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Events that explains why something happens.

• Contrast 
• Cause 
• Problem 
• Compare

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Every day after work Paul took his muddy boots off on the steps of the front porch.  Alice would have a fit if the boots made it so far as the welcome mat.  He then took off his dusty overalls and threw them into a plastic garbage bag; Alice left a new garbage bag tied to the porch railing for him every morning.  On his way in the house, he dropped the garbage bag off at the washing machine and went straight up the stairs to the shower as he was instructed.  He would eat dinner with her after he was "presentable," as Alice had often said.  
What type of relationship do Paul and Alice have?

• They are brother and sister
• They are neighbors
• They are colleagues
• They are husband and wife

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Which of the following was NOT served at the Pilgrims' Thanksgiving meal?

• Cranberries, corn, and mashed potatoes
• Rabbit, chicken, wild turkey, and dried fruit
• Venison (deer meat), fish, goose

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Which analogy is an example of a type/kind relationship?

• school : punishment
• pencil : paper
• rose : flower
• knee : leg

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How were the cows responsible for the wood being left alone? 

• The cows trod out the road that led to the village, and they went around the wood instead of through it
• The cows were always in the wood, so no one went inside to bother them
• The cows had trampled all of the grass in the wood, so nothing grew there
• The cows were always blocking the road that led through the wood, so no one could get inside

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How does August's condition directly affect Via's future?

• She'll always be associated with his condition.
• She'll have to help him recover from surgeries.
• She will have to live with him.
• She won't have children.

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Thomas Edison : inventor :: _____________ : president

• Rosa Parks

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• LeBron James

• George Washington

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Which of the following statements contains a cause-effect relationship?

• Since the fire went out, the mosquitoes started pestering Brian.

• The insane moose turned and walked away.

• The whining sound grew louder and louder as the tornado drew closer to Brian.

• Brian could see the tail of the plane sticking out of the lake.

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The Dinka and Nuer ___________________

• are rival tribes.

• have a history of violence between each other.

• move depending on the seasons to have access to water.

• all of the above.

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Imagine you are caught outside in a thunderstorm. As lightning flashes in the sky, you see something mysterious close to the ground. It looks like a white hot ball of electricity. It floats toward you, and then, suddenly, it shoots sparks of electricity at you!

If you were to see something like this, you would not be alone. About 1 in 150 people believe they have seen balls of lightning. They have been written about as many as 10,000 times. According to these reports, the size of the balls is between a tennis ball and a beach ball. The balls usually burn for 10 seconds or so before they disappear. They are also extremely hot and can burn people if touched.

For hundreds of years, no one could explain "ball lightning." Then, in 2007, a team of Brazilian scientists tried to figure it out. They decided that metal elements in soil can combine with lightning to make vapor. If lightning strikes the ground, it creates this vapor. The vapor then combines with oxygen and starts to burn.

To test this idea, the scientists used metals like the kind found in soil. They shocked the metals with electricity. Doing this, they were able to create balls of lightning that burned for as long as eight seconds! As a result, many scientists now agree that "ball lightning" is no longer a mystery.

Scientists "shocked the metals with electricity" because

• metals begin to melt when they combine with oxygen.

• the lightning balls do not burn when they are shocked.

• metals can combine with electricity to make vapor.

• shocking metal keeps the lab from getting too hot.

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