1. Choose the answer that best matches the word in italics. Use context clues to determine the
meaning of the word, if necessary.
The decorations were reminiscent of autumn leaves.
(1 point)
leftovers
made
reminders
symbolic
2. Choose the answer that best matches the word in italics. Use context clues to determine the
meaning of the word, if necessary.
For many millennia, people believed Earth was flat.
(1 point)
reasons
thousands of years
generations of people
beliefs or propositions
I failed using cheese’s answers. Thank you:))
I’m already having a bad grade because I’m behind, this made it worse. Congrats
Cheese is wrong because maganitutde means size nor debris. So shut up and go ruin someone els life
i got a 100%. this essay is pretty hard with dyslexia though.
1. Choose the answer that best matches the word in italics. Use context clues to determine the meaning of the word, if necessary."The decorations were reminiscent of autumn leaves."(1 point)
(0 pts) leftovers
(0 pts) made
(1 pt) reminders
(0 pts) symbolic
1 /1 point
2. Choose the answer that best matches the word in italics. Use context clues to determine the meaning of
the word, if necessary."The police officers blocked off the road until all of the debris from the accident was cleared."(1 point)
(0 pts) danger
(0 pts) evidence
(1 pt) rubbish
(0 pts) traffic
1 /1 point
3. Choose the answer that best matches the word in italics. Use context clues to determine the meaning of the word, if necessary."The puppy wrested the squeaky toy from under the couch."(1 point)
(0 pts) buried
(0 pts) dismantled
(0 pts) hid
(1 pt) pulled
1 /1 point
4.Choose the answer that best matches the word in italics. Use context clues to determine the meaning of the word, if necessary.
"The hiker crossed over an undistinguished deer trail in the woods."(1 point)
(0 pts) obvious
(0 pts) unusual
(1 pt) unnoticeable
(0 pts) overgrown
1 /1 point
5. Choose the answer that best matches the word in italics. Use context clues to determine the meaning of
the word, if necessary."The horse broke her leg when she was only a yearling."(1 point)
(0 pts) newborn
(0 pts) trainee
(0 pts) foal learning to walk
(1 pt) youth between 12 and 24 months old
1 /1 point
6. In Of Wolves and Men, the author describes wolves as (1 point)
(0 pts) lone hunters only.
(0 pts) very serious animals.
(1 pt) complex creatures.
(0 pts) insensitive and unaware.
1 /1 point
7. In this passage from Of Wolves and Men, what is revealed about the wolf? (1 point)
(1 pt) his intense playfulness
(0 pts) his steadfast loyalty
(0 pts) his obvious aggressiveness
(0 pts) his consistent weakness
1 /1 point
8. The speaker in “Birches” dreams of climbing trees when (1 point)
(0 pts) he has been injured.
(0 pts) he sees an ice storm
(1 pt) life becomes too difficult.
(0 pts) he watches young children doing it.
1 /1 point
9. In “Birches,” the author uses the line “like girls on hands and knees that throw their hair before them over their heads to dry in the sun” to describe
(0 pts) children playing in the woods.
(0 pts) a childhood memory of the summertime.
(1 pt) the shape of the trees after an ice storm.
(0 pts) the feeling of cobwebs on the face of a boy.
1 /1 point
10. In "Wave," Dale Wisely characterizes water as an element that (1 point)
(0 pts) gives life.
(0 pts) takes life.
(1 pt) gives and takes life.
(0 pts) is life.
1 /1 point
11. In An Inconvenient Truth, the main greenhouse gas is (1 point)
(1 pt) carbon dioxide.
(0 pts) nitrous oxide.
(0 pts) oxygen.
(0 pts) methane.
1 /1 point
12. According to Al Gore in An Inconvenient Truth, how is wind power beneficial in the fight against global warming?(1 point)
(0 pts) It uses wind panels to trap the power of the wind.
(0 pts) It emits water vapor, which cools the atmosphere.
(1 pt) It creates a vast amount of energy without releasing poisonous gases.
(0 pts) It uses batteries instead of electricity to produce power.
1 /1 point
13. In An Inconvenient Truth, the author uses which of the following to emphasize how humans have a chance to improve the atmosphere?
(0 pts) the illustration of the sun's energy as it travels to and from the earth
(0 pts) the content under the subheading “What Exactly Are Greenhouse Gases?”
(1 pt) the content under the subheading of "Crisis=Opportunity"
(0 pts) the chart of “Atmospheric CO2 at Mauna Loa Observatory”
1 /1 point
14. Choose the answer that best matches the word in italics.
One way to save money on electricity is to replace incandescent bulbs with compact fluorescent (CF) lightbulbs.
(0 pts) outside visible spectrum
(1 pt) creating light by radiating heat
(0 pts) emitting light by creating water vapor
(0 pts) producing light by adding neurons to a glowing material
1 /1 point
15. In “The Deadliest Tsunami in History,” all of the following were effects of the tsunami except (1 point)
(0 pts) lack of food.
(0 pts) no clean water.
(1 pt) mass animal deaths.
(0 pts) the coastline was destroyed.
1 /1 point
16. In “The Deadliest Tsunami in History,” warning for an approaching tsunami can be difficult because (1 point)
(1 pt) the large waves are very small when out at sea.
(0 pts) they are so common that the signs are often unnoticed.
(0 pts) they are more frequent now because of the climate changes.
(0 pts) the equipment designed to warn for them has not been released for public use.
1 /1 point
17. In “Orphans Give Indian Couple Will to Live,” the Paramesvarans refuse to accept more children into their home because(1 point)
(0 pts) the government will not allow it.
(0 pts) they believe the other children’s parents are still alive.
(1 pt) they want to make sure they have enough resources to care for the ones there now.
