Practice 1

Plankton,   C  , is the basic foodstuff for everything that lives in the ocean.

A)     comprise both minute marine animals and plants

B)      is the name given to minute marine animals and plants

C)     the collective name for minute marine animals and plants

D)     minute marine animals and plants collectively that

A thermometer has a numbered scales so that temperature can be expressed in degrees. (B)

Before 1970 many technological advances have been made in the field of computer science, which resulted in more efficient computes. (B)

If television had been invented a thousand years ago, will nations be significantly more homogeneous than they are now? (C)

For some purposes it is convenient to think of a surface as the locus generated when a line straight or a curve moves through space in a prescribed manner. (B)

Pennsylvania has the most institutions of higher learning than any other state has. (A)

The Appalachian Trail extending approximately 2,020 miles from Maine to Georgia is the longer continuous marked footpath in the world. (C)

Although they are in different countries, Windsor, Ontario and Detroit, Michigan are close neighbors and cooperate on numerous matters of mutually interest. (D)

Glaciers that develop nearly the North and South poles advance into the sea, break into pieces and become icebergs. (B)

Fungi are important in the process of decay, which returns ingredients to the soil, enhances soil fertility, and decompose animal debris. (D)

Quartz may be transparency, translucent, or opaque, and it may be colorless or colored. (A)

Alike most fruit trees, the quince is normally propagated from shoots or cuttings. (A)

The word “classic” comes of the Latin and initially meant “superior”. (B)

Ohio ranks third behind New York and California, in the total value at its manufactured products. (D)

In 1981 the fossil jaw of a previously unknown small mammal was found onto a Navaho reservation in Arizona. (D)

The state of Ohio took his name from the Iroquois Indian word meaning “something great”. (B)

The amphibians are of few economic importance to humans. (B)

Since flounders have markings that blend with their surroundings, it can lie camouflaged on the bottom of the ocean. (B)

The type of precipitation is affected by electrical conditions, air temperature, and the percentage of humid in the air. (C)

In the 1940’s Agnes De Mille began creating ballets that were basis on themes that relected life in the United States. (C)

The Mohave Indians are farmers who grow their crops on river bottomlands, acquiring the necessary water from periodically flood.(D)