Question 5(Multiple Choice Worth 5 points)
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STORIES OF USEFUL INVENTIONS, excerpt
By S. E. Forman
1911
THE MATCH
There never was a time when the world was without fire, but there was a time when men did not know how to kindle fire; and after they learned how to kindle one, it was a long, long time before they learned how to kindle one easily. In these days we can kindle a fire without any trouble, because we can easily get a match; but we must remember that the match is one of the most wonderful things in the world, and that it took men thousands of years to learn how to make one. Let us learn the history of this familiar little object, the match.
Fire was first given to man by nature itself. When a forest is set on fire by cinders from a neighboring volcano, or when a tree is set ablaze by a thunderbolt, we may say that nature strikes a match. In the early history of the world, nature had to kindle all the fires, for man by his own effort was unable to produce a spark. The first method, then, of getting fire for use was to light sticks of wood at a flame kindled by nature—by a volcano, perhaps, or by a stroke of lightning. These firebrands were carried to the home and used in kindling the fires there. The fire secured in this way was carefully guarded and was kept burning as long as possible. But the flame, however faithfully watched, would sometimes be extinguished. A sudden gust of wind or a sudden shower would put it out. Then a new firebrand would have to be secured, and this often meant a long journey and a deal of trouble.
In 1827, John Walker, a druggist in a small English town, tipped a splint with sulphur, chlorate of potash, and sulphid of antimony, and rubbed it on sandpaper, and it burst into flame. The druggist had discovered the first friction-chemical match, the kind we use to-day. It is called friction-chemical because it is made by mixing certain chemicals together and rubbing them. Although Walker's match did not require the bottle of acid, nevertheless it was not a good one. It could be lighted only by hard rubbing, and it sputtered and threw fire in all directions. In a few years, however, phosphorus was substituted on the tip for antimony, and the change worked wonders. The match could now be lighted with very little rubbing, and it was no longer necessary to have sandpaper upon which to rub it. It would ignite when rubbed on any dry surface, and there was no longer any sputtering. This was the phosphorus match, the match with which we are so familiar.
Which sentence from the text describes a problem with Walker's match that the phosphorus match tried to solve?
A. A sudden gust of wind or a sudden shower would put it out.
B. Although Walker's match did not require the bottle of acid, nevertheless it was not a good one.
C. A druggist in a small English town, tipped a splint with sulphur, chlorate of potash, and sulphid of antimony.
D. It could be lighted only by hard rubbing, and it sputtered and threw fire in all directions.
Answer:
the answers d young one
Explanation:
Match the term with the correct answer.
Match the point of view with one of its advantages.
First-person point of view A) It places the reader into the action as a character in the story.
Second-person point of view B) It engages the reader with a character from a story narrating the action.
Third-person point of view C) It allows you to reveal the inner thoughts of multiple characters.
Answer: those are all correct
Explanation:
How does Iggy’s behavior around Kenny Kane contrast his behavior earlier in the novel? What can you infer about Iggy’s feelings towards Killer Kane?
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Read this sentence from paragraph 2 of Selection 1.
(The term Anasazi is as alien to Puebloan people as the abandoned ruins were to the nomadic Navajo.)
The author uses simile in this sentence in order to .............
A)illustrate the influence of aliens on ancient cultures.
B)draw a connection between two groups of Native Americans.
C)show similarities between the ways in which different groups lived.
D)emphasize that the Anasazi are not ancestors of groups in the area today.
Answer:
its b i did this test
Explanation:
The author uses simile in this sentence in order to draw a connection between two groups of Native Americans. The correct option is (b).
What do you mean by the Native Americans?"A person having origins in any of the original peoples of North and South America (including Central America) and who maintains tribal connection or community attachment" is how the U.S. Census defines "American Indian or Alaska Native."
It's critical to recognize that terms like "Native American" or "American Indian" do not solely refer to races. A person's membership status is determined by their tribal nation. Indigenous peoples/tribes are political entities because of their status as sovereign states.
Prior to European contact, those who lived in what is now the United States were referred to as Native Americans and American Indians.
Therefore, the author uses simile in this sentence in order to draw a connection between two groups of Native Americans.
