Recently Asked Questions In Chemistry

Question

Read the following excerpt from "The Luck of Roaring Camp" by Bret Harte:

"It airitt my style the spoil fun, boys," said the little man, stoutly eying the faces around him,

But if strikes me that this thing ain't exactly on the squar. It's playing it pretty low down on

this wer baby to wing in fun on him that he ain't goin' to understand. And ef there's goin' to

he my gadfathers round, I'd like to see who's got any better rights than me.

The use of dialect in this excerpt reflects which American literary style? (4 points)

© Tanscendentalism

O Local Colour

O Puritanism

O Modemism

Answer

Local Colour

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The use of dialect in this excerpt reflects the American literary style of Local Colour, which is ch...

Question

Which of the following is

an example of a density-

independent factor?

A. predation

B. disease

C. human disturbances

Answer

C. human disturbances.

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Density-independent factors are environmental factors that affect a population regardless of its size or density. Human disturbances such as deforestation, pollution, and habitat destruction...

Question

Which speaker is most clearly expressing a politically conservative response

to the OPEC oil embargo of 1973?

Speaker 1: Our economy is overly dependent on oil. We

need to develop alternative energy sources such as solar,

hydroelectric, and wind power,

Speaker 2: Our economy is overly dependent on foreign ail,

We need to develop more North American oil production

by fracking, drilling offshore, and drilling in the Arctic

National Wildlife Refuge

Speaker 3: Our economy is overly dependent on foreign ail.

The government needs to do everything possible to

support businesses in oll-producing regions of the United

States such as Texas and Alaska

Speaker 4: Our economy is overly dependent on oil. We

need to explore all energy options, including ethahol,

biodiesel, clean coal, and even nuclear pawer.

• A Speaker 4

• B. Speaker 1

O C. Speaker 3

• D. Speaker 2

Answer

D. Speaker 2

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Speaker 2 is expressing a politically conservative response to the OPEC oil embargo of 1973 by advocating for more North American oil production through fracking...

Question

The following passage is from a historical account by William Bradford.

That when they came ashore they

would use their own liberty, for none

had power to command them...

Source: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1650bradford.asp

What is the outcome of the decision described?

A. • The colonists established an autocracy.

B. The colonists chose natural law.

C. The colonists chose self-goverment.

D. The colonists established a limited monarchy.

Answer

C. The colonists chose self-government.

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The passage describes the decision of the colonists to use their own liberty and not be commanded by anyone when they came ashore. This decision indicates...

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rier de Moistre was a young soldier in the

› arry, a kingdam that covered parts of modern-

on and Italy. He wrote A Journey Round My Room in

n city of Turin during a 42-day house arrest for

in illegal duel To amuse himsolf, he wrote this

I a travel journal by recording an exploration of

which excerpt from Chapter I BEST shows tha

the narrator believes his book is beneficial fo

others?

"The pleasure to be found in travelling round on

room Is sheltered from the restless jealousy of n

and Is Independent of Fortune."

from

Journey Round My Room

by Xavier de Maistre

Chapter I

A Book of Discoveries

nore glorious than to open for one's self

career, to appear suddenly before

red world with a book of discoveries

"No longer will I keep my book In obscurity. Beh

It, ... read ItI I have undertaken and performer

forty-two days' journey round my room.*

What more glorlous than to open for one's se

new career,--to appear suddenly before the

learned world with a book of discoveries in or

hand, lIke an unlooked-for comet."

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4

6

And when I think of the number of unhappy

to whom I offer a never falling resource for w

moments, and a balm for the Ills they suffer,

heart Is filled with Inexpressible satisfaction.

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Answer

"What more glorious than to open for one's self a new career,--to appear suddenly before the learned world with a book of discoveries in one's hand, like an unlooked-for comet."

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This excerpt from Chapter I of Xavier de Maistre's A Journey Round My Room best shows that the narrator believes his book is beneficial for others...

Question

[ABODEFGHIJKLMNOPQRS TUVWX Y Z

a cost that changes based on use or volume

Answer

Variable cost.

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Variable cost is a cost that changes based on the level of activity or volume of output. In other words, the cost varies with the level of...

Question

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B

C

D

incessant

apparent

intermittent

predominant

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When colleaques in the same department are

many misunderstandings can arise.

A

intermittent

C

incompatible

B

improbable

D

illiterate

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Answer

B Improbable

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The hartle

have thee not.

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Art thou not, fatal wi

To lesling

sensible

wight? or art thou

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Hear it not

Duncan,

After the deed, Lady

What does the "dagger of the mind" passage s

1. It Le a triall

That summons thee

Macbeth is upset with her

husband because...

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en to

HELL

The 8-lepUng and dead

are lout as pictures

Macbeth's reaction

to blood on his hands

Lody Macbelits reactionf

to blood on her hands

Answer

The dagger of the mind passage suggests that Macbeth is struggling with his conscience and the guilt of his actions, questioning whether he is a sensible person or a false creation of his own mind. Lady Macbeth is also struggling with guilt and the horror of the deed they have committed.

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The dagger of the mind passage is a metaphor for Macbeth's inner struggle with his conscience and guilt. He questions whether he is a sensible person...

Question

2. On the rare occasions when rain falls in the desert, it fills the

, or dry streambeds.

Answer

Wadis.

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Wadis are dry streambeds or channels that are found in deserts and other arid regions. They are usually dry for most of...

Question

a Kontrolloni njohurite

1. Si pèrkufizohet shteti i Kosovés dhe natyra e autoritetit politik, sipas Kushtetutés se Republikès se Kosoves?

2. Si pèrcaktohet shogéria kosovare?

3. Rendisni pese te drejtat me tè rêndêsishme, sipas jush, tè pêrcaktuara me kushtetute.

4. Përmblidhni ndarjen e pushtetit né nivele tè ndryshme tè geverisjes. Kosova @shté republikè parlamentare apo

republike presidenciale?

5. Interpretoni disa nga qéllimet e veçanta ekonomike, shogèrore dhe kulturore te pércaktuara me kushtetute.

-Veprimtari dhe diskutim ne klasë:

Answer

1. Shteti i Kosovës është një shtet demokratik, sovran dhe unitar, me autoritetin politik që rrjedh nga populli i Kosovës. 2. Shogeria kosovare përcaktohet nga Kushtetuta e Republikës së Kosovës, e cila përcakton se Kosova është shtet me një popullsi multietnike. 3. Te drejtat me te rendesishme sipas Kushtetutes se Republikes se Kosoves jane: te drejta e njeriut, te drejta e fesë, te drejta e punës, te drejta e informimit dhe te drejta e pronës. 4. Kosova është një republikë parlamentare, me ndarjen e pushtetit në nivele të ndryshme të qeverisjes, si qeveria qendrore, qeveritë lokale dhe organizatat e tjera. 5. Kushtetuta e Republikës së Kosovës përcakton qëllime të veçanta ekonomike, shogerore dhe kulturore, si përmirësimi i kushteve ekonomike, mbrojtja e të drejtave të njeriut, mbrojtja e diversitetit kulturor dhe promovimi i paqes d

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Shteti i Kosovës është një shtet demokratik, sovran d...