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The Japanese form of poetry called a kaiku is known for |
Haiku are by definition too short to contain elaborate descriptions. Haikus are made up of three short lines and include references to nature. known for brevity and consision |
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what is blank verse? |
Blank verse is unrhymed, but uses iambic pentameter for its meter. |
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what percentage of the earths surface is covered by the four major oceans? |
seventy one percent |
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which of the following resulted from an American belief in manifest destiny? |
settlement of territories west of the Mississippi river. |
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which of the following opportunities down the town meeting system of local Massacusettes government provide? |
the opportunity to vote on local budgets |
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which of the following was the confederate armies biggest advantage at the outset of the civil war?? |
the confederate army was on the defensive side and union troops were largely unfamiliar with Southern territory. |
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in which of the following areas are the worlds most active volcanoes? |
where tectonic plates pull apart from each other. |
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troposphere |
0-12 km thick; contains 75 percent of the gases in the atmosphere, is where we live and where weather occurs. |
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stratosphere |
12-50 km thick, contains the ozone layer, which absorbs the sun's damaging ultraviolet radiation. |
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mesosphere |
50-80km thick coldest region of the atmosphere; protects earth from meteroids, which burn up in this area. |
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Thermosphere |
80km and higher;contains very thin air; ultraviolet radiation turns into heat. |
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tropopause |
The layer that seperates the troposphere from the stratosphere where strong winds blow toward the east and where the jet stream occurs. |
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exosphere |
is the outermost layer of Earth's atmosphere (i.e. the upper limit of the atmosphere). It extends from the exobase, which is located at the top of the thermosphere at an altitude of about 700 km above sea level, to about 10,000 km (6,200 mi; 33,000,000 ft). The exosphere merges with the emptiness of outer space, where there is no atmosphere. |
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Magnetosphere |
the area beyond the atmosphere; contains protons and electrons, traps deadly radiation. |
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Winter in New England is characterized by below freezing temperatures, snow fall, dry air, and moderate to strong winds. These characteristics describe |
weather...refers to atmospheric ocurences as they occur on a day to day basis. |
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The climate of America's southeast region is warm and dry whereas the climate of America's Northeast region is cool and damp. |
climate example |
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which of the following statements is not true? |
Sections of DNA molecule that determine specific traits. |
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cancers and hereditary diseases... |
cannot be infectous |
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global warming |
carbon dioxide and methane |
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acid rain |
sulfur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide |
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ozone depletion |
chlorofluorocarbons and sunlight |
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aurora borealis |
solar flares and magnetism |
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the most effective way to introduce first grade readers to a new book is... |
describe the content the book and ask them what it reminds them of. |
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which of the following elements of literature are characterized by ordering of events and actions to achieve a particular artistic effect? |
plot |
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which of the following instructional strategies represents the most effective use of literature to promote students respect and appreciation for diversty? |
including texts by and about people of diverse cultures throughout the general language arts program. |
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which of the following functional texts would be most effective for finding information about the etymology of a particular word? |
dictionary |
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As a pre-writing strategy, semantic mapping is most likely to be most effective as a strategy for facilitating students abilty to? |
activate prior knowledge and pre-existing vocabulary in relation to a topic. |
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a fifth grade class is beginning to work on individual reports on self selected science topics. The teacher would like to reinforce the research skills of students as they work on their reports. Which of the following would be the most effective way for the teacher to address the goal? |
have students write questions about their topics and make notes as they find the answer to each question. |
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which of the following revisions would best improve the unity of this text? |
delete sentence five |
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which of the following verb changes should be made to the passage? |
change will have scrambled to scramled. |
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when revising a paper for this new, less formal context, she should plan to? |
modify the papers vocabulary, syntax and organizational structure. |
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some common vowel patterns are associated with more than one vowel pronunciation. Which of the following nonsense words illustrates a vowel pattern that is highly consistent? |
troan |
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which of the following statements best explains how knowing a language that is historically related to English can faciliatate an individuals aquisition of English as a second laguage? |
many words and roots are likely to have similiar spellings and meanings in English and in the individual's first language. |
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an extensive oral vocabulary is most likey to contribute to readers decoding skills by helping the reader? |
recognize a word after sounding it out |
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which sentence most strongly suggests that the speech is persuasive in its intent? |
It is a bitter irony that the only other U.S citizens who are denied full voting rights are convcted felons. |
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Which of the following best describes the geographical setting in which the first civilizations of Asia and Africa emerged? |
river valleys where there was an abundance of fertile soil and fresh water. |
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Which of the following was the main reason that the author's of the declaration employed the language used in the exerpt above? |
to link the demnds of women to the grievances of the revolutionary generation. |
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which of the following best describes a shared function of the mission, the presedio, and the pueblo in early california history? |
to maintain social order |
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If no candidate for president of the United States recives majority votes from the electoral college, the election is decided by which of the following? |
the house of representatives |
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To become part of the U.S. constitution a proposed ammendement must be.. |
approved by two thirds in each house of congress and ratified by three fourths of the states. |
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According to the fifth Amendment t the U.S. constitution "I no case shall private porperty be taken for private use, without just compensation. Why was this included in the bill of rights? |
to regulate the governments power of eminent domain |