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• Mixed Review 12

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English Language Arts

• "If you don't git up, Johnny, I won't give you a
  bite to eat."The threat had no effect on the
  boy. He clung stubbornly to sleep, fighting for
  its oblivion as the dreamer fights for his dream.
  The boy's hands loosely clenched themselves, and
  he made feeble, spasmodic blows in the air. These
  blows were intended for his mother, but she
  betrayed practiced familiarity in avoiding them
  as she shook him roughly by the shoulder.
• In the context of the second paragraph,
  spasmodic most likely means
• A. sudden, occasional outbursts of
  energy.
• B. a convulsion brought on by muscle
  contraction.
• C. a boxing term related to throwing
  punches at the opponent.
• D. reflexive actions, following severe
  stress or injury to the body.

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English Language Arts

• A. sudden, occasional outbursts of energy.
• (The word spasmodic means resembling a spasm in
  sudden brief intensity occurring at uneven
  intervals.)

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Math

• What type of transformation is shown?
• A. rotation
• B. reflection
• C. translation
• D. none of these

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Math

• B. reflection

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Physical Science

• The water in a salt water solution is considered
  what?
• A. solution
• B. solvent
• C. solute
• D. saturated

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Physical Science

• B. solvent
• (A solution is made up of the solute and the
  solvent. The solute is being dissolved and the
  solvent is the object that is doing the
  dissolving. Salt would be the solute in this
  case.)

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Biology

• A British ecologist stated the importance of
  realizing an organisms role in the ecosystem as
  follows When an ecologist sees a squirrel, they
  should include in their thoughts some definitive
  idea of the animals job in the community to
  which it belongs. What does this statement
  describe?
• A. an animals habitat
• B. an animals niche
• C. an animals community
• D. an animals ecosystem

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Biology

• B. an animals niche
• (An animals niche is its role/job in the
  environment. Habitat is the physical place where
  the organism lives. Community is a group of
  different species living in the same area. An
  ecosystem is a group of different communities in
  a particular area and the non-living factors that
  affect them, such as climate, precipitation,
  terrain, etc.)

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Social Studies

• When studying the
• diagram, one can see
• that the Federalists
• advocated a structure
• of the national
• government that would
• A. support the two party system.
• B. favor the more populous states.
• C. disperse power to prevent rule by a faction
  of voters.
• D. place power in the hands of a chosen few
  elected leaders.

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Social Studies

• C. disperse power to prevent rule by a faction
  of voters.
• (The structure of the Congress reflects the
  concerns of the framers of the Constitution is
  it possible to have all states represented
  without favoring states with large populations
  over small ones (and vice-versa) and still
  disperse power to prevent rule by a faction of
  voters. This was achieved by creating a House of
  Representatives, to be elected by the people of
  each state, and a Senate, whose members would be
  chosen by state legislators.)