larger force? | [
"a friend who weighs 21 pounds",
"a friend who weighs 28 pounds"
] | 1 | Ethan gives two friends a ride in his wagon. One friend sits in the wagon at a time. | closed choice | grade2 | natural science | physics | Force and motion | How do mass and force affect motion? | A force is a push or a pull.
A force can make an object start moving or stop an object that is moving. A force can also make an object speed up, slow down, or change direction.
Forces can be different sizes.
Think about trying to move a heavy object and a light object. Imagine you want to move them at the same speed. Y... | Look for the friend who is heavier.
A friend who weighs 28 pounds is heavier than a friend who weighs 21 pounds. So, to move the wagon at the same speed each time, Ethan needs to use a larger force to start moving the wagon with a friend who weighs 28 pounds. |
Is the following trait inherited or acquired?
Melissa plays basketball. | [
"acquired",
"inherited"
] | 0 | Hint: Playing basketball takes practice. | closed choice | grade4 | natural science | biology | Traits and heredity | Identify inherited and acquired traits | Organisms, including people, have both inherited and acquired traits. Inherited and acquired traits are gained in different ways.
Inherited traits are passed down through families. Children gain these traits from their parents. Inherited traits do not need to be learned.
Acquired traits are gained during a person's lif... | People are not born knowing how to play basketball. Instead, some people learn how to play basketball. Playing the sport takes practice. So, playing basketball is an acquired trait. |
Which set of instructions is more formal? | [
"Wash hands, utensils, and work surfaces after touching raw meat or poultry.",
"If you're going to be touching raw meat or poultry, you'd better wash your hands, forks, knives, and cutting boards afterward."
] | 0 | closed choice | grade11 | language science | writing-strategies | Audience, purpose, and tone | Which text is most formal? | Informal writing is typically used in casual situations or when communicating with someone you know well. Informal language often expresses familiarity and tends to sound more like speech. It uses more conversational language, such as slang, idioms, abbreviations, imprecise language, and contractions.
Formal writing is... | The second set of instructions is more formal. It uses more impersonal language and a direct command (wash utensils). The other set of instructions uses more conversational language (if you're going to be touching, you'd better). | |
Does this passage describe the weather or the climate?
The wind is weak today in Dover, Delaware. | [
"weather",
"climate"
] | 0 | Hint: Weather is what the atmosphere is like at a certain place and time. Climate is the pattern of weather in a certain place. | closed choice | grade4 | natural science | earth-science | Weather and climate | What's the difference between weather and climate? | The atmosphere is the layer of air that surrounds Earth. Both weather and climate tell you about the atmosphere.
Weather is what the atmosphere is like at a certain place and time. Weather can change quickly. For example, the temperature outside your house might get higher throughout the day.
Climate is the pattern of ... | Read the text carefully.
The wind is weak today in Dover, Delaware.
This passage tells you about the wind speed in Dover today. It describes the atmosphere at a certain place and time. So, this passage describes the weather. |
Would you find the word who on a dictionary page with the following guide words?
wake - wildlife | [
"yes",
"no"
] | 0 | yes or no | grade2 | language science | reference-skills | Reference skills | Use guide words | Guide words appear on each page of a dictionary. They tell you the first word and last word on the page. The other words on the page come between the guide words in alphabetical order.
To put words in alphabetical order, put them in order by their first letters. If the first letters are the same, look at the second let... | Put the words in alphabetical order.
Since who is between the guide words wake - wildlife, it would be found on that page. | |
Which word would you find on a dictionary page with the following guide words?
led - log | [
"laugh",
"lime"
] | 1 | closed choice | grade2 | language science | reference-skills | Reference skills | Use guide words | Guide words appear on each page of a dictionary. They tell you the first word and last word on the page. The other words on the page come between the guide words in alphabetical order.
To put words in alphabetical order, put them in order by their first letters. If the first letters are the same, look at the second let... | Put the words in alphabetical order.
Since lime is between the guide words led - log, it would be found on that page. | |
Which logical fallacy is used in the text?
