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What is the definition of the word synthesis as it relates to research writing?(1 point)Responses combining information from
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Excerpt from a 2007 report published by the U.S. government’s National Academies Press summarizing research findings in
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Which topic would anecdotal evidence best support?(1 point)Responses How has the cost of recovering from hurricanes changed over
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Use the table to answer the question.Which type of Civil War research project is the information in the table most appropriate
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A student is preparing a list of appropriate citations for a research paper. Which type of information does not require a
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Which type of source should a student avoid when writing a research paper? Select the two correct answers.(1 point)Responses a
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Which is more likely to cause plagiarism when writing a research paper?(1 point)Responses relying too heavily on a single source
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How does a researcher know if they have chosen a topic that is too narrow?(1 point)Responses They cannot make connections
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When does a researcher know that their topic for a project is too broad?(1 point)Responses They have discovered conflicting
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What is a concept web?(1 point)Responses It is a visual diagram a writer uses to organize ideas before writing. It is a visual
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A student is writing a research paper on whales and is forming a research question. What is a strong research question on this
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Which statement is true about a good research question? Select the two correct answers.(1 point)Responses It should cover a
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A certain statue at a monument has a perimeter of rope hung by poles. Between each pole the rope forms a U-shape that, like a
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You are asked to graph a parabola on a coordinate plane given the equation y = −18x2 + 34x + 78 . Fill in the missing value on
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What is the radius of this circle? x2 + y2 −16x −10y +40 =0 .(1 point)Responses 7 7 -7 -7 4 4 6
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A circle is drawn on a coordinate plane with the center point at (-4, 6) and a radius of 2. Fill in the missing information to
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Question 11 (2 points)Match the Flooding Impact with it's proper Category: Column A 1. Socio-economic Downfall: Socio-economic
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Question 10 (1 point)What do you call this man-made structure (made of rocks, sand and/or cement) built perpendicular to a
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Question 8 (1 point)A homeowner or community can lessen the impact of flooding by all of the following methods EXCEPT: Safe
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Question 7 (1 point)What is the term given to the process below? Step 1: Dredge sand from the ocean floor Step 2: Add to
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Question 5 (1 point)Rows of trees planted among rows of crops is called ___________________________________________ The trees
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The most common cause of beach erosion is _________________________.Coastal Erosion: Hurricane Dorian and Extreme Storms -
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Making sure we have enough food (crops) and nutrient rich soil in the present while also preserving for the future is called
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Question 1 (1 point)Growing plants in water instead of soil is called _____________________________. Hydroponic farming makes
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Question 1 (4 points)Match the term from Unit 5 Land Resources with its defintion/example. Column A 1. Ocean currents/storm
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What did President Ford consider the country's greatest economic policy challenge?(1 point) Responses inflation inflation
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What was an effect of the Helsinki Accords?(1 point) Responses They accepted the Soviet’s domination of Eastern Europe. They
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A cube and a square-based pyramid have identical heights and the same base area. If the cube's volume is 450 cubic feet, what is
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You are drafting a circle on graph paper. The equation for the circle is x2+y2+12x−10y=−36 . Find the center and the radius
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What is the equation that represents the circle shown on the coordinate plane, in standard Pythagorean Theorem form?(1 point)
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A circle is drawn on a coordinate plane with the center point at (5,−3) and a radius of 6 . Derive the equation of the circle
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How did the removal of homes and businesses off the floodplain turn into a benefit for the city of Grand Forks?(1 point)Response
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How does the regulation of floodplains help to reduce flood damage?(1 point)Responses It protects plant life on the floodplain
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Which of the following is a challenge when implementing green roofs?(1 point)Responses Green roofs need to be watered by hand
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What is a potential benefit of using alley cropping?(1 point)Responses shifting agriculture to new areas shifting agriculture to
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Why is alley cropping considered a sustainable farming practice?(1 point)Responses It allows farmers to meet current needs while
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Calculate the volume of the sphere using 3.14 for pi and round to the nearest tenth.(1 point) Responses 37.7 cm3 37.7 cm cubed
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You purchase a soccer ball that at full capacity measures 8 inches in diameter. How much air can the ball hold if it is pumped
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What is the volume of the sphere using 3.14 for pi and rounded to the nearest tenth?(1 point) Responses 523.3 ft.3 523.3 ft.
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Shakira is making a round piñata for a celebration. Her plan is to fill the inside with confetti. If the piñata measures 18
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Calculate the volume of a sphere that has a radius of 7 cm using 3.14 for pi and round to the nearest hundredth.(1 point)Respons
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You buy a sphere-shaped piece of chocolate that has a creamy center. The chocolate piece measures 1 inch in diameter. How much
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Which of the following is a way homeowners can protect their homes from floods?(1 point)Responses developing building codes
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A city develops an open green space in the center of town as a way to help with runoff. Which flood mitigation technique is the
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Which of the following best describes President Nixon’s foreign policy toward China?(1 point) Responses He relaxed tensions
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How did the Great Flood of 1993 impact the socioeconomics of the Midwest?(1 point)Responses Flood mitigation efforts decreased
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Which examples are possible environmental impacts of flooding? Select the two correct answers.(1 point)Responses damage to
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Which of the following are socioeconomic impacts of flooding? Select the two correct answers.(1 point)Responses time and cost to
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Calculate the volume of a square-based pyramid in which the area of the base is 12 square units and the height is 15 units.(1
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A cube has a height of 12 centimeters and a base area of 144 square centimeters. What is the volume of a square-based pyramid
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Describe an informal argument for the volume of a pyramid based on the volume of a cube. A cube has a volume of 12 cubic meters.
