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OG: As opposed to adults, pound for pound, children breathe twice as much air,

As opposed to adults, pound for pound, children breathe twice as much air, drink two and a half times as much water, eat three to four times as much food, and have more skin surface area. A. As opposed to adults, pound for pound, children B. Compared pound for pound with adults, children C. Unlike ...


OG: Five hundred million different species of living creatures have appeared on Earth

Five hundred million different species of living creatures have appeared on Earth, nearly 99 percent of them vanishing . A. Five hundred million different species of living creatures have appeared on Earth, nearly 99 percent of them vanishing. B. Nearly 99 percent of five hundred million different ...


OG: Scientists claim that the discovery of the first authenticated mammal bones in amber

Scientists claim that the discovery of the first authenticated mammal bones in amber could provide important clues of determining, in addition to how, when mammals colonized the islands of the West Indies . A. of determining, in addition to how, when mammals colonized the islands of the West Indies ...


OG: Even with the proposed budget cuts and new taxes and fees, the city’s projected deficit

Even with the proposed budget cuts and new taxes and fees, the city’s projected deficit for the next budget year is getting worse: administration officials announced that they believe the gap will be $3.7 billion, a billion dollars over what it was predicted just two months ago. A. over what it was ...


OG: Because property values sometimes fluctuate in response to economic conditions beyond

Because property values sometimes fluctuate in response to economic conditions beyond the purchaser’s control, an investment in a home may underperform when compared to that of other widely available classes of investments. A. an investment in a home may underperform when compared to that of other w...


OG: Scientists say that, by bathing the skin cells in extracts of immune cells,

Scientists say that, by bathing the skin cells in extracts of immune cells, that human skin cells in a test tube are made to behave as if they were immune system cells. A. that human skin cells in a test tube are made to behave as if they were B. that human skin cells were to behave in a test tube a...


OG: Analysts and media executives predict the coming year to be no less challenging than

Analysts and media executives predict the coming year to be no less challenging than the previous one had been for the company’s C.E.O. A. the coming year to be no less challenging than the previous one had been B. the coming year to be no less challenging compared to the previous one C. that the co...


OG: Educator Maria Montessori believed that students be allowed to choose from

Educator Maria Montessori believed that students be allowed to choose from among a number of different lessons designed for the encouragement of their development as thinkers and creators with individual learning and thinking styles. A. that students be allowed to choose from among a number of diffe...


OG: In the United States, less than half as many multifamily housing

In the United States, less than half as many multifamily housing units were produced in the 1990s than in each of the previous two decades. A. less than half as many multifamily housing units were produced in the 1990s than B. less than half as many multifamily housing units had been produced in the...


OG: Officials at the United States Mint believe that the Sacagawea dollar coin will be

Officials at the United States Mint believe that the Sacagawea dollar coin will be used more as a substitute for four quarters rather than for the dollar bill because of its weight, only 8.1 grams, which is far less than four. A. more as a substitute for four quarters rather than for the dollar bill...


OG: Although when a hagfish is threatened, it will secrete slime that is small in quantity

Although when a hagfish is threatened, it will secrete slime that is small in quantity, it expands several hundred times as it absorbs seawater, forming a slime ball that can coat the gills of predatory fish and either suffocate them or distress them enough to make them flee. A. Although when a hag...


OG: Dinosaur tracks show them walking with their feet directly under their bodies

Dinosaur tracks show them walking with their feet directly under their bodies, like mammals and birds, not extended out to the side in the manner of modern reptiles. A. Dinosaur tracks show them walking with their feet directly under their bodies, like B. Dinosaur tracks show that they walked with ...


OG: By skimming along the top of the atmosphere, a proposed new style of aircraft

By skimming along the top of the atmosphere, a proposed new style of aircraft could fly between most points on Earth in under two hours, according to its proponents. A. By skimming along the top of the atmosphere, a proposed new style of aircraft could fly between most points on Earth in under two ...


OG: Upon their first encountering leaf-cutting ants in South America, the insects

Upon their first encountering leaf-cutting ants in South America, the insects seemed to some Europeans to be carrying bits of greenery to shade themselves from the tropical sun – hence the sobriquet “parasol ants.” A. Upon their first encountering leaf-cutting ants in South America, the insects see...


OG: Although the earliest inhabitants of Mapungubwe, building their dwellings

Although the earliest inhabitants of Mapungubwe, building their dwellings of either wattle and daub or unfired mud brick, by the thirteenth century buildings of coral blocks in lime mortar began to appear. A. earliest inhabitants of Mapungubwe, building their dwellings B. earliest inhabitants of Map...