Which of the following should NOT be included in the opening paragraph of an informative essay?

Details and examples supporting the main idea

Economics is best described as:

beings use limit things supply their necessities

The literary device of personification is used in which example below?

“Happiness sped through the halls cajoling as it went.”

representing spoken language through the written symbols

How did the United States acquire Florida from Spain?

Spain ceded it to the U.S. following the War of 1812.

Which of the following indicates that a student is a fluent reader?

Reads texts with expression or prosody

Which one of the following would NOT be considered a result of World War II?

Economic depression and slow resumption of trade and fin.aid

Which is NOT listed as a common difficulty in early childhood literacy programs?

Large-group cooperation with peers

All of the following were causes of the American Revolution EXCEPT:

The colonists wanted more schools.

A method of language through the use of written symbols

Identify the correct sequence of organization of living things from lower to higher order:

Cell, tissue, organ, organelle, system, organism

Which of the following is NOT considered ethical behavior for a scientist?

Publishing work with an incomplete list of citations

Middle and high school students are more receptive to studying grammar and syntax:

Through application to their own writing

What is the scientific method?

open inquiry and repeatable results to establish theories

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1
Which of the following should NOT be included in the opening paragraph of an informative essay?
Details and examples supporting the main idea
A broad general introduction to the topic
A style and tone that grabs the reader’s attention
Thesis sentence
2
Economics is best described as:
beings use limit things supply their necessities
different political systems produce goods and services
The study of how money is used in different societies
human beings have develop trading practices through the year
3
The literary device of personification is used in which example below?
“Happiness sped through the halls cajoling as it went.”
“And that one talent which is death to hide
“Beg me no beggary by soul or parents, whining dog!”
“O wind thy horn, thou proud fellow.”
4
Orthography is:
The complete set word forms associated with a given lexeme
word formation that combines word into single compound form
The study of word structure
representing spoken language through the written symbols
5
How did the United States acquire Florida from Spain?
British and became part of the original thirteen colonies
It was captured from Spain after the Spanish-American War
Spain ceded it to the U.S. following the War of 1812.
America acquired it after World War I.
6
All of the following are true about phonological awareness EXCEPT:
It starts before letter recognition is taught.
children can do it with their eyes closed.
It is a prerequisite for spelling and phonics.
It may involve print
7
The westward expansion occurred for a number of reasons; however, the most important reason was
Slavery
Independence
Colonization
Economics
8
A combination of three or more tones sounded at the same time is called a:
Consonance
Chord
Harmony
Dissonance
9
Which of the following are examples of research materials that are available to use?
Card catalogs
Internet search engines
All of the above
Encyclopedias
10
Which atomic particles have a positive charge?
Nucleus
Neutrons
Protons
Electrons
11
An item that sells for $375.00 is put on sale at $120.00. What is the percentage of decrease?
68%
34%
25%
28%
12
Which of the following is an opinion?
Albany is the capital of New York State.
Humans breathe.
The sky is blue
A dog is the best pet to have.
13
The transfer of heat by electromagnetic waves is called __________ .
Radiation
Phase change
Conduction
Convection
14
Three-dimensional figures in geometry are called:
Solids
Cubes
Blocks
Polygons
15
When planning a family budget, decisions must include
Needs and wants
Credit rating
Scarcity
The stock market
16
0.16 is equivalent to:
16/10
16%
1.6
16
17
A student’s motor development is influenced by:
Culture
Family
Environment
All of the above
18
What measure could be used to report the distance traveled in walking around a track?
Degrees
Kilometers
Square meters
Cubic feet
19
Bunsen burners, graphing calculators, computers, and multimedia are examples of:
No specific grouping
All of the above
Items used only in high school programs
Technology used in science
20
Which of the following indicates that a student is a fluent reader?
Reads texts with expression or prosody
In a writing , sentences are poorly organized structurally
Reads word to word and haltingly
Must intentionally decode a majority of the words
21
The theory of seafloor spreading explains __________.
The shapes of the continents
How continents sink to become part of the ocean floor
How continents got named
How continents move apart
22
Which one of the following would NOT be considered a result of World War II?
Western Europe no longer the center of world power
The beginnings of new power struggles not only in Europeasia
Economic depression and slow resumption of trade and fin.aid
Territorial and boundary changes for many nations,europe
23