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Joao constructs a square-based pyramid. What is the volume of the pyramid?(1 point) The volume of the pyramid is cubic meters.
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The area of a square-based pyramid is 50 square yards. The volume of the pyramid is 250 cubic yards. What is the height of the
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A square-based pyramid has a height of 3 inches and a base area of 9 square inches. Can you find the volume of a cube with the
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Latoria has a cube and a square-based pyramid. The two figures have the same height and their bases have the same area. Latoria
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A square-based pyramid has height h and base area a. A cube has the same base area and the same height. If the cube has a volume
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Daniel P. Aldrich is Director of the Security and Resilience Studies Program and a professor in political science and public
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The word "emulate" in paragraph 17 most closely means —A. to correspond. B. to examine. C. to mimic. D. to value.
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Which statement best describes the relationship between vertical and horizontal ties that the author highlights in the text?A.
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Which statement best explains why the author most likely included the section "The 2011 catastrophe" at the beginning of the
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Which of the following best identifies a central idea of the text?A. Strong relationships are a major factor in helping people
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Daniel P. Aldrich is Director of the Security and Resilience Studies Program and a professor in political science and public
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The author concludes the article by recommending…more people should live in large cities. strategies that increase interaction
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How can nonprofits help communities prepare for a disaster?Nonprofits can teach people about disaster preparedness. Nonprofits
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What did the author learn from studying recovery in the Tohoku region?Large cities recovered more quickly than small towns.
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How did social ties help during the 2011 disaster?People helped each other build higher seawalls. People spent more money on
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The 2011 catastrophe…affected a small number of Japanese citizens. continues to have consequences locally and nationally. was
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The author studied…why Japan developed disaster kits. how communities in Japan responded to disaster. what caused people in
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Tarik finds the volume of the cone in the image. What is the volume of the cone in cubic units?(1 point) Responses 132π cubic
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A cone has a height of 9 inches and a diameter of 4 inches. Calculate the volume of the cone. (1 point)Responses 48π in.3 48 pi
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An ice cream shop currently sells soft-serve ice cream in cones that have a radius of 3 inches and a height of 6 inches. The
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Eduardo makes a cone out of clay with a height that’s twice the length of the diameter. The diameter of the cone is 30
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Describe an informal argument for the volume of a cone. If you know the volume of a cylinder, what must you do to find the
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Find the height of a cone that has a volume of 225π cubic meters and a diameter of 10 meters.(1 point)The height of the cone is
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A cone has a volume of 100π cubic inches. If the height of the cone is 12 inches, then what is the radius of the cone?(1 point)
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A hotel wants to develop a green roof that is easy to maintain. The roof can only support about 20 pounds per square foot. Which
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Drag each example to the correct column to indicate whether or not it is considered a green space.(2 points)green space not
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Which BEST explains the failure of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) in the 1970s?Responses A The ERA was not able to be
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Gerald Ford's popularity plummeted and never recovered after heResponses A chose Nelson Rockefeller to serve as
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Martin Luther King, Jr.’s assassination· Robert F. Kennedy’s assassination · Protests at the Democratic National
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'Bull’ ConnorThe Children’s Campaign fire hoses turned on children Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing All of these are
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Match each term with the correct item. Not all choices will be used.He was the founder of a labor union the sought better
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Jonas Salk is important forResponses A helping to create the atomic bomb.helping to create the atomic bomb. B discovering the
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Dr. Jonas Salk lived from 1914 to 1995. He was born in New York, but is most known for his work as a professor at the University
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· April 1961: Bay of Pigs Invasion· August 1961: Berlin Wall completed · October 1962: Cuban Missile Crisis These Cold War
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The National Defense Education Act (1958) was created toResponses A desegregate American public schools.desegregate American
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"This conjunction of an immense military establishment and a large arms industry is new in the American experience. The total
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"Round-the-clock" news coverageResponses A is no longer available in many areas.is no longer available in many areas. B has
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"On August 17, 1998, William Jefferson Clinton swore to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth before a
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Which incident caused the American antiwar movement to pick up steam in 1970?Responses A the My Lai massacrethe My Lai massacre
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Pick the two countries that were at the center of the Camp David Accords of 1978.Responses Israel Israel Egypt Egypt Syria Syria
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Choose three items that describe the causes of the Vietnam War.Responses A Viet MinhViet Minh B communismcommunism C
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The term bomber gap was used during the Cold War for the PRIMARY purpose ofResponses A developing the atomic bomb.developing the
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The primary purpose of the Marshall Plan was toResponses A aid the economic recovery of war-torn Europe.aid the economic
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What are all of the issues in the diagram describing?Responses A the Korean Warthe Korean War B the Vietnam Warthe Vietnam War C
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Which of these was NOT a target of terrorists on 9/11?Responses A U.S. Capitol BuildingU.S. Capitol Building B World Trade
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The "Watergate" scandal began following the break-in of whose headquarters?Responses A Republican PartyRepublican Party B
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The Camp David Accords were negotiations between the United States and what two countries?Responses A Iran & IsraelIran & Israel
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The Kerner Commission investigated __________.Responses A the Watts Riot arrestthe Watts Riot arrest B the Black Power
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Dr. King’s first leadership of a church took place in __________.Responses A Montgomery, AlabamaMontgomery, Alabama B
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