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The Pangolin The pangolin is a critically endangered mammal native to Africa and Asia. Due to their unique appearance, pangolins are the most trafficked mammal on the planet. About the size of a cat, the body and tail of pangolins are covered by hard, overlapping scales made of keratin, which protects them from attack. These distinctive scales are popular in making apparel. Additionally, many people believe that the scales and the blood of the pangolin possess medicinal properties. If the pangolin continues to be hunted at the current rate, the species will soon reach extinction. Many people have never even heard of the pangolin, and activists are attempting to raise awareness about this unusual creature's plight. It is important to act quickly before the pangolin is lost forever. Which of the following is a concise summary of the passage?
The plant entered the latent phase of development in the fall. In this context, "latent" means
Which of the following would be an appropriate title for this passage?
Which of the following is the best resource to use to find the definition of the word "vernacular"?
Choose the option that correctly replaces the underlined portion of the sentence: "Towering seven hundred feet above the valley floor, Mount Rushmore National Memorial was an impressive site."
An ice cream shop sells chocolate cones to vanilla cones in a ratio of 9 to 4. If the shop sold 72 vanilla cones in one day, how many chocolate cones should the owner expect to have sold?
Which of the following organs is the primary site of blood filtration?
Which of the following shows the numbers 1/4, 1/2, 2/5, 0.9, and 0.45 arranged in order from least to greatest?
Four runners each complete a 10,000-meter race. Given that 1 mile equals 1,609.34 meters, what is the combined distance traveled by all four runners, in miles? (Round to the nearest hundredth if necessary.)
Review the following attorney advertisements: Martin and Sons: Job injuries, medical malpractice, and personal injury. Free initial consultation. Smith and Jones: No fee unless you win your case. Specialize in worker's compensation legal issues. Thorn and Thomas: Employment law, contract negotiations, and employment safety issues. Williams Attorneys: State and federal unemployment fairness, medical malpractice lawsuits. Reasonable hourly rates plus percentage of settlement. An employee believes she was injured on the job due to an unsafe situation. Based on the advertisements above, which attorney provides the necessary experience to pursue her claim and would ensure the employee the lowest overall cost?
If a data set contains the numbers 5, 8, 10, 12, and 15, which of the following statements about the data set is true?
A rectangle is 5 units wide and y + 2 units long. Which of the following expressions represents the area of the rectangle?
A 35-foot ladder is leaning against a 26-foot building. How far is the bottom of the ladder from the bottom of the building? (Round to the nearest tenth of a foot, if necessary.)
A garden is designed in the shape of a quadrilateral. The garden can be divided into two right triangles, each with a base of 6 meters and a height of 4 meters. What is the total area of the garden in square meters?
In May, the price of a gallon of gasoline was $4.00. In June, the price went up to $4.20. What is the percent increase in the cost of gasoline from May to June?
What is the total number of whole boxes measuring 2 ft × 2 ft × 2 ft that can be stored in a room measuring 9 ft × 9 ft × 9 ft, if the size of the boxes cannot be altered?
A store sells two kinds of candles, scented and unscented. The scented candles burn 1/12 inch every 20 minutes. The unscented candles burn 1/6 inch every 30 minutes. Which type of candle burns faster, and what is its burn rate in 1 hour?
In the number 14,059.826, what is the place value of the digit 0?
Which of the following pairs of variables exhibits a positive correlation (as one variable increases, the other also increases)?
A doctor writes a prescription for 0.5 liters of liquid medicine for a patient. How many milliliters (mL) will the medicine bottle be filled with? (1 L = 1,000 mL)