General Education Flashcards

A student solves: 3x − 7 = 14 and gets x = 7. Which step verifies the solution?

Answer: Substitute 7 for x: 3(7) − 7 = 21 − 7 = 14 ✓

Substituting x = 7 back into the original equation confirms the solution when both sides are equal.

Which literary device is used when an author gives human qualities to a non-human subject, as in 'The wind whispered through the trees'?

Answer: Personification

Personification assigns human characteristics or actions (whispering) to non-human entities (wind).

On a map with a scale of 1 inch = 50 miles, two cities are 3.5 inches apart. What is the actual distance?

Answer: 175 miles

Multiply the map distance by the scale factor: 3.5 × 50 = 175 miles.

Which type of rock is formed from the cooling and solidification of magma or lava?

Answer: Igneous

Igneous rocks form when molten rock (magma underground or lava at the surface) cools and solidifies.

The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects all of the following EXCEPT:

Answer: The right to bear arms

The right to bear arms is protected by the Second Amendment, not the First, which covers speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition.

In music, what does the time signature 3/4 indicate?

Answer: Three quarter-note beats per measure

In 3/4 time, the top number (3) indicates three beats per measure, and the bottom number (4) indicates the quarter note receives one beat.

Which U.S. President is associated with the Louisiana Purchase, which doubled the size of the United States and included present-day Missouri?

Answer: Thomas Jefferson

President Thomas Jefferson negotiated the Louisiana Purchase from France in 1803 for approximately $15 million.