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5 adjectives to describe Algernon and why? (Flowers of Algernon story)
Answer:
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Explanation:
teasing pervical apparently angelic ludicrous inflamed handsome joyus gentle and generous
Passage 1: Excerpt from Will Yellow School Buses Soon Become Rolling Ads?
1 Tight school budgets could soon translate into Missouri school districts’ selling ad space on yellow school buses.
2 Missouri state Rep. T.J. Berry, R-Kearney, says his bill—HB 224—isn’t a cure-all by any stretch. But legalizing ads inside and outside the buses would give school districts one additional way to raise money in these tough times.
3 “Every single school district has had to deal with budget concerns,” Berry said last week. “And generally speaking, the way they have had to deal with those has been cuts or tax increases.”
4 The school bus is something that is already out there and paid for, he said. His bill would permit districts to generate a modest stream of income from their buses.
5 Few question the need for finding additional funds when it comes to educating children, but at least two groups think the school bus exteriors should remain ad-free.
6 “There is no such thing as free money,” said Josh Golin, associate director for the Campaign for a Commercial Free Childhood. “There are real costs to this: the price of selling out your students to advertisers.”
7 Students don’t need the first and last message they receive from their schools each day to be advertisements, Golin said. Students boarding a bus are certainly a captive audience.
8 The National Association of State Directors of Pupil Transportation Services opposes advertising on safety grounds. Obscuring the recognizable school-bus yellow exterior with ads and distracting other drivers “present a safety problem around school buses that cannot be ignored,” the group said in its position paper.
9 National studies have shown that anything that diverts a driver’s attention from the road can pose a hazard, opponents say.
10 “And a big yellow bus doesn’t distract?” Berry asked.
11 Several years ago in Indiana, a Department of Education lawyer suggested that allowing advertisements on buses would invite First Amendment challenges by spurned advertisers, the group noted.
12 Berry said the bill would limit the types of advertising that would be allowed.
13 The regulations would prohibit ads that contain obscene or sexual material, or messages associated with gambling, tobacco products, alcohol, and political campaigns or causes. The ads could not promote drug use or “any illegal activity or antisocial behavior.” They can’t contain “harmful, discriminatory, false, misleading or deceptive” messages.
14 “There are a lot of safeguards being built in,” he said.
15 Berry emphasized that the space reserved for the ads would be “very limited,” meaning toward the back of the bus.
16 By 2012, nine states—Arizona, Colorado, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, Tennessee, Texas and Utah—permitted advertising on the exterior of school buses, according to the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood. Several, including Missouri, considered it last year.
17 The bill made it out of the Missouri House last year but did not clear the Senate, Berry said. He acknowledged that the idea was “very controversial.”
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In Passage 1, how does the author represent the various points of view on the issue of advertisements on school buses?
A)by providing quotes from people on both sides of the issue
B)by describing the financial benefits for both sides of the issue
C)by sharing anecdotes from politicians on both sides of the issue
D)by elaborating on the benefits that would result from both sides of the issue
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What is Samuel’s point of view about the Native Americans?
A. Samuel is more interested in taking care of the colony’s needs, like farming and building houses, than making friends with the Native Americans.
A. Samuel is more interested in taking care of the colony’s needs, like farming and building houses, than making friends with the Native Americans.
B. Samuel believes that a relationship with the Native Americans is helpful because it makes the colonists stronger.
B. Samuel believes that a relationship with the Native Americans is helpful because it makes the colonists stronger.
C. Samuel wants to have a closer relationship with the Native Americans in order to convert them to Christianity.
C. Samuel wants to have a closer relationship with the Native Americans in order to convert them to Christianity.
D. Samuel stays away from the Native Americans after James’s death.
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Answer:
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What theme is conveyed in "Sister and Brother”?
Self-interest is the key to a good life.
Being helpful to others is its own reward.
It is not possible for people to truly change.
The road to doom is paved with good intentions
Answer:
D. The road to doom is paved with good intentions.
Explanation:
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Answer:D
Explanation:
List one advantage and one disadvantage to a monthly calendar Advantage: Disadvantage:
Answer:
disadvantage= periods
advantage= free chocolate
Explanation:
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Answer:
Answer is B)
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Do you think any of the color mutations in the beetles helped them survive in the environment? Explain your answer.
