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ACTIVITY 8 Review Quiz

Multiple Choice Choose the letter of the correct answer.

1. Plants use sunlight to get all the energy that they need, animals get their energy from eating
plants.

a. so b. or c. and d. for

2. Scientists used to think that Neanderthals were not very intelligent, recent research shows

that they used tools, controlled fire, buried their dead, and even cooked vegetables as well as meat.

a. and b. but c. so d. for

3. Abraham Lincoln did not enter the Civil War to end slavery, did not take him long to realize the
importance of ending slavery.

a. but it b. so he c. and it d. so there

4. Vegetable and animal protein helps the body to feel full longer, protein could help people lose

weight.

a. so eat b. so eating c. but eat d. and eat

5. Astronomers have discovered more than 1,700 planets in our galaxy, are probably many others
out there waiting to be discovered.

a. so there b. but there c. so d. but

Error Correction One of the five underlined words or phrases is not correct. Find the error and
correct it. Be prepared to explain your answer.

6. Urban trees can save cities money by helping with soil erosion energy consumption, and storm water

erosion, so some cities have hired urban tree specialists to guide them in their efforts to preserve trees.

7. Bette Nesmith Graham, a painter and a typist in the 1950s and 1960s, were frustrated by all the

mistakes she was making on her electric typewriter, so she created Liquid Paper.

8. In a recent study on friendship, only about 50 percent of the acquaintances that people listed as their

friends actually considered themselves friends, but people are not always the best judges of friendship.

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