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prestige

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status

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perilous

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hazardous

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inept

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bungling

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adage

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proverb

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admonition

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pressure

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embody

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exemplify

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communique

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message

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decry

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disparage

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contentious

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quarrelsome

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cajole

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wheedle

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moratoeium

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suspension

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nepotism

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hiring relatives

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unpretentious

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simple

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broach

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mention

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pursue

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study

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QUESTION 1: YOUR HEART’S MITRAL VAVLE DOES AN AWFULLY BIG JOB. LETTING BLOOD FROM THE ATRIUM OF THE HEART INTO THE LEFT
VENTRICLE WITHOUT LOSING A DROP IS ONE OF THE TOUGHEST TASKS IN THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM. IN FACT, IF THE SYSTEM WAS SUDDENL
OPENED AT THAT POINT, THE FORCE OF THE VAVLE CLOSING WOULD SEND BLOOD 5 FEET IN THE AIR

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ANSWER: CONVINCE READER OF THE STRESS ON THE MITRAL VALVE

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SUN YE MITRAL VALVI
QUESTION 2: RIDING THE MAIL PLANE IS A LOW-BUDGET WAY TO VISIT AMERICA’S LARGEST NATIONAL PARK - WRANGELL-St. - 13 MILLION
ACRES OF SCENIC BEAUTY. COPPER FIRST DREW PROSPECTORS TO THIS PART OF ALASKA. FROM 1911 TO 1938, THE KENNICOTT MINE
PRODUCED 200 MILLION TONS OF IT. NOW A MECCA FOR TOURIST, THE TOWN OF KENNICOTT WAS ABANDONED TO THE GHOST WHEN THE
COPPER RAN OUT.

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ANSWERED: COPPER DREW PROSPECTORS, COPPER RAN OUT, TOWN ABANDONED, TOURIST ATTRACTION

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STION2 PHYSICIST SEEK OUT THOSE FEATURES OF NATURE THAT ARE SIMPLE AND UNIVERSAL. THE SECRET OF THEIR SUCCESS IS NOT SO
H A MATTER OF FINDING ANSWERING AS IT IS ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS. THE TRICK IS KEEPING THE QUESTIONS SIMPLE AND
KING TO UNIVERSAL PHENOENA. SIMPLE QUESTIONS CAN BE ANSWERED UNAMBIGUOUSLY BY CAREFUL OBSERVATION OF REPEATED
RIMENTS AND BY LOGICAL THINKING.

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ANSWER HOW FAST DO STONE OF A PARTICULAR SIZE FALL

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QUESTION 4: AN ALLERGY IS HYPERSENSITIVY TO SUBSTANCE ARE ESSENTIALLY HARMLESS. FOR YET POORLY UNDERSTOOD REASONS, THE
IMMUNE SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONS AND MARSHALS UP AN ARMY OF ANTIBODIES TO FIGHT THESE SUBSTANCES. FOR MANY ALLERGIES, THIS
MALFUNCTION CAUSE A LARGE AMOUNT OF HISTAMINE TO FLOOD INTO THE BLOODSTREAM. IT IS THE OVERABUNDANCE OF HISTAMINE
THAT CAUSES ALLERGIC SYMPTOMS SUCH AS HEADACES, RASHES, AND SNEEZING

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ANSWER: AN ALLERGIC REACTION IS THE RESULT OF A FLASE ALARM IN THE BODY’S IMMUNE SYSTEM

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QUESTION S: A PERIOD OF TIME IS USUALLY MEASURE BY COMPARING IT WITH ANOTHER PERIOD OF TIME. FOR EXAMPLE, A YEAR ON
MERCURY IS EQUAL TO 88 EARTH DAYS. A YEAR ON URANUS IS APPROXIMATELY 348 MERCURY YEARS

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ANSWER: RELATIVE

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QUESTION 6: FROM TEXAS TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, LOW-WATER MAINTENCE LANDSCAPING AND THE POPULARITY OF DESERT THEMES
HAVE MADE CACTUS VERY VALUABLE. CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT CACTUS HAVE EXTREMELU SLOW GROWTH AND REPRODUCTION RATES,
RUSTLERS ANTICIPATE SIGNIFICANT PROFITS FOR THIS SHALLOW ROOTED SUCCULENT. REMOVING CACTUS FROM STATE-OWNED LAND,
HOWEVER, IS A FELONY, AND IF STATES LINES ARE CROSSED, THE 1900 LACEY ACT MAKES THIS THE SAME CRIME A FEDERAL OFFENSE.