Answer: When changes happen in an environment. Many things can and will happen. If there was a gene mutation for the color of beetles, then that would affect their survival because the old color could have helped them hide and be camoflauge. (however you spell it) If that is changed it could make them more out in the open, so predators could get them easier. Which would result in less beetles and more predators.
Explanation:
Answer:
When changes happen in an environment. Many things can and will happen. If there was a gene mutation for the color of beetles, then that would affect their survival because the old color could have helped them hide and be camoflauge. (however you spell it) If that is changed it could make them more out in the open, so predators could get them easier. Which would result in less beetles and more predators.
Explanation:
Which sentence contains an appositive phrase?
A. My soccer team, which is called the Easton Eagles, has a great record.
B. At the end of the day tomorrow, we have a big game across town.
C. David Sánchez, the coach of the opposing team, owns a music store.
D. My brother, sister, and I take guitar lessons there every Thursday.Percent of books Susan has less than
Answer:
The answer is C
Explanation:
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Answer:
the answer is likely to be c
List one advantage and one disadvantage to a daily planner Advantage: Disadvantage:
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Add a prefix to the root word in parentheses to make a word that will complete the sentence.
(duct- a locked root meaning to lead) I will the orchestra.
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When the Rosetta Stone was discovered nobody knew how to read the hieroglyphs or ancient Egyptian demotic. The stone was also written in ancient Greek. Since the inscriptions said the same thing in three different languages the Rosetta Sone became a very valuable piece of information. Through the work of many people, it took more than two months to uncover what the Rosetta Stone said. The Rosetta Stone is a rock that was written on by Egyptian priests for the honor of an Egyptian Pharaoh named Ptolemy V Epiphanes.
Even though the Rosetta Stone is in three different languages archeologists and scholars were able to translate it and read the inscriptions in a modern understanding. Jean-Francois Champollion was the first to crack the code of the Rosetta Stone. Napoleon Bonaparte's a french soldier was the first to find the Rosetta Stone with the writing near the town of Rashid. While digging the additions of a foundation for a fort near the town or Rashid in the Nile Delta the Stone was found.
The Damage on the Rosetta Stone made the three texts incomplete. The Egyptian hieroglyphics had suffered the most damage out of the three texts. Some of the text is incomplete due to cracks and missing pieces from the stone, but scholars and archeologists were still able to translate what it said. The Egyptian priests had craved the Rosetta Stone 196 BC during the Ptolemaic dynasty. The stone was made of a material called Granodiorite.
Answer:
Your essay is good. You just need to go through and add a comma were "Even though the Rosetta Stone is in three different languages" is. Like "Even though the Rosetta Stone is in three different languages, archeologists and scholars were able to translate it and read the inscriptions in a modern understanding."
Explanation: I read it and checked. If you want to you can add spice to your words like if you said the word "knew" change it with the word "understood" just to it a pop.
Choose one of the topics in the photo to write a tiny story about (max 30 words). Please help!
In her article "Tweens in the Kitchen: Teaching Your Big Kid to Cook," Jolène Bouchon suggests parents show tweens how to cook because it teaches them how to make healthy food choices, eat on a budget, and develop independence. What is most likely the author's purpose for writing this text? A. To persuade parents that tweens should learn to cook B. To persuade the reader to purchase a cookbook for tweens C. To entertain readers with a personal story about a cooking adventure D. To inform readers about the advantages of healthy eating and exercise
Answer: A
Explanation: because the author is showing their experience and want to persuade others also
Which choice best explains what caused the narrator to feel that the Tanzanian culture was becoming his own culture? (document included)
A) the fact that he shared the experience of moving to Tanzania with his family
B) connecting to the culture through music, which he enjoyed from his first day in school
C) his mastery of the language, which enabled him to view the world as a native Tanzanian did
D) his decision to give up the ideas and traditions that were associated with is old culture and language
Answer:
B
Explanation:
A splitting headache can wreck a person's entire evening. is there a verb phrase
Judy Blume's career as an American writer spans four decades and includes many literary awards. She is most famous for her novels geared toward pre-teens. One notable example is Tales of a Fourth-Grade Nothing. However, Blume also has had success writing for an adult audience. Three of her novels for adults reached the New York Times best-seller list. In a 2008 interview Blume remarked, "I have so many stories left to tell!" By that time she had written nearly 30 novels. Judy Blume an exceptionally talented and productive American author.
