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1. Twenty to thirty year
after a mature forest is cleared away, a nearly impenetrable thicket of trees
and shrubs develops. (thirty year)
2. The first national park in
world, Yellowstone
National Park, was
established in 1872. (in world)
3. Because it does not have a
blood supply, the cornea takes their oxygen directly from the air. (their)
4. Magnificent mountains and
coastal scenery is British Columbia’s
chief tourist attractions. (Is)
5. Scientists at universities
are often more involved in theoretical research than in Practically Research (Practically)
6. John Rosamond he composed
numerous songs, including Lift Every Voice and Sing, For which his brother,
James Weldon Johnson, wrote the words. (he
composed)
7. Nylon, a synthetic done from
a combination of water, air, and a by-product of coal, Was First introduced in 1938. (done)
8. Ornithology, the study of
birds, is one of the major scientific fields in which amateurs Play a role in
accumulating, researching, and publish data. (Publish)
9. Animation is a technique
for creativity the illusion of life in inanimate things. (Creativity)
10. The nonviolent protest
advocated by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., proving highly effective in an age of
expanding television news coverage. (Proving)
11. On December 7, 1787, Delaware became a first
state to ratify the Constitution. (a)
12. Nutritionists believe
what diet affects how one feels physically and emotionally. (What)
13. Mealii Kalama, creator of
over 400 Hawaiian quilts, was granted a National Heritage Fellowship in 1985
for herself contribution to folk art. (Herself)
14. A jetty serves to define
and deepen a channel, improve navigate, or protect a harbor. (Navigate)
15. Minoru Yamasaki is an
American architect which works departed from the austerity frequently
associated with architecture in the United States after the Second
World War. (Which)
16. Chemical research
provides information that is useful when the textile industry in the creation
of synthetic fabrics. (When)
17. Jane Addams, social
worker, author, and spokeswoman for the peace and women’s suffrage movements,
she received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931 for her humanitarian achievements. (she
received)
18. Bromyrite crystals have a
diamond-like luster and are usually colorless, but they dark to brown when
exposed to light. (Dark)
19. Stars in our universe
vary in temperature, color, bright, size, and mass. (bright)
20. Ice is less denser than
the liquid from which it is formed. (denser)
21. The 1983 Nobel Prize in
Medicine was awarded to Barbara McClintock for her experiments with maize and
her discoveries regardless the nature of DNA. (regardless)
22. In 1866 to 1883, the
bison population in North America was reduced
from an estimated 13 million to a few hundred. (In)
23. Most of the damage
property attributed to the San
Francisco earthquake of 1906 resulted from the fire
that followed. (damage property)
24. James Baldwin’s plays and
short stories, which are to some degree autobiographical, established them as a
leading figure in the United
States civil rights movement. (them)
25. Thunder can be listened
from a maximum distance of about ten miles except under unusual atmospheric
conditions. (listened)
26. The firstly naval battle
of the Revolutionary War was fought off the coast of Machias, Maine, in June 1775. (firstly)
27. The public ceremonies of
the Plains Indians are lesser elaborate than those of Navajo in the Southwest. (lesser)
28. In some species of fish,
such the three-spined stickleback, the male, not the female, performs the task
of caring for the young. (such the)
29. When she retires in
September 1989, tennis champion Christine Evert was the most famous woman
athlete in the United States.
(retires)
30. The ancient Romans used
vessels equipped with sails and banks of oars to transporting their armies. (to transporting)
31. Dinosaurs are
traditionally classified as cold-blooded reptiles, but recent evidence based on
eating habits, posture, and skeletal structural suggests some may have been
warm-blooded. (structural)
32. Since the Great
Depression of the 1930’s, social programs such as Social Security have been
built into the economy to help avert severity business declines. (severity)
33. In the 1970’s, consumer
activities succeeded in promoting laws that set safety standards for
automobiles, children’s clothing, and a widely range of household products. (widely)
34. Zoos in New
Orleans, San Diego, Detroit,
and the Bronx have become biological parks
where animals roams free and people watch from across a moat. (roams free)
35. In human beings, as in
other mammal, hairs around the eyes and ears in the nose, prevent dust,
insects, and other matters from entering these organs. (mammal)
36. The Rocky
Mountains were explored by fur traders during the early 1800’s, in
a decades preceding the United States Civil War. (a)
37. The works of the author
Herman Melville are literary creations of a high order, blending fact, fiction, adventure, and subtle
symbolic. (symbolic)
38. Each chemical element is
characterized to the number of protons that an atom of that element contains,
called its atomic number. (to)
39. The body structure that
developed in birds over millions of years is well-designed for flight, being both lightly in weight and
remarkably strong. (lightly)
40. From 1905 to 1920, American
novelist Edith Wharton was at the height of her writing career, publishing of
her three most famous novels. (of her)
41. In the early twentieth
century, there was considerable interesting among sociologists in the fact that
in the United States
the family was losing its traditional roles. (interesting)
42. Although pure diamond is
colorless and transparent, when contaminated with other material it may appear
in various color, ranging from pastels to opaque black. (color)
43. Comparative anatomy is concerned
to the structural differences among animal forms. (concerned to)
44. A seismograph records
oscillation of the ground caused by seismic waves, vibrations that travel from
its point of origin through the Earth or along its surface. (its)
45. Electric lamps came into
widespread use during the early 1900’s and have replaced other type of fat,
gas, or oil lamps for almost every purpose. (type)
46. Located in Canada, the
Columbia Icefield covers area of 120 square miles and is 3,300 feet thick in
some places. (covers area)
47. Composer Richard Rodgers
and lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II brought to the musical Oklahoma! extensive musical and theatrical
backgrounds as well as familiar with the traditional forms of operetta and
musical comedy. (extensive)
48. Because of its vast
tracts of virtually uninhabited northern forest, Canada has one of the lowest
population density in the world. (density)
49. Rice, which it still
forms the staple diet of much of the world’s population, grows best in hot, wet
lands. (which it still)
50. Government money
appropriated for art in the 1930’s made possible hundreds of murals and statues
still admiration in small towns all over the United States. (admiration)