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ANSWER: CACTUS POPULARITY TRANSPORT OF STOLEN CACTUS, CAUSE THEFT

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WERE ESTABLISHED FOR CRUDE OIL AND FOR
FLY GASOLINE, JET FUEL, AND DISTILLATE AND
TAT APPROXIMATELY PERCENT OF CRUDE OIL

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ANSWER: FAULTY PLUSE TRANSMISSION BY RADAR

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QUESTION 8: ACCORDING TO MARK TWAIN, OCTOBER IS A PARTICULARY DANGEROUS MONTH TO SPECULATE IN STOCKS. OTHERS INCLUD
JULY, JANUARY, SEPTEMBER, APRIL, NOVEMBER, MAY, MARCH, JUNE, DECEMBER, AUGUST, AND FEBRUARY.

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ANSWER: SPECULATING IN STOCKS IS NOT A SAFE INVESTMENT FOR YOUR MONEY.

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QUESTION 9: AN ANALYSIS OF THE MANDATORY OIL QUOTA SHOWS THAT SEPARATE QUOTAS WERE ESTABLISHED FOR CRUDE OIL AND FOR
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS. PETROLEUM PRODUCTS WERE DIVIDED INTO LIGHT PRODUCTS (MOSTLY GASOLINE, JET FUEL, AND DISTILLATE) AND
HEAVY OR RESIDUAL FUEL OIL PRODUCTS. THE QUOTA FOR A CRUDE OIL IMPORTANT WAS SET AT APPROXIMATELY PERCENT OF CRUDE OIL
CONSUMPTION.

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ANSWER: THE QUOTA FOR RESIDUAL FUEL OIL PRODUCTS WAS THE SAME AS FOR CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS

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QUESTION 10: PHYSICAL SOUNDS ENERGY IS TRANSMITTED THROUGH THE EXTERNAL EAR (THE PINNA) AND THE MIDDLE EAR TO THE INNER
EAR, WHERE IT CREATES PRESSURE WAVES IN THE FLUID OF THE COCHLEA, THERE, HAIRS ON THE ORGAN OF CORTI ARE MOVED BY THE
PRESSURE WAVES. THE MOVEMENT OF THE HAIRS STARTS THE PROCESS BY WHICH NERVE IMPULSES ARE GENERATED.

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ANSWER: IN THE INNER EAR

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QUESTION 1: IF X + 3Y = 7 AND Y = 2, THEN X EQUALS

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ANSWER: 1

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QUESTION 2: WHAT ARE THE FACTORS OF X^2 + 4X + 3?

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ANSWER: (X+1)(X+3)

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QUESTION 3: WHAT IS THE AREA OF A PARALLELOGRAM IF THE LENGTH IS X + 4 AND ITS HEIGHT IS X + 3?

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ANSWER: X^2 + 7X + 12

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QUESTION 4: SIMPLIFY 3/5X + X

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ANSWER: 8/5X

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QUESTION S: THE HYPOTENUSE OF A RIGHT TRIANGLE HAS A LENGTH OF 14 UNITS AND A SIDE THAT IS A 9 UNITS LONG. WHICH EQUATION
CAN BE USED TO FIND THE LENGTH OF THE REMAINING SIDE?

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ANSWER: X^2=14^2-9

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QUESTION 6: THE PRODUCT OF 3! IS

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ANSWER: THE ANSWER IS 6

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QUESTION 7: THE FACTORS OF 2X^2 + XY - 3Y^2 ARE

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ANSWER: (2X + 3Y)(X-Y)

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QUESTION 8: WHAT IS THE PRODUCT OF THE RECIPROCALS OF 2/3, 1/8, AND 5 ?

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ANSWER: 2-2/5

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QUESTION 9: WHAT IS 8b-ab + 7a SUBTRACTED FROM 3A - 9AB + B ?

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ANSWER: 4A - 10AB + 9B

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QUESTION 10: WHAT IS THE PRODUCT OF (A-1) AND (2A+2)

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ANSWER: 2(A^2-1)

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QUESTION 11: WHAT RECIPROCAL OF 3-1/5 15

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ANSWER: 5/16

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OVESTION 12: THE COORINATES OF POINTS A AND B ARE (2, 4)
AND (-2,-4) RESPECTIVELY. WHAT IS THE SLOPE OF THE LINE THAT CONNECTS
THE TWO POINTS?

