"Feeling the Heat"
Which of these was NOT cited in the 2014 report by the American Association for
the Advancement of Science as evidence of climate change?
A) melting ice sheets
B) increased seismic activity
C) higher levels of greenhouse gases
D) rising temperatures
"Feeling the Heat"
The goal of December's international accord on climate change is to
A) force developing nations to comply with firm limits on greenhouse gas
emissions
B) investigate whether climate change is occurring
C) prevent the worst effect of climate change from happening
D) all of the above statements are correct
"Feeling the Heat"
According to the article, levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere have risen
41 percent
A) in the past decade
B) since the environmental movement began
C) since the beginning of recorded history
D) since the Industrial Revolution
"Feeling the Heat"
Climate change has devastated the country of Mali by causing
A) rising ocean water to flood coastal areas
B) serious droughts that have threatened food supplies
C) a centuries-old seawall to crumble away
D) extreme storms that have taken lives and damaged buildings
"Feeling the Heat"
How will rising seas in Bangladesh affect other countries, according to Tariq
Karim's prediction?
A) The flooding will spread quickly to other countries
B) Any disaster there will devastate the global economy
C) Millions of Bangladeshis will flee to other countries
D) Rising sea levels there will significantly diminish the world's food supply
"Who's Allowed to be President?"
The requirement that a United States president be a "natural born citizen"
A) was added to the Constitution in 1790
B) is the only requirement for the presidency mentioned in the Constitution
C) has been interpreted in different ways
D) all of the above statements are correct
"Who's Allowed to be President?"
Some have challenged Ted Cruz's eligibility to run for president mainly because
he was born
A) in Cuba
B) in Canada
C) to non-citizen immigrants
D) on a U.S. military base overseas
"Who's Allowed to be President?"
The movement known as "birtherism" holds that
A) the "natural born citizen" requirement is outdated
B) a natural born citizen is anyone born to at least one parent who is a U.S.
citizen
C) President Barack Obama was not born in the U.S.
D) Naturalization should be eliminated as a path to citizenship
"Who's Allowed to be President?"
The article talks about the possibility of a "definitive Supreme Court ruling."
You can infer that the word definitive means
A) contemporary
B) restrictive
C) hurried
D) conclusive
"Who's Allowed to be President?"
Laurence Tribe suggests that Ted Cruz might file a lawsuit
A) if he wins the Republican nomination but a state still denies him a spot on
the ballot
B) if his rivals continue questioning his qualifications
C) on behalf of 17 members of Congress who were born outside the U.S.
D) none of the above statements are correct
"How the Chicken Built America"
In the late 17th century, the Virginia Assembly passed a law making it illegal
for slaves to raise
A) any animals
B) large livestock
C) chickens
D) none of the above answers are correct
"How the Chicken Built America"
The Asian chickens that arrived in America in the 1840s
A) made it possible for everyday people to afford chickens
B) were much smaller than the varieties that were already in the Americas
C) were initially seen as collectors' items
D) remained mostly in the South
"How the Chicken Built America"
According to the article, which group made chicken a popular food in America's
Northeast?
A) Jewish immigrants in the late 1800s
B) freed slaves in the early 1800s
C) Asian immigrants in the mid-1800s
D) none of the above statements are correct
"How the Chicken Built America"
According to the article, which statement is true of chicken today?
A) Chicken is more moist and tasty than it used to be
B) Americans eat more chicken than beef or pork
C) Chicken is more expensive than pork or beef
D) All of the above statements are correct
"How the Chicken Built America"
You can infer from the article that in the industrial model of chicken farming,
chickens are typically
A) raised outdoors and exposed to the sun
B) treated humanely
C) fattened up as quickly as possible
D) none of the above statements are correct
"Frozen Love"
Cryonics try to preserve a person's brain after death by doing which of the
following?
A) Storing the brain at very high temperatures in liquid nitrogen gas
B) Storing the brain at very low temperatures in liquid nitrogen gas
C) Storing the brain at moderate temperatures in liquid nitrogen gas
D) Storing the brain at very low temperatures in liquid carbon gas
"Frozen Love"
The second step in the process of resurrecting a brain is
A) Storing the brain
B) Uploading the digitized brain to a robot or computer