Which of the following is controlled by the researcher?
A dependent variable
An independent variable
A control
A live specimen
24
The arrangement and relationship of words in sentences or sentence structure best describes:
Style
Discourse
Syntax
Thesis
25
regular repetition of a given element most commonly serves as a feeling of:
Rhythm
Dominance
Dissonance
Contrast
26
Look at this number: 4,087,361 What number represents the ten-thousands place?
8
6
4
0
27
Which is NOT listed as a common difficulty in early childhood literacy programs?
Frustration understanding text
Difficulty maintaining concentration
. Limited vocabulary
Large-group cooperation with peers
28
All of the following are true about phonological awareness EXCEPT:
It starts before letter recognition is taught.
It may involve print
It is a prerequisite for spelling and phonics.
Activities can be done by the children with their eyes close
29
Which civilization invented the wheel?
Assyrian
Roman
Sumerian
Egyptian
30
Which of the following contains an error in possessive inflection?
Children’s lunches
Mother’s-in-law frown
Doris’s shawl
Ambassador’s briefcase
31
The mass of a cookie is closest to:
0.5 grams
0.5 kg
1.5 grams
15 grams
32
Which of the following psychosocial influences is NOT negative?
Adherence to exercise
Avoidance of problems
. Role conflict
Ego-centeredness
33
Injury prevention includes:
All of the above
Standards and education
Participant screening
Discipline and conditioning
34
All of the following were causes of the American Revolution EXCEPT:
The Stamp Act
The Tea Act of 1773
The colonists were forced to house English troops
The colonists wanted more schools.
35
Which document includes the freedom of religion and right to trial by jury?
Gettysburg Address
Articles of Confederation
Bill of Rights
Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech
36
Which of the following is anexample of nonfictionliterature?
All of the above
Letters
Journals
Biographies
37
What cell organelle contains the cell’s stored food?
. Ribosomes
Golgi apparatus
Lysosomes
Vacuoles
38
The arrangement and relationship of words in sentences or sentence structure best describes:
Thesis
Discourse
Syntax
Style
39
Orthography is:
The completeassociated with a given lexeme
The study of word structure
A method of language through the use of written symbols
word formation that involves combinin a single compound form
40
Activities of interpreting audio, visual, and tactile stimuli are
Reflex movements
Locomotor movements
Perceptual abilities
Skilled movements
41
Identify the correct sequence of organization of living things from lower to higher order:
Cell, organelle, organ, tissue, system, organism
Cell, tissue, organ, organelle, system, organism
Organelle, cell, tissue, organ, system, organism
Organelle, tissue, cell, organ, system, organism
42
In similar polygons, if the perimeters are in a ratio of x:y, the sides are in a ratio of
2x:y
x2:y2
1/2 x:y
x:y
43
Which of the following is NOT considered ethical behavior for a scientist?
Pub data before other scientists have a chance to replicate
. Collaborating with other scientists from different labs
Publishing work with an incomplete list of citations
Using unpublished data and citing the source
44
Which of the following mostly addresses grammatical and technical errors?
Proofreading
Editing
Rough-draft writing
Revising
45
To encode means that you:
Construct meaning from a code
Decode a second time
None of the above
Tell someone a message
46
Middle and high school students are more receptive to studying grammar and syntax:
Through application to their own writing
Through worksheets and endof-lesson practices in textbooks
Through independent homework assignments
analytical examination of the writings of famous authors
47
What is the scientific method?
process of doing an experimentand writing a laboratory repor
The process of recording data and observations
of reinforcing scientific principles by confirming results
open inquiry and repeatable results to establish theories
48
NOT one of the metalinguistic abilities acquired by children from early involvement in reading
Functions of print
Word consciousness
Conventions of print
Spelling fluency
49
When planning physical education activities teachers should consider:
Community resources
All of the above
Availability and cost of equipment
Student safety
50
Sitting, crawling, and creeping develop after
Balancing
Simple reflexes
Climbing
Late childhood
51
Which of the following contributed to the severity of the Great Depression in California?
An influx of Mexican immigrants
The Dust Bowl drove people out of the cities
An influx of Okies
An influx of Chinese immigrants
52
All of the following are correctly punctuated EXCEPT:
“The policeman apprehended the criminals last night.”
“The book is on the table,” said Bill’s mother.
“Who would like to sing ‘The Star Spangled Banner’?”
I was embarrassed when Jo said, “The started an hour ago!”
53
In the visual arts, works that project a design from the center axis are said to have:
Radial balance
Symmetrical balance
Horizontal balance
Asymmetrical balance
54
The Bill of Rights consists of which amendments to the U.S. Constitution?
Amendments 1 and 2
. Amendments 1-22
Amendments 1-5
Amendments 1-10
55
If the radius of a right circular cylinder is doubled, how does its volume change?