Ava said there's no way Scotland's Loch Ness Monster is real, but she's not even Scottish, so there's no way she could really know. | [
"straw man: a misrepresentation of an opponent's position that makes it easier to argue against",
"false dichotomy: an argument that presents only two choices when more options exist",
"ad hominem: an attack against the person making the argument, rather than the argument itself"
] | 2 | closed choice | grade9 | language science | writing-strategies | Developing and supporting arguments | Classify logical fallacies | A strong argument uses valid reasoning and logic in support of a claim. When an argument or claim introduces irrelevant information or misrepresents the issues at hand, it may be committing a logical fallacy. Logical fallacies can hurt a writer's credibility and can lead readers to draw false conclusions.
A logical fal... | The text argues that Ava's claim that the Loch Ness Monster isn't real is not valid because she's not Scottish. This is a personal attack on Ava's background that isn't relevant to whether her claim is valid. This illustrates a type of logical fallacy known as ad hominem. | |
What is the source of the allusion in the sentence below?
Gwen told her friends that Mark was a typical Peter Pan type. | [
"a song",
"literature"
] | 1 | closed choice | grade10 | language science | figurative-language | Literary devices | Recall the source of an allusion | An allusion is a brief mention of something or someone well known, often from mythology, history, or literature. An allusion lets you reference ideas from an entire story in just a few words.
"I'd better get home before I turn into a pumpkin!" Lila remarked.
Here, Lila alludes to the fairy tale "Cinderella," in which C... | The source of the allusion Peter Pan is literature.
In a J. M. Barrie novel, the character Peter Pan retreats to Neverland and refuses to grow up.
The allusion Peter Pan means a person who won't take on adult responsibilities. | |
Based on this information, what is Marina's phenotype for the tail spots trait? | [
"a spotted tail",
"an unspotted tail"
] | 1 | In a group of guppies, some individuals have a spotted tail and others have an unspotted tail. In this group, the gene for the tail spots trait has two alleles. The allele for a spotted tail (I) is dominant over the allele for an unspotted tail (i).
Marina is a guppy from this group. Marina has the homozygous genotype ... | closed choice | grade8 | natural science | biology | Genes to traits | Genetics vocabulary: dominant and recessive | All organisms have pieces of hereditary material called genes, which are passed from parents to offspring. Genes contain instructions for building the parts of an organism. An organism's genes affect its observable traits, including its appearance, its behavior, and which diseases it may have. Genes may have different ... | Marina's genotype for the tail spots gene is ii. Marina's genotype of ii has only i alleles. The i allele is for an unspotted tail. So, Marina's phenotype for the tail spots trait must be an unspotted tail.
To check this answer, consider whether Marina's alleles are dominant or recessive. The allele for a spotted tail ... |
Is the following trait inherited or acquired?
Regan plays hockey. | [
"acquired",
"inherited"
] | 0 | closed choice | grade5 | natural science | biology | Traits and heredity | Identify inherited and acquired traits | Organisms, including people, have both inherited and acquired traits. Inherited and acquired traits are gained in different ways.
Inherited traits are passed down through families. Children gain these traits from their parents. Inherited traits do not need to be learned.
Acquired traits are gained during a person's lif... | People are not born knowing how to play hockey. Instead, some people learn how to play hockey. Playing the sport takes practice. So, playing hockey is an acquired trait. | |
What is the source of the allusion in the sentence below?
Max spoke at the city council meeting, claiming the new recycling regulations were draconian. | [
"Greek history",
"a fable"
] | 0 | closed choice | grade11 | language science | figurative-language | Literary devices | Recall the source of an allusion | An allusion is a brief mention of something or someone well known, often from mythology, history, or literature. An allusion lets you reference ideas from an entire story in just a few words.
The protean nature of the disease makes it difficult to diagnose.
The word protean is an allusion to the sea god Proteus in Gree... | The source of the allusion draconian is Greek history.
Draco, a government official in seventh-century Athens, Greece, wrote a code of laws that called for severe punishments for even minor offenses.
The allusion draconian means harsh. | |
What is the volume of a large trash can? | [
"17 fluid ounces",
"17 cups",
"17 gallons"
] | 2 | Select the best estimate. | closed choice | grade5 | natural science | units-and-measurement | Units and measurement | Choose customary units of volume | Measurements are written with both a number and a unit. The unit comes after the number. The unit shows what the number means.
