Science news.DIRECTIONS: Read the Science News section on pages 4 to 6. Then, test your knowledge by filling in the letter of the correct answer below. 1. The Verichip identifies you by A a secret code that you create. B a 16-digit number unique to you. C your name and Social Security number. D your birth date and telephone number. 2. Why are some groups opposed to the Verichip? A Its side effects Side effects Effects of a proposed project on other parts of the firm. include risks for brain damage. B Scanners could misread mis·read tr.v. mis·read , mis·read·ing, mis·reads 1. To read inaccurately. 2. To misinterpret or misunderstand: misread our friendly concern as prying. your code and retrieve the wrong person's medical records. C Once it's installed, the chip cannot be removed. D It could threaten your privacy. 3. To stay on top of water, the basilisk basilisk: see iguana. basilisk monstrous reptile; has fatal breath and glance. [Gk. Folklore: Jobes, 184] See : Deadliness basilisk lizard supposed to kill with its gaze. [Gk. Myth. lizard relies on Newton's--law of motion. A first B second C third D fourth 4. For propulsion, the basilisk speedily kicks each foot A backward. B from side to side. C forward. D in a circular pattern. 5. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the Rowan University Rowan University is a public university located in Glassboro, New Jersey comprising 49 buildings. There is also a satellite campus in Camden, New Jersey. The school was founded in 1923 as Glassboro Normal School with the mission to train public school teachers. study, the try-on makeup at store counters is mostly contaminated contaminated, v 1. made radioactive by the addition of small quantities of radioactive material. 2. made contaminated by adding infective or radiographic materials. 3. an infective surface or object. by A expired ingredients. B extreme temperature differences. C customers' fingers. D faulty packaging. 6. --is the day of the week with the lowest percentage of makeup samples found with contaminants. A Tuesday B Thursday C Friday D Saturday 7. Recent discoveries led scientists to believe that long before Vesuvius erupted and destroyed Pompeii, landslides blanketed the city. The scientists found A sediment layers above the volcanic ash See under Ashes. See also: Ash . B sediments mixed in with the volcanic ash. C a written record buried in the volcanic ash. D sediment layers below the volcanic ash. 8. --are scientists that study the sediments at the sites of ancient civilizations, A Paleoarchaeologists B Archaeogeologists C Geoarchaeologists D Archaeogeophysicists 9. On January 14, the Huygens probe successfully landed on Titan, a moon of--. A Jupiter B Earth C Saturn D Neptune 10. The images that Huygens beamed to Earth show that Titan has a(n)--landscape. A very dry B icy C watery D lush 1. b 2. d 3. c 4. a 5. c 6. b 7. d 8. c 9. c 10. b |
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