Four times the original
No change
Pi times the original
Also doubles
56
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a fable?
Teaches a moral or standard for behavior
Illustrates specific people or groups without directly namin
Happy solutions to human dilemmas
Animals that feel and talk like humans
57
Which of the following indicates that a student is a fluent reader?
Reads texts with expression or prosody
Must intentionally decode a majority of the words
sentences are poorly organized structurally
Reads word to word and haltingly
58
Which is NOT a true statement about crafts?
Students experiment with their own creativity
. Self-expression is encouraged
Outcome is predetermined
Products are unique and different
59
measuring the growth of bacteria at different temperatures, what is the independent variable?
Size of bacteria
Growth rate of bacteria
Temperature
Number of bacteria
60
Improved cardio-respiratory fitness and lower resting heart rate can result from:
diet
exercises
rest
education
61
All of the following are natural resources EXCEPT:
trees
paper
fish
coal
62
Which of the following reading strategies calls for higherorder cognitive skills?
Monitoring
Summarizing
Making inferences
Making predictions
63
Which is NOT a true statement concerning an author’s literary tone?
Tone is partly revealed through the selection of details.
Tone of the author’s attitude toward subject.
Tone in literature to the tone of voice a speaker uses
Tone in literature is usually satiric or angry.
64
What is the greatest common factor of 16, 28, and 36?
16
2
8
4
65
What is the Pax Romana?
A period of war when theRomans expanded theirempire
A time when the government was overruled
The Roman government
A long free travel and trade, spreading people, cultures,
66
Social skills and values developed by activity include all of the following EXCEPT:
Communicating and cooperating
Making judgments in groups
Respecting rules and property
Winning at all costs
67
The quality of sound is the definition of:
Melody
Harmony
Timbre
Rhythm
68
Which of the following is an example of alliteration?
“Both in one faith unanimous; though sad”
In earliest Greece to these with partial choice.”
“The City’s voice itself is soft like Solitude.”
“By all their country’s wishes blest!”
69
Which of the following is a fact?
John is a liar.
Joe said he believes John is a liar
The world is going to the dogs.
It’s going to rain.
70
Which of the following is NOT a reason why Europeans came to the New World?
To establish trade
To spread Christianity
To find resources in order to increase wealth
To increase a ruler’s power and importance
71
what word is a bound morpheme? “The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.”
jumped
fox
The
lazy
72
Accepted procedures include preparing solutions with __________
Distilled water
Hydrochloric acid
Tap water
Alcohol
73
Which of the following reading strategies is NOT associated with fluent reading abilities?
Reading sentences word by word
Pronouncing unfamiliar words by finding similarities
Establishing a purpose for reading
Formulating questions about the text while reading
74
The belief that the United States should control all of North America was called:
Manifest Destiny
Westward Expansion
Pan-Americanism
Nationalism
75
A series of single tones which add up to a recognizable sound is called a
Sequence
Cadence
Melody
Rhythm
76
right triangle has legs with the measu of 3 cm and 4 cm, what is the measure of the hypotenuse?
7 cm
1 cm
6 cm
5 cm
77
Common percussion instruments include:
Oboe, clarinet, andsaxophone
Xylophone, tambourine, and bells
Viola, cello, and piano
Trumpet, trombone, and tuba
78
Assessment feedback should be:
All of the above
Constructive
Specific
Timely
79
Choose the set in which the members are not equivalent.
3/8, 0.385, 38.5%
7/10, 0.7, 70%
1/2, 0.5, 50%
10/5, 2.0, 200%
80
Enzymes speed up reactions by __________ .
Lowering energy of activation
Lowering pH, allowing reaction speed to increase
. Increasing volume of substrate
Utilizing ATP
81
Reading a piece of student writing to assess the overall impression of the product is:
Analytical evaluation
Using a performance system
Portfolio assessment
Holistic evaluation
82
__________ lines do NOT intersect.
Parallel
Perpendicular
Skew
Intersecting
83
The following are examples of chemical reactions EXCEPT:
Burning a piece of plastic
Dissolving a seltzer tablet in water
Melting ice into water
Using a firecracker
84
Which of the following types of rock are made from magma?
Metamorphic
Fossils
Igneous
Sedimentary
85
Sound waves are produced by __________.
Sonar
Vibrations
Noise
Pitch
86
Which set illustrates a function?
{ (1, 2) (2, 3) (3, 4) (1, 4) }
{ (2, 4) (3, 6) (4, 8) (4, 16) }
{ (3, 9) (-3, 9) (4,16) (-4, 16)}
{ (0,1) (0, 2) (0, 3) (0, 4) }
87
The components of nutrition are carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins, minerals, and:
flavor
water
salt
iron
88
Given even numbers x and y, which could be the least common multiple of x and y?
xy
2xy
4xy
xy/2
89
Activities that enhance team socialization include all of the following EXCEPT:
Basketball
Soccer
Volleyball
Golf
90
A test is most likely to be biased if:
It requires knowledge from out-of-school experiences.
It is teacher-made
It tests discrete items taught
It requires written response.
91