Volume is a measurement of how much space something takes up.
There are many different units of volume. When you are using customary units, volume may be written in units of fluid ounces, cups,... | The best estimate for the volume of a large trash can is 17 gallons.
17 fluid ounces and 17 cups are both too little. |
Which object has the most thermal energy? | [
"a cookie at a temperature of 62°F",
"a cookie at a temperature of 85°F",
"a cookie at a temperature of 94°F"
] | 2 | The objects are identical except for their temperatures. | closed choice | grade4 | natural science | physics | Heat and thermal energy | How is temperature related to thermal energy? | All solids, liquids, and gases are made of matter. Matter is made up of tiny particles that are always moving. The energy from the motion of these particles is called thermal energy.
Temperature measures how hot or cold matter is. If the particles in matter move faster, the temperature goes up. The matter now has both ... | All three cookies have the same mass but different temperatures. Since the 94°F cookie is the hottest, it has the most thermal energy. |
Select the fish. | [
"horned frog",
"cassowary",
"Amazon tree boa",
"tiger shark"
] | 3 | closed choice | grade5 | natural science | biology | Classification | Identify mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, and amphibians | Fish live underwater. They have fins, not limbs. | An Amazon tree boa is a reptile. It has scaly, waterproof skin.
Tree boas eat small mammals, birds, lizards, and frogs. Tree boas only need to eat once every few months!
A cassowary is a bird. It has feathers, two wings, and a beak.
Cassowaries have wings, but they cannot fly! They can run very fast.
A horned frog is a... | |
What is the temperature of a warm loaf of bread? | [
"60°C",
"60°F"
] | 0 | Select the better estimate. | closed choice | grade7 | natural science | units-and-measurement | Units and measurement | Estimate temperatures | Measurements are written with both a number and a unit. The unit comes after the number. The unit shows what the number means.
Temperature can be written with units of degrees Fahrenheit (°F) or Celsius (°C). Use the list below to compare the two units.
212°F | Water boils | 100°C
98.6°F | Body temperature | 37°C
68°F ... | The better estimate for the temperature of a warm loaf of bread is 60°C.
60°F is too cold. |
Which is stickier? | [
"tape",
"ice cube"
] | 0 | closed choice | grade2 | natural science | physics | Materials | Compare properties of materials | Every object is made of one or more materials. A material is a type of matter. Wood, glass, metal, and plastic are common materials.
A material has different properties. A material's properties tell you how it looks, feels, tastes, or smells. | Sticky is a property. A sticky material can stick to other things.
Look at each picture, one at a time. Imagine touching the material shown in each picture.
Of the choices, the tape is stickier. If you touch a piece of tape, it will stick to you. | |
What information supports the conclusion that Mark inherited this trait? | [
"Mark's friend also has hazel eyes.",
"Mark wears glasses and so do his sisters.",
"Mark's biological father wears contacts in his hazel eyes."
] | 2 | Read the description of a trait.
Mark has hazel eyes. | closed choice | grade8 | natural science | biology | Genes to traits | Inherited and acquired traits: use evidence to support a statement | Organisms, including people, have both inherited and acquired traits. Inherited and acquired traits are gained in different ways.
Inherited traits are passed down from biological parents to their offspring through genes. Genes are pieces of hereditary material that contain the instructions that affect inherited traits.... | |
Select the mammal. | [
"hippopotamus",
"great white shark",
"arroyo toad",
"great crested newt"
] | 0 | closed choice | grade5 | natural science | biology | Classification | Identify mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, and amphibians | Mammals have hair or fur and feed their young milk. | An arroyo toad is an amphibian. It has moist skin and begins its life in water.
Toads do not have teeth! They swallow their food whole.
A great crested newt is an amphibian. It has moist skin and begins its life in water.
Some newts live in water. Other newts live on land but lay their eggs in water.
