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What is a positive step that may result from disagreeing with someone?
- Response: clarifying their personal concepts and ideas.
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Which detail was left uncertain in the article?
- Response: why ants other than Myrmicas are not resistant to carvacrol.
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How does knowing that the morpheme ante means “prior” help a reader know the meaning of the word antechambers?
- Response: It helps them know that it means “a room that comes before other rooms.”
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Which words or phrases from the text carry a negative connotation? Select the two correct answers.
- Response: victim, witch hunt.
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What is a positive step that may result from disagreeing with someone?(1 point)
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avoiding stressful situations that may be uncomfortable.
avoiding stressful situations that may be uncomfortable.
clarifying their personal concepts and ideas.
clarifying their personal concepts and ideas.
ending a discussion without having a debate.
ending a discussion without having a debate.
demonstrating inflammatory behaviors toward others.
demonstrating inflammatory behaviors toward others.
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However when under duress by pests, such as when ants destroy their roots, plants are known to produce chemicals to ward off invaders. So for this study, Barbero and her colleagues grew oregano in enclosed terrariums with Myrmica ants, and then collected the chemical scents emitted to produce chemicals to ward off invaders.
The researchers found that the plants made twice as much of a chemical agent called carvacrol versus normal plants grown without Myrmica ants.
Carvacrol is a known bug killer, but in a surprising twist, the researchers found that Myrmica ants switch on a set of genes that neutralize oregano’s chemical weapon. Meanwhile, other types of ants lack this defense and succumb to carvacrol, the team found.
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Use the excerpt to answer the question.
Which detail was left uncertain in the article?
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how much carvacrol the oregano plants made
how much carvacrol the oregano plants made
why plants produce chemicals to ward off invaders
why plants produce chemicals to ward off invaders
why ants other than Myrmicas are not resistant to carvacrol
why ants other than Myrmicas are not resistant to carvacrol
the definition of carvacrol
the definition of carvacrol
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How does knowing that the morpheme ante means “prior” help a reader know the meaning of the word antechambers?(1 point)
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It helps them know that it means “a room that comes before other rooms.”
It helps them know that it means “a room that comes before other rooms.”
It helps them know that it means “an individual that is found in front of a line.”
It helps them know that it means “an individual that is found in front of a line.”
It helps them know that it means “going somewhere first.”
It helps them know that it means “going somewhere first.”
It helps them know that it means the “first to do something.”
It helps them know that it means the “first to do something.”
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"Keep Conspiracy Theories from Ruining Family Time"
by Nsikan Akpan
“It’s certainly strategic to say that you are the victim of a conspiracy, that there is a witch hunt out to get you. Because it sort of throws those accusations into a negative light,” Uscinski said. “It turns the attention away from you trying to defend yourself, to finding the truth. Now the accuser has to defend themselves.”
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Use the passage from the “How to Keep Conspiracy Theories from Ruining Your Time with Family” article to answer the question.
Which words or phrases from the text carry a negative connotation? Select the two correct answers.
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victim
victim
truth
truth
witch hunt
witch hunt
strategic
strategic
attention
attention
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