(0 pts) they are from a neighboring village which has a long-standing dispute with their village.
1 /1 point
18. In “Orphans Give Indian Couple Will to Live,” the Paramesvarans named their large home Namikai, which means Hands of Hope, because
(0 pts) they had to dig the graves for their children with their bare hands.
(0 pts) together with their new large family, they can rebuild their village.
(1 pt) their new family gave them hope when they were considering suicide.
(0 pts) they hope to have many more children move into their home with them.
1 /1 point
Hope this helped took me forever to make my test results copible *ik its not a word* I didn't read the other answers from other people and i think some of us have different questions or another order. Please read each question carefully. :)
you all dont understand, the answers change almost everyday so it is practiclly impossible to get the right answers. I may get alot of dislikes for saying this, but this is an assignment you do on your own :T Again I dont wanna sound like that teachers pet or anything, Im just saving your grades
first of all cheese you got them all wrong so to anyone trying to get his i promise you that all his or her answers are wrong completely wrong !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think some people got mixed up with the forces of nature quiz and the actual test 👀
Tell me the answers
Pls:-)
The Forces of Nature: Unit Test
Points scored may differ from the grading guidelines because of teacher review. Contact your program teacher if you have
any questions.
Correct Partial Credit Incorrect
Choose the letter of the word or phrase that best matches the word in italics.
1. The decorations were reminiscent of autumn leaves. (1 point)
(0 pts) leftovers
(0 pts) made
(1 pt) reminders
(0 pts) symbolic
1 /1 point
2. She examined my costume minutely before declaring it the winner. (1 point)
(1 pt) with close attention to even the smallest details
(0 pts) for a minute
(0 pts) piece by piece, minute by minute
(0 pts) casually
1 /1 point
3. His pent-up energy found an outlet in a raucous game of tag football. (1 point)
(0 pts) lack of
(0 pts) emotional
(1 pt) stored up
(0 pts) dangerous
1 /1 point
4. The magnitude of the disaster is hard to imagine. (1 point)
(1 pt) size
(0 pts) pain
(0 pts) debris
(0 pts) ripple effect
5. Tsunamis are less prevalent in the Indian Ocean than in the Pacific. (1 point)
(0 pts) mild
(0 pts) harmful
(0 pts) severe
(1 pt) common
1 /1 point
"Imagine a wolf moving through the northern woods. The movement, over a trail he has traversed
many times before, is distinctive, unlike that of a cougar or a bear, yet he appears, if you are watching,
sometimes catlike or bearlike. It is purposeful, deliberate movement. Occasionally the rhythm is
broken by the wolf's pause to inspect a scent mark, or a move off the trail to paw among stones where
a year ago he had cached meat."
Use the passage to answer the question.
6. What is the main idea in the passage from Of Wolves and Men? (1 point)
(0 pts) the random manner in which the wolf moves from one place to another
(0 pts) the wolf's constant search for food
(1 pt) the particular way the wolf travels through the woods
(0 pts) the awareness in the wolf that he is in constant danger
1 /1 point
7. Bent birches prompt the speaker of the poem by that name to imagine ______. (1 point)
(0 pts) ice storms.
(1 pt) a boy's been swinging on them.
(0 pts) people cutting them down.
(0 pts) the harshness of nature.
1 /1 point
8. The main greenhouse gas is _______. (1 point)
(1 pt) carbon dioxide
(0 pts) nitrous oxide
(0 pts) oxygen
(0 pts) methane
9 In An Inconvenient Truth, a graph of atmospheric carbon dioxide shows a regular decrease in the amount
of the gas once a year. What time of year does this happen?
(1 point)
(0 pts) winter and spring in the Northern Hemisphere
(1 pt) spring and summer in the Northern Hemisphere
(0 pts) fall and winter in the Northern Hemisphere
(0 pts) summer and fall in the Northern Hemisphere
1 /1 point
10. The Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004 was generated by _______. (1 point)
(0 pts) a Hiroshima-type atomic bomb
(1 pt) an earthquake
(0 pts) a hurricane
(0 pts) a wave
0 /1 point
11. Survivors of the tsunami recognized that a receding ocean _______. (1 point)
(1 pt) was a sign of danger
(0 pts) left pollution on shore
(0 pts) left boats and fish stranded on shore
(0 pts) signals a coming earthquake
0 /1 point
12. In the article, "Orphans Give Couple Will to Live...," Mr. and Mrs. Paramesvaran have sixteen children
living in their home because
(1 point)
(1 pt) three of their children died in the tsunami.
(0 pts) they did not lose a single child to the tsunami.
(0 pts) their children died but they adopted sixteen orphans.
(0 pts) they adopted every child orphaned by the tsunami.
0 /1 point
13. In "Wave," Dale Wisely characterizes water as an element that _______. (1 point)
(0 pts) gives life
(0 pts) takes life
(1 pt) gives and takes life
(0 pts) is life
14. True or false: Wolves are solitary animals that join packs only to hunt. (1 point)
(0 pts) true
(1 pt) false
0 /1 point
15. Robert Frost believes there's nothing worse one can do than swing on a fragile birch branch. (1 point)
(0 pts) true
(1 pt) false
1 /1 point
16. According to Al Gore, each of us is a cause of global warming. (1 point)
(1 pt) true
(0 pts) false
1 /1 point
17. The Paramesvaran family includes 16 children. (1 point)
(1 pt) true
(0 pts) false
1 /1 point
18. Greenhouse gases are _______. (1 point)
(0 pts) gases that release heat
(1 pt) gases that hold in heat
(0 pts) gases that create carbon dioxide
(0 pts) gases that consume carbon dioxide
19 u on ur own