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SCULPTOR is to CLAY as AUTHOR is to:
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Correct answer: A - Words
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SCULPTOR is to CLAY as AUTHOR is to:
Correct answer: A - Words
Which word does NOT belong with the others?
Correct answer: D - Stare
Every member of the chess club attends Lincoln Middle School. Deval attends Lincoln Middle School. If the first two statements are true, the third statement, "Deval is a member of the chess club," is:
Correct answer: C - Uncertain
The word SCARCE is most nearly OPPOSITE in meaning to:
Correct answer: D - Abundant
What number should come next in this series? 2, 9, 4, 8, 6, 7, 8, ___
Correct answer: B - 6
Examine (a), (b), and (c) and select the best answer. (a) two-fifths of 60 (b) 30% of 80 (c) 4 x 6
Correct answer: D - (a), (b), and (c) are all equal
What number is 6 more than one-third of 45?
Correct answer: C - 21
In triangle ABC, angle A measures 50 degrees and angle B measures 60 degrees. Examine (a), (b), and (c) and select the best answer. (a) the measure of angle A (b) the measure of angle B (c) the measure of angle C
Correct answer: C - (c) is greater than (a) and (b)
Read the passage and answer the question. For centuries, sailors reported seeing enormous squid attacking ships, and naturalists dismissed the stories as exaggeration. No scientist had ever observed a giant squid alive. That changed in 2004, when Japanese researchers lowered a baited camera nearly 3,000 feet into the Pacific and captured the first photographs of one in its own habitat. The images confirmed something the old sailors' tales had gotten wrong: the animal did not attack. It hunted patiently, using two long feeding tentacles to seize prey. Since then, deep-sea cameras have revealed dozens of species that no net had ever brought to the surface intact. The ocean floor, it turns out, was never empty. It was simply out of reach. What is the main idea of the passage?
Correct answer: B - Deep-sea technology revealed ocean life earlier observers could not study.
Read the passage and answer the question. For centuries, sailors reported seeing enormous squid attacking ships, and naturalists dismissed the stories as exaggeration. No scientist had ever observed a giant squid alive. That changed in 2004, when Japanese researchers lowered a baited camera nearly 3,000 feet into the Pacific and captured the first photographs of one in its own habitat. The images confirmed something the old sailors' tales had gotten wrong: the animal did not attack. It hunted patiently, using two long feeding tentacles to seize prey. Since then, deep-sea cameras have revealed dozens of species that no net had ever brought to the surface intact. The ocean floor, it turns out, was never empty. It was simply out of reach. Which statement can be inferred from the passage?
Correct answer: B - Nets often damaged deep-sea specimens before cameras were used.
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