Chapter 8 Quiz

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. The following diagram is most appropriate to represent which one of these explanation topics:

the life cycle of a frog correct incorrect

growing bean plants correct incorrect

the consequences of climate change correct incorrect

the factors leading to the Second World War correct incorrect

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. According to your textbook, timelines are suitable graphic organisers for which type of explanation?

consequential explanations correct incorrect

sequential explanations correct incorrect

factorial explanations correct incorrect

system explanations correct incorrect

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. An explanation that explains the factors that led to the Second World War is likely to be a:

system explanation correct incorrect

consequential explanation correct incorrect

sequential explanation correct incorrect

factorial explanation correct incorrect

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. A text organised around a Phenomenon Identification followed by a System Description is most likely to be an example of a:

consequential explanation correct incorrect

sequential explanation correct incorrect

factorial explanation correct incorrect

system explanation correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is not usually a grammatical feature of an explanation?

causal conjunctions and connectives correct incorrect

general abstract technical non-human nouns correct incorrect

use of passive voice to foreground the object undergoing the process correct incorrect

sensing verbs correct incorrect

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. The following sentence—If the water is very deep, the speed of the tsunami will be faster—is an example of a:

complex sentence correct incorrect

simple sentence correct incorrect

dependent or subordinate clause correct incorrect

compound sentence correct incorrect

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. In the following sentence—Jails in Britain were overcrowded so prisoners were sent by ship to the British colonies in America—the underlined structure is an example of:

a complex sentence correct incorrect

nominalisation correct incorrect

a dependent or subordinate clause correct incorrect

passive voice correct incorrect

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. In the above example, 'so' is an example of:

an independent or main clause correct incorrect

a subordinating conjunction correct incorrect

a coordinating conjunction correct incorrect

a linking verb correct incorrect

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. In the sentence, Desertification is the process [[that turns productive land into non-productive desert as a result of poor land management]], the double brackets indicate

a prepositional phrase correct incorrect

an embedded clause correct incorrect

a long noun group correct incorrect

a simple sentence correct incorrect

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. In the sentence, The First Fleet of 11 ships, carrying about 750 convicts as well as officers and sailors, set sail for Australia on 13th of May 1787 under the command of Captain Arthur Phillip, the underlined words are

an independent clause correct incorrect

a complex sentence correct incorrect

an embedded clause correct incorrect

a non-finite clause. correct incorrect