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Academic Team

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A subway system is expanded to provide service to a growing suburb. A bike-sharing program is adopted to encourage nonmotorized transportation.To alleviate rush hour traffic jams in a congested downtown area, stoplight timing is coordinated.


Which choice best maintains the sentence pattern already established in the paragraph?

a)

NO CHANGE

b)

Coordinating stoplight timing can help alleviate rush hour traffic jams in a congested downtown area.

c)

Stoplight timing is coordinated to alleviate rush hour traffic jams in a congested downtown area.

d)

n a congested downtown area, stoplight timing is coordinated to alleviate rush hour traffic jams.

2.

When any one of these changes occur, it is likely the result of careful analysis conducted by transportation planners.

a)

NO CHANGE

b)

occur, they are

c)

occurs, they are

d)

occurs, it is

3.

The work of transportation planners generally includes evaluating current transportation needs, assessing the effectiveness of existing facilities, and improving those facilities or they design new ones.

a)

NO CHANGE

b)

to design

c)

designing

d)

design

4.

Most transportation planners work in or near cities, but some are employed in rural areas. Say, for example, a large factory is built on the outskirts of a small town. Traffic to and from that location would increase at the beginning and end of work shifts.


Which choice results in the most effective transition to the information that follows in the paragraph?

a)

NO CHANGE

b)

where job opportunities are more plentiful.

c)

and the majority are employed by government agencie

d)

DELETE the underlined portion and end the sentence with a period.

5.

The transportation planner’s job,might involve conducting a traffic count to determine the daily number of vehicles traveling on the road to the new factory.

a)

NO CHANGE

b)

planner’s job

c)

planners job,

d)

planners job

6.

What was a smaller scale war in a series of larger wars fought by the British and the French.

a)

Revolutionary War

b)

Seven years war

c)

French and Indian War

d)

Spanish American War

7.

The 13th,14th, and 15th amendments most impacted what groups?

a)

Whites

b)

Black

c)

Hispanic

d)

Immigrants

8.

America traditionally has had problems with these immigrants. Pick all that apply

a)

German

b)

Italian

c)

French

d)

Mexican

e)

Chinese

9.

How many Presidents have been removed from power

a)

0

b)

1

c)

2

d)

3

10.

America became a world power after this war

a)

Spanish-American War

b)

Mexican War

c)

World War I

d)

World War II

11.

What are Newtons Laws of motion

a)

Force=Mass* Acceleration

b)

For every action there's an equal and opposite reaction

c)

Weight is acceleration due to gravity

d)

An object in rest will remain in rest until acted on by an outside force

e)

Energy cannot be created or destroyed only transfered

12.

What is pH range of milk?

a)

Acidic

b)

Slightly Acidic

c)

Neutral

d)

Slightly Basic

e)

Basic

13.

Noble gases are inert because they have completed outer electron shells. Which of these elements isn't a noble gas?

a)

Helium

b)

Chlorine

c)

Krypton

d)

Argon

14.

Both somatic cells and gametes undergo division, what is that name

a)

Mitosis

b)

Meiosis

c)

Mitosis/ Meiosis

d)

Meiosis/ Mitosis

15.

The human body has 46 chromosomes. While undergoing meiosis it divides 4 times. How many chromosomes are in each gamete?

a)

46

b)

23

c)

11

d)

7

16.

An Arizona company recalled 6.5 million pounds of ..?.. due to an outbreak of salmonella.

a)

cheese

b)

lettuce

c)

dog food

d)

beef

17.

Meng Hongwei, the head of ..?.., resigned his post after being detained in China.

a)

WTO

b)

Interpol

c)

the ICC

d)

the IMF

18.

An eight-year-old girl pulled a 1,500 year-old Iron Age ..?.. out of a lake in Sweden.

a)

helmet

b)

hammer

c)

pitcher

d)

Sword

19.

Far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro won the first round of ..?..’s divisive presidential election, but failed to get the 50% of the vote needed to avoid a runoff, which will be held in three weeks.

a)

Argentina

b)

Chile

c)

Brazil

d)

Panama

20.

A white police officer from ..?..who shot and killed African American teen Laquan MacDonald 4 years ago, was convicted of second-degree murder.

a)

Los Angeles

b)

St. Louis

c)

Chicago

d)

Miami