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Plants make their own food through photosynthesis. They use sunlight, water and carbon dioxide from the air to make sugar, and they give off oxygen. What gas do plants give off during photosynthesis?

1. AWater vapour only
2. BCarbon dioxide
3. CNitrogen
4. DOxygen

Monarch butterflies in North America travel thousands of kilometres each autumn to spend the winter in warmer places, such as forests in Mexico. Where do many monarch butterflies spend the winter?

1. AOn islands near Japan
2. BIn the far north of Canada
3. CIn forests in Mexico
4. DIn deserts in Africa

A glossary is a list of important words and their meanings, usually found at the back of a book. A student reading a biology textbook does not know the word “osmosis”. Where could she find its meaning quickly?

1. AOn the copyright page
2. BIn the table of contents
3. COn the title page
4. DIn the glossary

“It was the first warm day of spring. The park was full of people: children flew kites, families had picnics and old friends sat chatting on benches.” What is the mood of the passage?

1. ACheerful
2. BGloomy and grey
3. CTense
4. DLonely

“I couldn’t put the book down. I read it in one night and was sad when it ended.” What is the reader’s opinion of the book?

1. AThe reader enjoyed it very much.
2. BThe reader thought it was frightening.
3. CThe reader found it too long.
4. DThe reader did not finish it.

“Leaves change colour in autumn because the trees stop making chlorophyll, the green pigment. As the green fades, yellow and orange pigments that were there all along become visible.” Where do the yellow and orange colours come from?

1. ASunlight that burns the green away
2. BCold night air that paints the leaves
3. CNew pigments made only in autumn
4. DPigments already present in the leaves

A report states: “Since the hospital began offering flu vaccines to all staff, staff sick days in winter have fallen by a third. Other hospitals in the region did not see this drop.” Why is the second sentence important?

1. AIt makes a general winter change an unlikely cause.
2. BIt shows that other hospitals also offered the vaccine.
3. CIt shows that sick days rose at this hospital.
4. DIt proves that the vaccine prevents all winter illnesses in staff.

The dosage chart reads: “Weight 10–14 kg: 5 mL. Weight 15–19 kg: 7.5 mL. Weight 20–29 kg: 10 mL. Give every 6 hours as needed, no more than 4 doses in 24 hours.” A child weighs 18 kg. What is the most this child may receive in 24 hours?

1. A7.5 mL
2. B20 mL
3. C40 mL
4. D30 mL