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Answer: A. Plants use CO2 but do not release any, thus maintaining a balance of CO2 in the atomsphere. Plants are autotrophs and this means they are capable of manufacturing their own food. This process is known as photosynthesis. In…
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Answer: B. Seawall Seawalls are parallel structures built to prohibit upland erosion and fast flooding. They are designed on a very massive scale using concrete structures placed along a vast stretch of shoreline especially at urban beaches. It prevents passive…
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Answer: B. Fault A gently curved or planar fracture found in the rocks of the earth’s crust is a fault. In simpler terms, a fault is a fracture or a zone of fractures found between two blocks which permits relative…
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Answer: B. Control of land translates into increased political power A latifundium is a large estate popular in ancient Rome and adopted more recently in Spain and Latin America, run typically by slave laborers and peasants. During the colonial and…
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Answer: B. Living off the land without modifying it. Foraging is the gathering and collection of wild food for free. As a result of the rapid urbanization and industrialization of the earth today, foraging has become an act rather than…
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Answer: B. Both are caused by subduction zones. In a subduction process, there is a recycling of the oceanic lithosphere into the earth’s mantle. This occurs in the subduction zone and is known to have led to the creation of…
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Answer: B. Volatile organic compounds and Nitrogen Dioxide. Ozone is made up of three oxygen atoms and is formed when sunlight and heat lead to chemical reactions between nitrogen dioxide and a volatile organic compound also known as hydrocarbons. This…
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Answer: C. What types of earthquakes to expect in association with the different plate boundaries. The most difficult aspect of plate tectonics that requires further research is the part that involves determining the exact type of earthquake one should expect…
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Answer: D. Lagoons Lagoons are very shallow water bodies separated from the sea mainly by barrier islands, coral reefs, or sandbars. This water bodies are sometimes regarded as estuaries and bays. Lagoons have in them some degree of salinity and…
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Answer: D. Pericles The rules of Pericles paved the way for the ‘radical majority rules system’ in Athens. No existing country then used the majority rule framework in its administration and this made the rule to be tagged radical. During…
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Answer: A. Bays A body of water surrounded partially by land is a bay and it is usually smaller than a gulf. In the history of human settlement, bays are very significant as they helped in providing a safe place…
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Answer: C. Evaporation exceeds precipitation. Evaporation is the change from liquid to gas and gradually becomes less as a result of the movement of the gaseous particles to the atmosphere. Precipitation on the other hand means to rain. With this,…
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“S” best completes the sequence A E F H Z V U. this is so because in analyzing the letters involved in the sequence, it is noticed that between letter A and letter E, there are five existing letters between…
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Answer: A. 2 Solution: The greatest common factor of two or more numbers is the highest factor that can be used in dividing all the numbers. E1 = 4k = 2×2×k E2 = 18k4 = 2 × 3 × 3…
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Answer: C. You'll make a profit of $150. One share of stock is quoted at 25 ¼ in the Lofty Cheese Company. If you hold around 30 shares of that exact stock, which was bought at 20 ¼. If that…
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Answer: A. Bioelectrical impedance machine The bioelectrical impedance machine is the most accurate medium of measurement used today in the measurement of body fat. This machine is very efficient as it helps in measuring the exact amount of body fat…
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Answer: B. p(-0.5≤z≤0.5) Using the picture of normal distribution, it is noticed that all internals listed in the option are 1 unit long option B is the interval which covers the most area of 34%. With this, it is seen…
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Answer: D. using a binary search In searching for a particular member of an array, the array is searched thoroughly until the member is found. The linear search or sequential search is a very simple algorithm that uses a loop…
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Answer: A. A convenience sample is structured based on accessibility to the researcher, and a voluntary sample is based on participant interest. The structure of a convenience sample is based on how accessible it is to the researcher while that…
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Answer: D. It engages readers by addressing them directly. The apostrophe is a literary device used in emphasizing feelings. One important use of an apostrophe in poetry is in highlighting the importance of a statement, object, or idea. It also…
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Answer: A. a spy for the English Catholics Christopher Marlowe was an English playwright, translator, and poet during the Elizabeth era. Marlowe is considered among many scholars as the foremost dramatist of this time just before his mysterious death. He…
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Answer: B. motif A motif is a recurring symbol with a figurative meaning in a text. A motif is a literary device that can be used to help an author to establish a mood or even develop a theme as…
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Answer: B. Revise writing to omit needless words. In The Elements of Style, one of the many recommendations is the avoidance of needless words. Being able to separate useful words from needless ones is very important in the writing process.…
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Answer: A. situational irony. Situational irony is the irony of something happening, totally different from just what was expected. A good example of situational irony is the burning down of a fire station. Situational irony is used oftentimes by writers…
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Answer: C. Samuel Johnson John Dryden was an English poet, playwright, and literary critic known as England’s first Poet Laureate. He dominated the literary life of England’s restoration down to a point where the period became known within literary circles…
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Answer: C. “to get out of a situation.” Generally, the prefix “ex” signifies negation or exclusion. More precisely, the prefix “ex” can mean “out of,” “not,” or “without.” With this, “ex” implies not being identified by a former title anymore.…
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Answer: D. have lives and stories of their own. Side characters in a novel tend to have lives and stories of their own. A side character or supporting character is a character not part of the main focus in a…
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Answer: C. "If you are sitting in the gallery you will have a clear view of the stage as it projects out from the far side of the round enclosure." In option C, the thing being described is less abstract.…
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Answer: A. That the main characters in the myths have supernatural powers. In rain myths, the titles of both myths imply that the main characters involved in the myth have supernatural powers. These mythical characters are known to have some…
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Answer: A. Energy The major products of fermentation are lactic acid, ethanol, hydrogen gas, and carbon dioxide. Fermentation involves the breaking down of substances containing sugar substances using chemical means which sometimes involves microorganisms with the release of heat. The…
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