A great white shar... | |
Using only these supplies, which question can Tessa investigate with an experiment? | [
"Will eight ounces of carbonated water or eight ounces of tap water get warmer when placed in a jar in the sun?",
"When placed in the sun, will eight ounces of water in a glass jar or eight ounces of water in a plastic cup get warmer?",
"When placed in the sun, will eight ounces of water in a closed jar or eigh... | 2 | Tessa leaves a glass jar of cold tea outside in full sunlight. When she goes to get it, she notices that the tea is warm. She wonders what factors affect how warm a liquid gets from sitting in the sunlight. So, she decides to design an experiment. She has the following supplies available:
two identical glass jars
two j... | closed choice | grade6 | natural science | science-and-engineering-practices | Designing experiments | Identify questions that can be investigated with a set of materials | Experiments can be designed to answer specific questions. When designing an experiment, you must identify the supplies that are necessary to answer your question. In order to do this, you need to figure out what will be tested and what will be measured during the experiment.
Imagine that you are wondering if plants gro... | |
Based on this information, what is Digby's phenotype for the fur color trait? | [
"brown fur",
"black fur"
] | 0 | In a group of Labrador retrievers, some individuals have black fur and others have brown fur. In this group, the gene for the fur color trait has two alleles. The allele for brown fur (f) is recessive to the allele for black fur (F).
Digby is a Labrador retriever from this group. Digby has the homozygous genotype ff fo... | closed choice | grade7 | natural science | biology | Genes to traits | Genetics vocabulary: dominant and recessive | All organisms have pieces of hereditary material called genes, which are passed from parents to offspring. Genes contain instructions for building the parts of an organism. An organism's genes affect its observable traits, including its appearance, its behavior, and which diseases it may have. Genes may have different ... | Digby's genotype for the fur color gene is ff. Digby's genotype of ff has only f alleles. The f allele is for brown fur. So, Digby's phenotype for the fur color trait must be brown fur.
To check this answer, consider whether Digby's alleles are dominant or recessive. The allele for brown fur (f) is recessive to the all... |
What information supports the conclusion that Jon acquired this trait? | [
"Jon learned to identify insects by reading many books about insects.",
"Jon likes to look at butterflies and beetles."
] | 0 | Read the description of a trait.
Jon is good at identifying insects. | closed choice | grade3 | natural science | biology | Heredity | Inherited and acquired traits: use evidence to support a statement | Organisms, including people, have both inherited and acquired traits. Inherited and acquired traits are gained in different ways.
Inherited traits are passed down through families. Children gain these traits from their parents. Inherited traits do not need to be learned.
Acquired traits are gained during a person's lif... | |
Select the reptile. | [
"mandarinfish",
"bull shark",
"leaf-tailed gecko",
"eastern newt"
] | 2 | closed choice | grade5 | natural science | biology | Classification | Identify mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, and amphibians | Reptiles have scaly, waterproof skin. Most reptiles live on land. | A leaf-tailed gecko is a reptile. It has scaly, waterproof skin.
Many geckos have special pads on their toes. The pads help them climb up plants and rocks.
A bull shark is a fish. It lives underwater. It has fins, not limbs.
Bull sharks can live in both fresh and salt water. They are found in rivers and in shallow part... | |
Which word would you find on a dictionary page with the following guide words?
kangaroo - kitten | [
"kerosene",
"knight"
] | 0 | closed choice | grade6 | language science | reference-skills | Reference skills | Use guide words | Guide words appear on each page of a dictionary. They tell you the first word and last word on the page. The other words on the page come between the guide words in alphabetical order.
To put words in alphabetical order, put them in order by their first letters. If the first letters are the same, look at the second let... | Put the words in alphabetical order.
Since kerosene is between the guide words kangaroo - kitten, it would be found on that page. | |
How long is a basketball court? | [
"32 miles",
"32 feet",
"32 yards",
"32 inches"
] | 2 | Select the best estimate. | closed choice | grade7 | natural science | units-and-measurement | Units and measurement | Choose customary units of distance, mass, and volume | Measurements are written with both a number and a unit. The unit comes after the number. The unit shows what the number means.
When you are using customary units, length may be written with units of inches, feet, yards, or miles.
There are 12 inches in 1 foot, and 3 feet in 1 yard. There are 5,280 feet in 1 mile.
A foo... | The best estimate for the length of a basketball court is 32 yards.
32 inches and 32 feet are too short. 32 miles is too long. |
Read the following excerpt from a student essay. How can the writer best improve his or her organization?
