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Identification of Errors.

In each of the following statements, there are four underlined words or phrases. Choose the letter of
the word or phrase that is incorrect.

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1. Which of the following refers to the point where two chromatids exchange genetic material during
meiosis and also known as the point where the chromatids break and reunite?

A. Centromere
B. Chiasmata
C. Kinetochore
D. Loci

2. A stone weighing 2.0 grams is thrown towards the sea from the edge of a cliff. Without air resistance,
which of the following statements is CORRECT about its mechanical energy?

A. Its kinetic energy is highest before it is thrown.

B. Just before hitting the water, potential energy is at the greatest.
C. Potential energy never becomes 0 at any time during the flight of the stone.
D. The amount of potential energy before it is thrown and the amount of kinetic energy just before it hits
the water are the same.

3. Photosynthesis starts with a light-dependent reaction in the chloroplasts and produces __________.

A.    water and oxygen

B.    glucose and oxygen
C.    water and carbon dioxide
 D.    glucose and carbon dioxide

4. Compound A is known to melt only at high temperatures. At solid state, it easily shatters when hit.
When mixed with water, it easily dissolves and is a good conductor of electricity. What type of
compound is compound A?

A. Ionic compound
B. Metallic compound
C. Covalent compound
D. Hydrogen compound

Selection 1
1This is my winter song to you.
The storm is coming soon,
It rolls in from the sea
My voice; a beacon in the night.
My words will be your light,
To carry you to me.
 
2 Is love alive?
Is love alive?
Is love
 
3They say that things just cannot grow
Beneath the winter snow,
Or so I have been told.
They say we’re buried far,
Just like a distant star
I simply cannot hold.
 
4Is love alive?
Is love alive?
Is love alive?
 
 5This is my winter song.
December never felt so wrong,
'Cause you're not where you belong;
Inside my arms.
 
6I still believe in summer days.
The seasons always change
And life will find a way.
I'll be your harvester of light
And send it out tonight
So we can start again.
 
7Is love alive?
Is love alive?
Is love alive?

Source: Bareilles, S., & Michaelson, I. (n.d.). Winter Song. An excerpt.

Retrieved June 8, 2016, from http://www.metrolyrics.com/winter-song-lyrics-ingrid-michaelson.html

 

1. What genre is the selection?

A. elegy
B. epistolary
C. ode
D. song

2. What symbolic message is being delivered in lines 2 and 3 of stanza

1?
A. a plea
B. a deluge
C. an omen
D. an affirmation

3. Which of the following CANNOT be considered as one of the overall

moods of the poem?
A. defeatist
B. despondent
C. hopeful
D. somber

4. What image is used to deliver the message of how the speaker feels?
A. light
B. seasons
 C. summer
D. winter

5. What could have happened between the speaker and the one spoken
to?
A. The speaker has wronged the one spoken to.
B. The speaker has held a grudge on the one spoken to.
C. The speaker and the one spoken to got separated.
D. The speaker was forbidden to see the one spoken to.