Choose the letter of the word or phrase that best matches the word in italics. The decorations were reminiscent of autumn leaves. (1 point) Responses leftovers leftovers made made reminders reminders symbolic
She examined my costume minutely before declaring it the winner. (1 point) Responses with close attention to even the smallest details with close attention to even the smallest details for a minute for a minute piece by piece, minute by minute piece by piece, minute by minute casually
with close attention to even the smallest details
His pent-up energy found an outlet in a raucous game of tag football. (1 point) Responses lack of lack of emotional emotional stored up stored up dangerous
stored up
The magnitude of the disaster is hard to imagine. (1 point) Responses size size pain pain debris debris ripple effect ripple effect
size
Tsunamis are less prevalent in the Indian Ocean than in the Pacific. (1 point) Responses mild mild harmful harmful severe severe common
common
"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." Question Use the passage to answer the question. What is the main idea in the passage from Of Wolves and Men? (1 point) Responses the random manner in which the wolf moves from one place to another the random manner in which the wolf moves from one place to another the wolf's constant search for food the wolf's constant search for food the particular way the wolf travels through the woods the particular way the wolf travels through the woods the awareness in the wolf that he is in constant danger the awareness in the wolf that he is in constant danger
the particular way the wolf travels through the woods
Bent birches prompt the speaker of the poem by that name to imagine ______. (1 point) Responses ice storms. ice storms. a boy's been swinging on them. a boy's been swinging on them. people cutting them down. people cutting them down. the harshness of nature.
a boy's been swinging on them.
The main greenhouse gas is _______. (1 point) Responses carbon dioxide carbon dioxide nitrous oxide nitrous oxide oxygen oxygen methane methane
carbon dioxide
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) Responses winter and spring in the Northern Hemisphere winter and spring in the Northern Hemisphere spring and summer in the Northern Hemisphere spring and summer in the Northern Hemisphere fall and winter in the Northern Hemisphere fall and winter in the Northern Hemisphere summer and fall in the Northern Hemisphere summer and fall in the Northern Hemisphere
fall and winter in the Northern Hemisphere.
The Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004 was generated by _______. (1 point) Responses a Hiroshima-type atomic bomb a Hiroshima-type atomic bomb an earthquake an earthquake a hurricane a hurricane a wave
an earthquake
Survivors of the tsunami recognized that a receding ocean _______. (1 point) Responses was a sign of danger was a sign of danger left pollution on shore left pollution on shore left boats and fish stranded on shore left boats and fish stranded on shore signals a coming earthquake
was a sign of danger
In the article, "Orphans Give Couple Will to Live...," Mr. and Mrs. Paramesvaran have sixteen children living in their home because (1 point) Responses three of their children died in the tsunami. three of their children died in the tsunami. they did not lose a single child to the tsunami. they did not lose a single child to the tsunami. their children died but they adopted sixteen orphans. their children died but they adopted sixteen orphans. they adopted every child orphaned by the tsunami. they adopted every child orphaned by the tsunami.
they adopted every child orphaned by the tsunami.
In "Wave," Dale Wisely characterizes water as an element that _______. (1 point) Responses gives life gives life takes life takes life gives and takes life gives and takes life is life
gives and takes life
True or False: True or false: Wolves are solitary animals that join packs only to hunt. (1 point) Responses true true false
False
Robert Frost believes there's nothing worse one can do than swing on a fragile birch branch. (1 point) Responses true true false
False
According to Al Gore, each of us is a cause of global warming. (1 point) Responses true true false false
True
The Paramesvaran family includes 16 children. (1 point) Responses true true fals
True
Greenhouse gases are _______. (1 point) Responses gases that release heat gases that release heat gases that hold in heat gases that hold in heat gases that create carbon dioxide gases that create carbon dioxide gases that consume carbon dioxide
