NLN PAX Reading passages questions and answers 100% correct

NLN PAX Reading passages questions

and answers 100% correct

The term extrasolar, as used in paragraph 3 means

inside our solar system.

outside our solar system.

larger than our solar system.

smaller than our solar system. ✔✔Outside our solar system

From this article we can infer that

• many machines depend on the properties of molecules.

• the world is not governed by particles or atoms, but is chaotic.

• the ancient Greeks' concept of four elements was the basis of modern science.

• modern science does not depend on molecular knowledge. ✔✔many machines depend on the

properties of molecules.

When liquid water is changed to ice, the particles are

• more energetic.

• more fluid.

• banded further apart.

• bound closer together. ✔✔Bound closer together

An appropriate title for this selection would be

• Gold in the Elements.

• The Makeup of Everything.

• How the Greeks Failed.

• The Useless Molecule. ✔✔The Make up of Everything

Based on this article, we can assume that the author

• does not appreciate vocabulary and illustrations.

• believes the study of elements is no longer relevant.

• is knowledgeable about history and science.

• uses analogies that are confusing. ✔✔Is Knowledgeable about history and science

From the passage, we learn that ancient Greeks proposed that

• there are 105 different elements in the world.

• elements are substances that contain many kinds of atoms.

• the behavior of molecules cannot be observed.

• all things are made up of atoms. ✔✔all things are made up of atoms.

In the context of this article, the word conjured as used in paragraph one means

conferred.

intertwined.

imagined.

swept. ✔✔Imagined

The article states that

• HIV spread worldwide from a city in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

• intravenous drug users were the first identifiable victims of HIV.

• we may soon know definitively the mechanism of chimp virus infection of humans.

• researchers have identified 98% of the chimp genome. ✔✔

According to the article, which statement is true?

• Chimps and humans share the same genes.

• AIDS is caused by a simple virus.

• Beatrice Hahn was the lead author of the science study.

• Cameroon was probably the birthplace of HIV. ✔✔Cameroon was probably the birthplace of

HIV.

In order for virologists to determine causes of certain diseases in the future, they will probably