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An earth-sheltered house is built below grade or completely underground. These homes are less susceptible to the impact of extreme outdoor air temp...

The Landsat Program provides the longest continuous space-based record of Earth's land in existence. Since 1972, Landsat satellites have collected...

A good night's sleep consists of four to five sleep cycles. Each cycle includes periods of both deep sleep and rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. As t...

Based on the information in both passages, a reader could make the generalization that(A)Kafka was not entirely confident in his work.(B)As a write...

This passage implies that peer-to-peer loans are(A)not a safe way of borrowing money(B)an outdated way of borrowing money(C)considered by some to b...

It can be concluded from the information provided in both of the passages that Arizona copper(A)is the purest form of copper produced in the U.S.(B...

Which phrase best describes the conflict Rikki-tikki has with Nag and Nagaina?(A)engaging in a physical battle(B)making a difficult decision(C)stan...

In line 21, "a human chattel" refers to(A)a slave(B)old men(C)angry people(D)violence

Because of the character description the narrator provides of "old master," a reader might conclude that(A)the narrator will eventually be freed(B)...

Dogs have the ability to "read" human emotions. For example, dogs have been shown to discriminate between humans who approach in a friendly manner...

Stephen Mitchell suffered from allergies. A thirty-five-year-old professor at Syracuse University, he found sanctuary in the temperature-controlled...

Peer-to-peer lending, or social lending, is a new process of connecting an individual borrower with lenders without using traditional banks to obta...