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ANSWER: 2

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QUESTION 13: WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT A PRIME NUMBER? 5, 3, 2, 1

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ANSWER: 1

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QUESTION 14: IN THE FORMULA C=5/9(F-32), IF C=35, THEN F =

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ANSWER: 5/3

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QUESTION 15, GRAPHS OF FOLLOWING EQUATIONS ARE STRAIGHT LINES EXCE

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Y =X^2+3

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QUESTION 1: TOGETHER, TWO PEOPLE EARN $28,000. ONE EARNS $2,000 MORE THEN THE OTHER. HOW MUCH IS THE SMALLER INCOME ?

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ANSWER: $13,000

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JESTION 2: JERRY WALKED A DOG FROM 6:40 A.M. TO 7:30 A.M. ONE DAY. IF HE WAS PAID AT THE RATE OF $6 PER HOUR, HOW MUCH DID
• EARN THAT DAY?

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ANSWER: $5.00

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QUESTION 3 A WOMEN IS LOOKING FOR A BIGGER SQUARE OFFICE, SHE FINDS AN OFERCE TIWICE THE AREA OF HER CURRENT OFFICE, IF THE
PERIMETER OF HER CURRENT OFFICE IS SS FEET, HOW MANY SQUARES FEET IS THE NEW OFFICE 7

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ANSWER: 968 SQ FT

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QUESTION: 4 HOW MANY FEET OF CHAIN FENCE ARE NECESSARY TO ENCLOSE A DOG PEN THAT IS SQUARE AND HAS AN AREA OF GA SQUARÉ
FEET?

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ANSWER: 32

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QUESTION S: A TRAIN GOES TWICE AS FAST DOWNHILL AS IT CAN GO UPHILL, AND 2/3 AS FAST UPHILL AS IT CAN GO LEVEL GROUD. IF IT GOES
120 PER HOUR DOWNHILL, HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE TO TRAVEL 45 MILES ON FLAT LAND?

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FORMULA : 1: SPEED UPHILL IS 120/2=60: 2: SPEED LEVEL = 3/2 UPHILL=90 3: SPEED DOWNHILL = 120 ON FLAT LAND, D=45=90 T
ANSWER: 1/2 HOUR

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ION 6: EACH AUGUST, A RESTURANT’S RENT IS ADJUSTED TO THE COST OF LIVING INDEX. THE RENT HAS BEEN $1,550 A MONTH, AND
DST-OF-LIVING INDEX IN AUGUST WAS 3.7% WHAT IS THE NEW RENT PER MONTH?

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ANSWER: $1,607.35

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QUESTION 7: SHAWN PURCHASED A SHIRT FOR $22.05. IF THIS INCLUDES A 5% SALE TAX, WHAT WAS THE ACTUAL PRICE O F THE SHIRT?

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ANSWER: $20.95

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V 8: THE PET STORE HAD 6 PUPPIES SELLING FOR $104 EACH AND 12 KITTENS SELLING FOR $24 EACH. TODAY, ONLY 2 PUPPIES AND B
NERE LEFT. IN THE DOLLAR TERMS, WHAT WAS THE RATIO OF SALE OF PUPPIES TO KITTENS?

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ANSWER: 13 TO 3

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QUESTION 9: THERE ARE 9 RED AND 6 GREEN MARBLES IN A BAG. A CHILD REACHES IN THE BAG ANS RANDOMLY TAKES ONE MARBLE. WHAT IS
THE PROBABILITY OF THAT CHILD GETTING A GREEN MARBLE?

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ANSWER: 40

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QUESTION 10: JAMIE JUST BOUGHT TWO BOXES. THE FIRST BOX IS SQUARE, WITH EACH SIDE MEASURING 10 UNITS, AND IS 4 UNITS HIGH. THE
SECOND BOX IS A RECTANGULAR AND HAS TWICE THE VOLUME OF THE SQUARE BOX. IF THE HIEGHT OG THE SECOND BOX IS 5 UNITS, AND THE
WIDTH IS 10 UNITS, WHAT IS THE LENGTH OF THE SECOND BOX?

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ANSWER: 16 UNITS

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QUESTION 11: THE SHADED REGION OF THE DESIGN SHOWN IS TO BE PAINTED RED, WHAT IS THE AREA, IN SQUARE UNITS, OF THE SGADED
REGION? (USE “PIE 3.14”)

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ANSWER: 121.5

(THERE WAS A PICTURE IN THIS PROGRAM WITH 2 CIF

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QUESTION 12: IF THE RATIO OF THE SIDES OF TWO SQUARES IS 3:1, WJAT IS THE RATIO OF THERE PERIMETERS?