Which kingdom comprises organisms made of one cell with no nuclear membrane?
Algae
Protista
Fungi
Monera
92
The “divine right” of kings was the key political characteristic of the:
Age of Absolutism
Age of Reason
Age of Despotism
Age of Feudalism
93
To decode is to:
Sound out a printed sequence of letters
None of the above
Use a special code to decipher a message
Construct meaning
94
What are the three branches of the United States government?
Executive, judicial, state governments
Legislative, executive, foreign trade
Legislative, judicial, international affairs
Legislative, executive, judicial
95
Alternative assessment in math may include:
Student explanation of reasoning behind the answer
Multimedia
Analysis of data
All of the above
96
U.S. concern about the possible spread of communism is most closely associated with:
World War I
The Korean War
The Civil War
The Vietnam War
97
What is the probability of drawing two consecutive aces from a standard deck of cards?
1/221
3/51
2/52
2/104
98
Who was the principal writer of the Declaration of Independence?
Patrick Henry
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
99
area of a rectangle if the base is 8 cm and the diagonal of the rectangle is 8.5 cm:
30 cm²
24 cm
18.9 cm²
24 cm²
100
Which of the following is NOT considered ethical behavior for a scientist?
Using unpublished data and citing the source
Publishing data before other scientists have had a chance to
Publishing work with an incomplete list of citations
Collaborating with other scientists from different labs
101
Which of the following is NOT a strategy of teaching reading comprehension?
Utilizing graphic organizers
. Having students generate questions
Manipulating sounds
Summarization
102
What is the area of a square whose side is 13 feet?
169 feet
169 square feet
52 square feet
52 feet
103
Which scientist is credited with launching the Scientific Revolution in the sixteenth century?
Johannes Kepler
Roger Bacon
Nicolaus Copernicus
Isaac Newton
104
A simile is:
A direct comparison between two things
Deliberate exaggeration for effect or comic effect
human characteristics are applied to things that arent human
An indirect comparison between two things
105
To decode is to:
Sound out a printed sequenceof letters
None of the above
Construct meaning
Use a special code to decipher a message
106
Which of the following is NOT a technique of prewriting?
Brainstorming
Listing
Clustering
Proofreading
107
Which war took the most American lives in American history?
World War I
Civil War
World War II
Revolutionary War
108
All of the following are correctly capitalized EXCEPT:
the president of the United States
Queen Elizabeth
commander Alger
Congressman McKay
109
Which parts of an atom are located inside the nucleus?
Protons only
Electrons and neutrons
Protons and neutrons
Neutrons only
110
The cold war involved which two countries that emerged from World War II as world powers?
China and Japan
England and Brazil
United States and the Soviet Union
Afghanistan and the United States
111
Which best describes differentiated instruction in reading? (Rigorous)
Novel study
Student workbooks
Whole-group instruction
Instruction based on a student’s strengths
112
The measure of the pull of the Earth’s gravity on an object is called __________.
Weight
Atomic number
Mass
Mass number
113
Find the midpoint of (2, 5) and (7, -4).
(9, -1)
(5, 9)
(9/2, 1/2)
(9/2, -1/2)
114
examples of ongoing informal assessment techniques used to observe student progress EXCEPT:
Analyses of student work product
Observation of students
Effective questioning
Collection of data from assessment tests
115
Which of the following is an untrue statement about a theme in literature?
All parts of the work should contribute to the theme.
The theme is always stated directly somewhere in the text.
the reader should arrive at an indirectly stated theme
The theme is the central idea in a literary work.
116
_ is a tough band of fibrous connective tissue that connects muscle to bone or muscle to muscle
Cartilage
A tendon
A ligament
A joint
117
To encode means that you
None of the above
Construct meaning from a code
Decode a second time
Tell someone a message
118
For the historian studying ancient Egypt, which of the following would be least useful?
Inscriptions from the Fourteenth Dynasty of Egypt
The record of a Greek historian on GreekEgyptian interaction
Letters from an Egyptian ruler to his/her regional governors
Letters from a nineteenthcentury Egyptologist to his wife
119
A series of single tones which add up to a recognizable sound is called a:
Rhythm
Cadence
Sequence
. Melody
120
The number 0 is a member of all of the following groups of numbers EXCEPT:
Whole numbers
Real numbers
Integers
Natural numbers
121
The peripheral nervous system consists of:
Nerves
Large organs
None of the above
The eyes
122
Goal setting should include
Small, short-term steps
All of the above
Rewards
. Realistic planning
123
Issues such as cloning and genetic engineering fall in the area of
. Biology
Biotechnology
Technology
Chemistry
124
Which of the following reading strategies is NOT associated with fluent reading abilities?
Pronouncing unfamiliar words by finding same w familiar word
Formulating questions about the text while reading
Establishing a purpose for reading
Reading sentences word by word

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