When I worked on my grandparents' farm one summer, I spent a lot of time caring for animals—feeding chickens and pigs, milking cows, and grooming horses. I decided to become a vegetarian. As a vegetarian, I eat lot... | [
"by making a general statement before giving specific examples",
"by adding a transition between the first two sentences",
"by reordering to keep related ideas together"
] | 1 | closed choice | grade12 | language science | writing-strategies | Editing and revising | Suggest appropriate revisions | During peer review, you read and respond to a fellow student's writing. While there are many methods and strategies that you can use for reviewing a text, it is generally helpful to frame your suggestions in concrete and constructive ways and to consider the following areas for revision:
Ideas and development: Does the... | The writer could best improve his or her organization by adding a transition between the first two sentences.
For example, the writer could provide a smoother transition between the first two sentences by adding text such as After realizing how much I love animals, I couldn't bear the idea of eating meat anymore.
When ... | |
Which figure of speech is used in this text?
Carson's room is as tidy as an overgrown garden. | [
"verbal irony",
"pun"
] | 0 | closed choice | grade6 | language science | figurative-language | Literary devices | Classify figures of speech | Figures of speech are words or phrases that use language in a nonliteral or unusual way. They can make writing more expressive.
Alliteration is the repetition of sounds at the beginning of nearby words.
What a lucky little lady you are!
An allusion is a brief reference to something or someone well known, often from his... | 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. | |
Compare the motion of three speedboats. Which speedboat was moving at the highest speed? | [
"a speedboat that moved 235kilometers east in 5hours",
"a speedboat that moved 390kilometers east in 5hours",
"a speedboat that moved 330kilometers south in 5hours"
] | 1 | closed choice | grade3 | natural science | physics | Force and motion | Compare the speeds of moving objects | An object's speed tells you how fast the object is moving. Speed depends on both distance and time.
Distance tells you how far the object has moved. One unit used to measure distance is the kilometer.
Time tells you how long the object has spent moving. One unit used to measure time is the hour.
Think about objects mov... | Look at the distance each speedboat moved and the time it took to move that distance. The direction each speedboat moved does not affect its speed.
Notice that each speedboat moved for 5 hours. The speedboat that moved 390 kilometers moved the farthest distance in that time. So, that speedboat must have moved at the hi... | |
What information supports the conclusion that Joel acquired this trait? | [
"Joel learned how to knit in an after school program.",
"Joel knits sweaters using cotton, wool, and other types of yarn."
] | 0 | Read the description of a trait.
Joel knows how to knit sweaters. | closed choice | grade4 | natural science | biology | Traits and heredity | Inherited and acquired traits: use evidence to support a statement | Organisms, including people, have both inherited and acquired traits. Inherited and acquired traits are gained in different ways.
Inherited traits are passed down through families. Children gain these traits from their parents. Inherited traits do not need to be learned.
Acquired traits are gained during a person's lif... | |
What does the euphemism in this text suggest?
Mr. Pruitt is enjoying his golden years in a luxurious beachside community just down the street from his grandchildren. | [
"Mr. Pruitt lives near his family.",
"Mr. Pruitt is old."
] | 1 | closed choice | grade10 | language science | figurative-language | Literary devices | Interpret figures of speech | Figures of speech are words or phrases that use language in a nonliteral or unusual way. They can make writing more expressive.
A euphemism is a polite or indirect expression that is used to de-emphasize an unpleasant topic.
The head of Human Resources would never refer to firing people, only to laying them off. | The text uses a euphemism, a polite or indirect expression that is used to de-emphasize an unpleasant topic.
The euphemism golden years indicates that Mr. Pruitt is old. Golden years is a nicer way of referring to old age. | |
Complete the sentence so that it uses personification.
The () sun beat down upon the heads of the construction workers. | [
"cruel",
"hot"
] | 0 | closed choice | grade10 | language science | writing-strategies | Creative techniques | Use personification | Personification is giving human characteristics to nonhuman things. It is a figure of speech that can be used to make writing more interesting or to emphasize a point.
The trees danced in the wind.
The word danced describes the trees as if they were people. Unlike people, however, trees can't actually dance. Instead, t... | Complete the sentence with the word cruel. It describes the sun as if it were a mean person. |
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