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ANSWER: 3:1

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QUESTION 13: A PRINTING PRESS WILL PRINT $6,000 COPIES IN 20 MINUTES A SECOND PRESS CAN PRINT 15,000 COPIES IN 60 MINUTES. HOW
MANY MORE COPIES PER MINUTE WILL THE FASTER PRESS PRINT THAN THE SLOWER PRESS ?

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ANSWER: 50

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QUESTION 14: DEBRA AND IAN SHARED IN A $1,000,000 ESTATE. IF AN RECEIVED $125,000, AND DEBRA THE REST, WHAT FRACTION OF TI
FOLLOWING ESTATE DID DEBRA RECEIVE?

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ANSWER: 7/8

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QUESTION 1S: WHAT IS THE COST OF MAILING A PACKAGE THAT WEIGHS 2 POUNDS, 3 OUNCES, IF THE COST IS $1.50 PLUS SQ OS FOR EACH
OUNCE OVER 6 OUNCES?

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ANSWER: $2.95

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QUESTION1: WHICH OF THESE ARE THE BEST EXPLANATION OF HOW A ROCK BECAME ROUND AND BECAME SMOOTH?

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ANSWER: IT WAS IN A STREAM FOR A LONG TIME

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QUESTION 2: WHEN A LOBSTER GROWS A CLAW TO REPLACE ONE THAT WAS LOST, THE PROCESS IS CALLED?

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ANSWER: REGENERATION

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QUESTION 3: ANY ASTRONOMICAL BODY THAT REVOVLES AROUND A LARGER BODY IS CALLED?

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ANSWER: A SATELLITE

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QUESTION 4: IN CHEMISTRY, TO BE CLASSIFIED AS AN ORGANIC SUBSTANCE, A SUBSTANCE MUST CONTAIN?

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ANSWER: CARBON ATOMS

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QUESTION 5: WHICH ELEMENT DOES NOT CONTAIN ANY NEUTRONS?

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ANSWER; HYDROGEN

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QUESTION 6: THE CHEMICAL FORMULA OF A COMPOUND DESCRIBES ELEMENTS THE COMPOUND CONTAINS AND THE?

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ANSWER: RATIO OF THE ELEMENTS IN THE COMPOUND

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QUESTIONED 7: WHAT IS THE SYMBOL FOR THE HYDROXYL ION?

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ANSWER: OH-

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QUESTION 8: THE TYMPANIC MEMBRANES ARE ALSO KNOWN AS THE?

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ANSWER: EAR DRUMS

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QUESTION 9: WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS PRODUCE A CHEMICAL CHANGE?

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ANSWER: ADDING SALT TO HOT WATER

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QUESTION 10: CHOKING IS PREVENT BY?

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ANSWER: EPIGLOTTIS.

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QUESTION 11: WHAT DO A HYDROGEN MOLECULE AND AN OXYGEN MOLECULE?

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ANSWER;

THE SIZE

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QUESTION 12: WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS A NON-RENEWABLE RESOURCE?

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ANSWER: COPPER

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QUESTION 13: WHAT ARE THE TWO MAIN GASES THAT MAKE UP STARS?

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ANSWER: HYDROGEN AND HELIUM

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QUESTION 14: WHEN SODIUM ATOMS FORM SODIUM IONS, THEY ?

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ANSWER: LOSE ELECTRONS

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QUESTION 15, WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ENABLES THIS PEN TO WORK?

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ANSWER: CAPILLARY ACTION

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QUESTION 16: WHICH OF THESE REDUCES FRICTION?

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ANSWER: BALL BEARINGS

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QUESTION 17: ACCORDING TO THEIR LOCATIONS ON THE PERIODIC TABLE, ORGAN (AR) AND NEON (NE) ARE ?

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ANSWER: NOBLE GASES

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QUESTION 18: A PERPETUAL-MOTION MACHINE CAN NEVER BE BUILT BECAUSE IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO ELIMINATE?

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ANSWER INTERTIA

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QUESTION 19: WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS A RENEWABLE RESOURCES?

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ANSWER: PEANUT OIL

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QUESTION 20: WHEN SCIENTIST MEASURE A LIQUIDS RESISTANCE TO FLOW, THEY ARE MEASURING THE LIQUIDS?

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ANSWER: VISCOSITY

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QUESTION2O: THE FILAMENT IN AN ELECTRIC LIGHT BULB IS MADE FROM?

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ANSWER: TUNGSTEN

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