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Wich of te following best describes the topic of the passage?

Fort Knox, Kentucky, is the site of a U.S. army post, but it is even more renowned for the Fort Knox Bullion Depository, the massive vault that contains the bulk of the U.S. government's gold deposits.

Completed in 1936, the vault is housed in a two-story buildings constructed of granite, steel, and concrete, the vault itself is made of steel and concrete and has a door that weighs more than twenty tons. Naturally. the most up-to-date security devices available are in place at Fort Knox, and the army post nearby provides further protection.

• The city of fort Knox, Kentucky

• The federal gold depository

• The U.S. army post at Fort Knox

• Gold bullion

Wich of the following would be the best title for this passage?

Fort Knox, Kentucky, is the site of a U.S. army post, but it is even more renowned for the Fort Knox Bullion Depository, the massive vault that contains the bulk of the U.S. government's gold deposits.

Completed in 1936, the vault is housed in a two-story buildings constructed of granite, steel, and concrete, the vault itself is made of steel and concrete and has a door that weighs more than twenty tons. Naturally. the most up-to-date security devices available are in place at Fort Knox, and the army post nearby provides further protection.

• The massive concrete vault

• Fort Knox security

• Where the U.S. keeps its gold

• A visit to Kentucky

Wich of the following best states the subject of this passage?

One identifying characteristic of minerals is their relative hardness, which can be determined by scratching one mineral with another. In this type of test, a harder mineral can scratch a softer one, but a softer mineral is unable to scratch the harder one. The Mohs' hardness scale is used to rank minerals according to hardness. Ten minerals are listed in this scale, ranging from tale with hardness of 1 to diamond with a hardness of 1scale, ranging from tale with hardness of 1 to diamond with a hardness of 10. On this scale, quartz (number 7) is harder than feldspar (number 6) and is therefore able to scratch it; however, feldspar is unable to make a mark on quartz.

• The hardness of diamonds

• Identifying minerals by means of a scratch test

• Feldspar on the Mohos´ scale

• Recognizing minerals in their natural state

The main idea of this passage is that?

One identifying characteristic of minerals is their relative hardness, which can be determined by scratching one mineral with another. In this type of test, a harder mineral can scratch a softer one, but a softer mineral is unable to scratch the harder one. The Mohs' hardness scale is used to rank minerals according to hardness. Ten minerals are listed in this scale, ranging from tale with hardness of 1 to diamond with a hardness of 1scale, ranging from tale with hardness of 1 to diamond with a hardness of 10. On this scale, quartz (number 7) is harder than feldspar (number 6) and is therefore able to scratch it; however, feldspar is unable to make a mark on quartz.

• The hardness of a mineral can be determined by its ability to make a mark on other minerals

• diamonds, with a hardness of 10 on the Mohos´s scale, can scratch all other minerals

• a softer mineral cannot be scratched by a harder mineral

• talc is the firts mineral listed on the Mohs´ scale

The passage mainly discusses

Hurricanes generally occur in the North Atlantic from May through November, with the peak of the hurricane season in September, only rarely will tricur from December through April in that part of the burina The main reason for the occurrence of uricanes during this period is that the temperature or the water's surface is at is warmest and the humout five, e air is at its highest. Of the tropical storms that octer sach year in the North Atlantic, only a topical son the average, are powerful enough to be a thad our each teare cassified as a hurricane, a to pral som must have winds reaching spot beacalast can easily surpass 240 kilometers per hour.

• how many hurricanes occur each year

• the strength of hurricanes

• the weather in the North Atlantic

• hurricanes in one part of the world

the best title for this passage would be

• the north atlantic ocean

• storms of the northern atlantic

• hurricane: the damage and destruction

• what happens from may through november

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According to the passage, Williamsburg is located

• on an island

• in the middle of a river

• where the York and the James meet

• on a piece of land with rivers on two sides

The passage indicates that Jamestown

• was settled in 1633

• was settled twenty-six years after Williamsburg

• was the firs permanent English colony in America

• was originally named Middle Plantation

The passage states that the name Middle Plantation

• is a more recent name than Williamsburg

• derived from the location of the colony on the peninsula

• Prefers to the middle part of England that was home to the colonists

• was given to the new colony because it was located in the middle of several plantations

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