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November 12, 2025

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Essential Question: What do you think happened to the ancient Maya cities? All answers are correct. Choose your favorite. Wars destroyed Maya cities and forever changed the Maya civilization. Ancient Maya cities faced se...
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Which of the following is what scientists create based on observations and questions about the world around them? conclusions results data hypothesis
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Complete the sentence with a word that has a meaning similar to analyzed. The team of scientists Select an Answer an unusual rock.
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Which phrase has a meaning similar to region? time period type of neighborhood area of land old house
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The point (5, 10) is reflected across the x -axis. What are the coordinates of the reflected point? (1 point) Responses (−5, 10) Left Parenthesis negative 5 comma 10 Right Parenthesis (10, 5) Left Parenthesis 10 comma 5...
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She swore she felt the earth drop—like a hitch in an elevator—several miles from her mother’s house. She thought of all those bedlinens agitated, curled, heaped on top of her mother, sunk along with everything else, beam...
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Question%0D%0AWhat is the purpose of a story’s tone?(1 point)%0D%0AResponses%0D%0A%0D%0ATo foreshadow what the author knows but the characters do not.%0D%0ATo foreshadow what the author knows but the characters do not.%0...
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What central idea is conveyed by the use of sensory and kinesthetic imagery in the sentence?%0D%0A%0D%0A(1 point)%0D%0AResponses%0D%0A%0D%0AOna does not want to stay at the damaged bungalow she finds on her way to the na...
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What is the definition of connotation?(1 point)%0D%0AResponses%0D%0A%0D%0AThe slight degrees of difference in a word’s meaning.%0D%0AThe slight degrees of difference in a word’s meaning.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe literal meaning of...
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Question%0D%0AWhat is the definition of denotation?(1 point)%0D%0AResponses%0D%0A%0D%0AThe author’s attitude toward events and characters.%0D%0AThe author’s attitude toward events and characters.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe atmospher...
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Esther Williams was a champion swimmer who went on to star in several swimming-themed movies in the 1940s and 1950s. As a young girl, Williams loved swimming, so she worked at her local pool to earn free pool time. She w...
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When approximating the mass of a nebulae, what reference system is MOST appropriate?%0D%0A%0D%0A(1 point)%0D%0AResponses%0D%0A%0D%0AHalf the mass of our Earth%0D%0A%0D%0AHalf the mass of our Earth%0D%0A%0D%0A1/10th the m...
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Jane is observing the Milky Way thanks to the fact that it is a very clear, dark night. However, she feels like she can only see a very small part of it and wants to see the entire galaxy. Why is this impossible?%0D%0A%0...
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Read the text. 4) The Zika virus is a disease spread mainly by an infected species of mosquito. Symptoms last for several days to a week and include fever, joint pain, rash, and conjunctivitis. Due to the fact that the s...
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Edwin used a telescope from the 1920s and observes fuzzy blobs of light off in the distance. What is Edwin seeing?%0D%0A%0D%0A(1 point)%0D%0AResponses%0D%0A%0D%0Astars.%0D%0A%0D%0Astars.%0D%0A%0D%0Agalaxies.%0D%0A%0D%0Ag...
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the 1960s, the Robbins brothers operated a ski resort on Beech Mountain in North Carolina. The brothers wanted to keep their employees working during the summer season. As a consequence, they opened the Land of Oz, a the...
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Which of the following everyday activities MOST illustrates the concept of accretion?%0D%0A%0D%0A(1 point)%0D%0AResponses%0D%0A%0D%0Arainbows forming in the sky after a rain shower%0D%0A%0D%0Arainbows forming in the sky...
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Robert is looking at four galaxies:%0D%0A%0D%0Aan irregular galaxy the he calls “Calliope”;%0D%0A%0D%0Aa spiral galaxy that he calls “Medea”;%0D%0A%0D%0Aan elliptical galaxy that he calls “Minerva”;%0D%0A%0D%0Aand a lent...
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Which galaxy is the farthest-away that we’ve been able to see, also logically making it the oldest galaxy we’ve ever been able to see?%0D%0A%0D%0A(1 point)%0D%0AResponses%0D%0A%0D%0AQR-10%0D%0A%0D%0AQR-10%0D%0A%0D%0AAndr...
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Which of the following BEST describes the black hole status within the Milky Way?%0D%0A%0D%0A(1 point)%0D%0AResponses%0D%0A%0D%0AWhen the Milky Way “dies,” it will turn into a black hole.%0D%0A%0D%0AWhen the Milky Way “d...
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What are redshifts?%0D%0A%0D%0A(1 point)%0D%0AResponses%0D%0A%0D%0Agalaxies that are moving closer together%0D%0A%0D%0Agalaxies that are moving closer together%0D%0A%0D%0Agalaxies that are moving farther apart%0D%0A%0D%0...
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What will happen when the Andromeda galaxy and the Milky Way galaxy collide sometime in the next five billion years?%0D%0A%0D%0A(1 point)%0D%0AResponses%0D%0A%0D%0AThe Milky Way will engulf the Andromeda galaxy.%0D%0A%0D...
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Why would it be impossible to survive near a black hole?%0D%0A%0D%0A(1 point)%0D%0AResponses%0D%0A%0D%0AThe gravity is too strong.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe gravity is too strong.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe heat is too intense.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe...
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How do scientists know that dark matter exists?%0D%0A%0D%0A(1 point)%0D%0AResponses%0D%0A%0D%0AThey notice that light seems to “disappear” in certain areas of galaxies.%0D%0A%0D%0AThey notice that light seems to “disappe...
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How do scientists know that dark matter exists?%0D%0A%0D%0A(1 point)%0D%0AResponses%0D%0A%0D%0AThey notice that light seems to “disappear” in certain areas of galaxies.%0D%0A%0D%0AThey notice that light seems to “disappe...
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