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IXL W.3 Test Questions & Answers Roman gladiators consumed more calcium than everyday Roman citizens the source of that calcium may have been the ashes of burned plants. - ✔✔yes When a dog wags ... its tail, it doesn't always mean the dog is happy or friendly, a wag that is slow and restrained may convey a warning to "back off." - ✔✔yes At Okunoin, Japan's largest cemetery, visitors will find some unusual memorials, there's even a monument to puffer fish that have died at the hands of chefs. - ✔✔yes Archaeologists are unable to explain the mysterious structures in Jordan, Syria, and Turkey called "Big Circles," made of stones piled several feet high, the two-thousand-year-old circles are more than 1,300 feet in diameter. - ✔✔yes In the 1970s, Asian carp were imported to clean ponds on aquaculture farms in the South; they are believed to have escaped and spread, negatively affecting fish populations as far north as the Great Lakes. - ✔✔no Overcome with joy, Mrs. Sandoval told her husband the exciting news about her promotion. - ✔✔no Clinging to a two-point lead in the final minute of the fourth quarter, the Tigers triumphed when their defense recovered a fumble and sealed the victory. - ✔✔no Located just south of Castroville, Rudy's Restaurant offers an eclectic menu in a scenic country setting. - ✔✔no =In 1941, automaker Henry Ford wrote a letter to Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi to express his admiration, in response, Gandhi sent Ford a manual spinning wheel. - ✔✔yes During the Civil War, the Union blocked the port of New Orleans, preventing the shipment of coffee, devoted coffee drinkers began mixing chicory with their coffee to make it last longer. - ✔✔yes In 2014, researchers discovered forgotten satellite images of Earth from the early 1960s that, when compared with recent satellite photographs, reveal how humans have altered the face of the planet. - ✔✔no In 1227, Genghis Khan, the Mongol leader who conquered much of Central Asia, died he was buried in an unmarked grave, and its location remains a mystery today. - ✔✔yes American conductor and composer Leonard Bernstein, who wrote the musicals West Side Story and On the Town, idolized the Austrian conductor and composer Gustav Mahler. - ✔✔no If you have a hankering for a delicious bowl of soup, you should try Mr. Wyatt's smoked French onion soup made with Vidalia onions, smoked Gruyère cheese, and fresh thyme. - ✔✔no At the Morbid Anatomy Museum in Brooklyn, students can take taxidermy workshops in which they learn how to skin and stuff dead mice. - ✔✔no In 1960, American pilot Francis Gary Powers was shot down and captured by the Soviets as he flew over the Ural Mountains on an intelligence mission for the CIA, nearly two years later, Powers was released in exchange for Rudolf Abel, a KGB spy who had been caught in the United States. - ✔✔yes On June 22, 1944, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the G.I. Bill, it provided funding for services catering to veterans, such as home loans, job counseling, unemployment insurance, and education. - ✔✔yes Scientists once believed that the Clovis people were the first humans in the New World, however, recent evidence indicates that people were living in North and South America before the Clovis. - ✔✔yes Dust particles around nine nearby stars may have been caused by long-ago collisions between melting comets and asteroids. - ✔✔no Because penguins are frightened by humans and difficult to approach, researchers from the University of Strasbourg used remote-controlled rovers outfitted as baby penguins to study their subjects. - ✔✔no Coconut crabs are the largest terrestrial arthropods on the planet they can weigh up to nine pounds and grow to be up to three feet across. - ✔✔yes Mexico is the world's largest avocado producer, one variety is so profitable that Mexican farmers refer to the fruit as oro verde, or green gold. - ✔✔yes On October 28, 2014, a rocket bound for the International Space Station exploded, it was carrying five thousand pounds of supplies, including more than one thousand pounds of food for astronauts. - ✔✔yes Blood Falls in Antarctica's McMurdo Dry Valley gets its name from its famous crimson-colored [Show More]

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