PICAT & VERIFICATION TEST (PARAGRAPH
COMPREHENSION) QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
cannot produce their own food there. - Answers - Similar to how snow falls from above
on a winter's day, marine snow falls from the ocean's sunlit surface waters to animals at
the deepest depths of the world's oceans. Marine snow is composed of organic
material, such as decaying plant and animal matter, and of inorganic material, such as
sand and soot. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scientists have
studied the composition of the marine "snowflakes" and found them to have high carbon
content. Without the light necessary for organisms that use photosynthesis to produce
their own food, the ocean's bottom-dwelling scavengers eagerly devour this carbon-rich
material from above for their sustenance provided the flakes do not break apart or are
not consumed by organisms at a shallower depth. Based on the passage, marine snow
is a good source of food for creatures at or near the ocean's floor because these
organisms
brings both dollars and recognition to International Falls. - Answers - International Falls,
Minnesota, a city on the U.S. and Canadian border, earned the legal right to call itself
the "Icebox of the Nation" after battling the ski town of Fraser, Colorado, for the title.
After learning that Fraser had been using the slogan, which their own town had claimed
since 1948, International Falls officials headed for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
and successfully obtained a registration certificate. The legal victory 1s about more than
simple bragging rights. International Falls uses the icebox moniker to market itself as
the country's best location for cold-weather testing projects.
The passage implies that the "Icebox of the Nation" slogan
biting - Answers - The American newspaper columnist Art Buchwald wrote humor
columns--first for the European edition of the New York Herald Tribune in the 1950s and
later for the Washington Post. Rather than the stinging wit of some of his
contemporaries, Buchwald's style was kindly. Every once in a while, however, his
patience with a politician, institution, or policy would wear thin, and his readers would
see another, less avuncular side. Art Buchwald's newspaper column was awarded a
Pulitzer Prize for commentary in 1982. Over the course of his career he would write
newspaper columns and publish humorous books for half a century.
One can infer from the passage that Art Buchwald's writing, when he nearly lost his
patience, was
explain what political satire is and why it is important. - Answers - In every healthy
democracy one will find, in addition to lively discussion and a thriving press, lots of
political satire. Political satiré is a genre of written, oral, and graphic communication that
pokes fun at politicians, political parties, and the activities of government. It is humor,
but humor with a purpose; by exaggerating faults and foibles, the satirist hopes to
provoke laughter while making a point. Leaders of governments and political parties
often suffer most at the hands of the satirist, so it is wise for those who wish to make a
COMPREHENSION) QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
cannot produce their own food there. - Answers - Similar to how snow falls from above
on a winter's day, marine snow falls from the ocean's sunlit surface waters to animals at
the deepest depths of the world's oceans. Marine snow is composed of organic
material, such as decaying plant and animal matter, and of inorganic material, such as
sand and soot. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scientists have
studied the composition of the marine "snowflakes" and found them to have high carbon
content. Without the light necessary for organisms that use photosynthesis to produce
their own food, the ocean's bottom-dwelling scavengers eagerly devour this carbon-rich
material from above for their sustenance provided the flakes do not break apart or are
not consumed by organisms at a shallower depth. Based on the passage, marine snow
is a good source of food for creatures at or near the ocean's floor because these
organisms
brings both dollars and recognition to International Falls. - Answers - International Falls,
Minnesota, a city on the U.S. and Canadian border, earned the legal right to call itself
the "Icebox of the Nation" after battling the ski town of Fraser, Colorado, for the title.
After learning that Fraser had been using the slogan, which their own town had claimed
since 1948, International Falls officials headed for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
and successfully obtained a registration certificate. The legal victory 1s about more than
simple bragging rights. International Falls uses the icebox moniker to market itself as
the country's best location for cold-weather testing projects.
The passage implies that the "Icebox of the Nation" slogan
biting - Answers - The American newspaper columnist Art Buchwald wrote humor
columns--first for the European edition of the New York Herald Tribune in the 1950s and
later for the Washington Post. Rather than the stinging wit of some of his
contemporaries, Buchwald's style was kindly. Every once in a while, however, his
patience with a politician, institution, or policy would wear thin, and his readers would
see another, less avuncular side. Art Buchwald's newspaper column was awarded a
Pulitzer Prize for commentary in 1982. Over the course of his career he would write
newspaper columns and publish humorous books for half a century.
One can infer from the passage that Art Buchwald's writing, when he nearly lost his
patience, was
explain what political satire is and why it is important. - Answers - In every healthy
democracy one will find, in addition to lively discussion and a thriving press, lots of
political satire. Political satiré is a genre of written, oral, and graphic communication that
pokes fun at politicians, political parties, and the activities of government. It is humor,
but humor with a purpose; by exaggerating faults and foibles, the satirist hopes to
provoke laughter while making a point. Leaders of governments and political parties
often suffer most at the hands of the satirist, so it is wise for those who wish to make a