Which of the following statements supports the main idea in this paragraph?
Blume only publishes books that she expects will win awards.
Blume prefers to write novels for adults rather than pre-teens.
Blume has had an extremely and uncommonly long writing career.
Blume is a gifted writer who can write for children as well as adults.
How do squirrels eat their food?
Answer: they take the food put it in their mouth and start chopping.
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Answer:
The theme is Arachne
Explanation:
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Marcus uses the outlining method to take notes on types of tornadoes for science class. He organizes the information into three levels. His outline includes information about waterspouts, which are one type of tornado that forms over water. How should Marcus organize the information in his notes according to the outlining method?
The first-level text should be ____________ .
The second-level text should be ____________ .
The third-level text should be ____________ .
Answers Choices:
Waterspouts
Types of Tornadoes
Form Over Water
The best way that Marcus can organize the information in his notes according to the outlining method are:
The first-level text should be “Types of Tornadoes” The second-level text should be “Watersprouts” The third-level text should be “Form Over Water”According to the given question, we are asked to show the best way that Marcus can organize the information in his notes according to the outlining method.
As a result of this, we can see that because Marcus organises his information in three levels, and it should include extra details about the things he wants to talk about, then the first-level text should be “Types of Tornadoes”, the second, Waterspouts and the third, Form Over Water
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Read the following excerpt from The Call of the Wild and answer the question that follows.
Buck seized Thornton's hand in his teeth. Thornton shook him back and forth.
The excerpt above creates a bookend for the chapter with an image of _______.
love
partnership
Answer:
love
Explanation:
The excerpt above creates a bookend for the chapter with an image of love. The correct option is (A).
What is the summary of "The Call of the Wild"?Jack London's brief intervention book The Call of the Wild, first released in 1903, is set in the Yukon region of Canada's Klondike Gold Rush in the 1890s, a time even before strong sled dogs were already in high demand.
A strong canine named Buck, who is a half sheepdog and half St. Bernard, resides on Judge Miller's property in the Santa Clara Valley of California. His comfortable existence there comes to an end when gold is discovered in Canada's Klondike area and there is a huge demand for powerful dogs to draw sleds.
Therefore, the excerpt above creates a bookend for the chapter with an image of love.
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Read the following excerpt from The Call of the Wild and answer the question that follows.
For Thornton, however, his love seemed to grow and grow. He, alone among men, could put a pack upon Buck's back in the summer traveling. Nothing was too great for Buck to do when Thornton commanded. .........
Buck seized Thornton's hand in his teeth. Thornton shook him back and forth. As though animated by a common impulse, the onlookers drew back to a respectful distance; nor were they again indiscreet enough to interrupt.
The excerpt above creates a bookend for the chapter with an image of _______.
love
partnership
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Arthur is writing an article on unemployment in his city. When laid out in the newspaper, his article is running a bit too long. Which of the following items would be best for Arthur to delete, as it wouldn’t take away too much from his story?
pictures of homeless people
a chart showing unemployment rates
a picture of lines at the unemployment office
pictures showing help wanted signs
D. Pictures showing help wanted signs
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When it comes to research goals, students should be able to explain how they are going to
set them.
decipher them.
meet them.
research them.
(Brainliest will be given for correct answer)
Answer:
C) Meet them
Explanation:
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Answer:
D
Explanation:
what did the elephant mean by "i can see inside your head" in toomai of the elephants
Answer:
i think its a metaphor for them knowing what they are thinking or that they are lying
Explanation:
Answer:
I think he or she meant by ¨I can see inside your head¨ What if he is magic!
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PLEASE HELP!!!! how dose Anne being in hiding for 761 days influence the writing of the story?
Answer:
It influences the story by her describing her everyday events, showing us with words what it was like to be isolated in one place for so long.
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Reflection: Which Calendar do you think would be best to use to help you get organized in school?
Answer:
i use the apple calendar but google calendar is good too.
Explanation:
also reminders app