MTTC EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
Miscue analysis - Answer-A way of acquiring insight into children's reading strategies by
studying the mistakes (miscues) they make when reading aloud.
phonics - Answer-teaching reading by training beginners to associate letters with their
sound values
taxonomic hierarchy - Answer-grouping thing where they belong
Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
parasitism - Answer-one organism lives on or inside another organism and harms it:
example mosquito
Predation - Answer-interaction in which one organism captures and feeds on another
organism
Example: lion
Commensalism - Answer-the relation between two different kinds of organisms when
one receives benefits from the other without damaging it
Example a bird on a hipo
Exothermic - Answer-chemical reaction in which energy is primarily given off in the form
of heat
Endothermic - Answer-(of a chemical reaction or compound) occurring or formed with
absorption of heat
precambrian - Answer-Name for the time in earths early history that accounts for ninety
percent of earth's time, but only cellular organisms lived.
absolute dating - Answer-a technique used to determine the actual age of a fossil
plate tectonics - Answer-the theory that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant
motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle
igneous rocks - Answer-rocks formed by the cooling of molten rock (either magma or
lava), Crystallize from magma/lava
metamorphic rocks - Answer-Rocks formed when other rocks are put under extreme
heat and pressure
, sedimentary rocks - Answer-Rocks formed from the weathering, erosion, depostion, and
compaction of other rocks, Rocks formed by sediments compacted and pressed
together
centrally planned economy - Answer-economic system in which the central government
makes all decisions on the production and consumption of goods and services
dictatorship - Answer-a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator
(not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
Anarchism - Answer-opposition to any form of government; the theory that all
governments should be stopped
Constitution - Answer-law determining the fundamental political principles of a
government
declaration of independence - Answer-the document recording the proclamation of the
second Continental Congress (4 July 1776) asserting the independence of the colonies
from Great Britain
output markets - Answer-markets in which goods and services are exchanged
input markets - Answer-the markets in which the resources used to produce goods and
services are exchanged
supply and demand - Answer-an economic concept that states that the price of a good
rises and falls depending on how many people want it (demand) and depending on how
much of the good is available (supply)
currency act - Answer-prohibited colonies from issuing paper money, destabilized
colonial economy
populism - Answer-the political doctrine that supports the rights and powers of the
common people in their struggle with the privileged elite, Farm-based movement of the
late 1800s that arose mainly in the area from Texas to the Dakotas and grew into a joint
effort between farmer and labor groups against big business and machine-based
politics. The movement became a third party in the election of 1892.
cosmopolitanism - Answer-Urban growth during the agricultural revolution. It dealt with
the migration from rural to urban areas.
cultural identity - Answer-Ones belief in belonging to a group or certain cultural aspect
cultural diffusion - Answer-the spread of cultural elements from one society to another
nationalism - Answer-love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
CORRECT ANSWERS
Miscue analysis - Answer-A way of acquiring insight into children's reading strategies by
studying the mistakes (miscues) they make when reading aloud.
phonics - Answer-teaching reading by training beginners to associate letters with their
sound values
taxonomic hierarchy - Answer-grouping thing where they belong
Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
parasitism - Answer-one organism lives on or inside another organism and harms it:
example mosquito
Predation - Answer-interaction in which one organism captures and feeds on another
organism
Example: lion
Commensalism - Answer-the relation between two different kinds of organisms when
one receives benefits from the other without damaging it
Example a bird on a hipo
Exothermic - Answer-chemical reaction in which energy is primarily given off in the form
of heat
Endothermic - Answer-(of a chemical reaction or compound) occurring or formed with
absorption of heat
precambrian - Answer-Name for the time in earths early history that accounts for ninety
percent of earth's time, but only cellular organisms lived.
absolute dating - Answer-a technique used to determine the actual age of a fossil
plate tectonics - Answer-the theory that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant
motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle
igneous rocks - Answer-rocks formed by the cooling of molten rock (either magma or
lava), Crystallize from magma/lava
metamorphic rocks - Answer-Rocks formed when other rocks are put under extreme
heat and pressure
, sedimentary rocks - Answer-Rocks formed from the weathering, erosion, depostion, and
compaction of other rocks, Rocks formed by sediments compacted and pressed
together
centrally planned economy - Answer-economic system in which the central government
makes all decisions on the production and consumption of goods and services
dictatorship - Answer-a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator
(not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
Anarchism - Answer-opposition to any form of government; the theory that all
governments should be stopped
Constitution - Answer-law determining the fundamental political principles of a
government
declaration of independence - Answer-the document recording the proclamation of the
second Continental Congress (4 July 1776) asserting the independence of the colonies
from Great Britain
output markets - Answer-markets in which goods and services are exchanged
input markets - Answer-the markets in which the resources used to produce goods and
services are exchanged
supply and demand - Answer-an economic concept that states that the price of a good
rises and falls depending on how many people want it (demand) and depending on how
much of the good is available (supply)
currency act - Answer-prohibited colonies from issuing paper money, destabilized
colonial economy
populism - Answer-the political doctrine that supports the rights and powers of the
common people in their struggle with the privileged elite, Farm-based movement of the
late 1800s that arose mainly in the area from Texas to the Dakotas and grew into a joint
effort between farmer and labor groups against big business and machine-based
politics. The movement became a third party in the election of 1892.
cosmopolitanism - Answer-Urban growth during the agricultural revolution. It dealt with
the migration from rural to urban areas.
cultural identity - Answer-Ones belief in belonging to a group or certain cultural aspect
cultural diffusion - Answer-the spread of cultural elements from one society to another
nationalism - Answer-love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
