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Question 1

Early scientists thought that all dinosaurs, like the majority of reptiles, laid eggs that they soon abandoned. Young that had just hatched were left unattended. The recent discovery of a number of nests, however, has disproved this notion. The nests, which housed petrified dinosaur babies that were not yet born, showed that dinosaur parents did, in fact, take care of their offspring. The newborns would remain at the nest for a while while the parents brought sustenance in the form of plant material back to the nest. Until they were big enough to travel securely on their own, the young stayed at home.

The passage is primarily concerned with

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discussing recent findings about dinosaurs' behavior

Answer

The passage begins by stating an old belief about dinosaur behavior (abandoning eggs) and then immediately introduces 'the recent discovery of a number of nests' that 'disproved this notion.' The remainder of the text elaborates on these new findings, explaining how they revealed that dinosaur parents actually cared for their offspring. Therefore, the primary focus is on presenting and explaining these new scientific discoveries regarding dinosaur parental behavior.

Question 2

Early scientists thought that all dinosaurs, like the majority of reptiles, laid eggs that they soon abandoned. Young that had just hatched were left unattended. The recent discovery of a number of nests, however, has disproved this notion. The nests, which housed petrified dinosaur babies that were not yet born, showed that dinosaur parents did, in fact, take care of their offspring. The newborns would remain at the nest for a while while the parents brought sustenance in the form of plant material back to the nest. Until they were big enough to travel securely on their own, the young stayed at home.

The discovery of a group of dinosaur nests challenged the idea that dinosaurs

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deserted their young

Answer

The passage explicitly states that 'Early scientists thought that all dinosaurs...laid eggs that they soon abandoned' and that 'Young that had just hatched were left unattended.' It then clarifies that 'The recent discovery of a number of nests, however, has disproved this notion.' This directly indicates that the new findings challenged the idea that dinosaurs deserted or abandoned their young, instead showing evidence of parental care.

Question 3

What inference can be made from the information shown in the graph above?

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The number of Japanese American businesses in Los Angeles and San Francisco increased greatly from 1900 to 1909

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To infer that the number of Japanese American businesses increased greatly from 1900 to 1909, the graph (not provided, but implied by the question) would display data points for both cities at both years, showing a clear upward trend in the number of businesses. This type of inference requires comparing data across different time points for specific categories presented in the visual representation.

Question 4

Despite the fact that many American science-fiction authors now produce books for young readers, few of them make use of the genre's creative freedom. Young-adult science fiction hasn't focused much on technological marvels, intergalactic travel, or discovering new worlds in space since the 1970s. The majority of the works serve as warnings against rigid, conformist cultures or the emergence of savagery. As a reader, I find science fiction to be significantly less intriguing now as a result of this development.

Which of the following passage's sentences is most obviously an opinion statement as opposed to a fact?

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"This change...to be."

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An opinion statement expresses a personal belief or judgment, often indicated by subjective language. The sentence 'As a reader, I find science fiction to be significantly less intriguing now as a result of this development' clearly uses the phrase 'I find,' which signals a personal preference and subjective evaluation. This makes it an opinion, as it cannot be objectively proven or disproven, unlike the other sentences which describe observable trends or characteristics of the genre.

Question 5

How many more votes were cast for the park as a class trip activity in the graph above than the mall?

Accepted Answer

2

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To determine how many more votes the park received than the mall, one would locate the number of votes for 'park' and the number of votes for 'mall' on the provided graph (not provided, but implied by the question). Then, subtract the number of votes for the mall from the number of votes for the park. The difference between these two values, according to the correct answer, is 2.

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