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Characteristics, traits, order would indicate which thought pattern?

Read the passage and then answer the question that follows.     Most people would agree that the more variety there is in a fireworks display, the better.  There are actually four different types of fireworks available.  The first type, skyrockets, explode high in the air and produce the most dramatic effects. These are the fireworks that are most likely to produce “oohs” and “aahs” from the crowd.  The next type, Roman candles, shoot out separate groups of sparks and colored flames.  This display is accompanied by a series of loud booming noises.  The third type, pinwheels, throw off sparks and flames as they whirl on the end of a stick.  Finally, lances are thin, colorful fireworks used in ground displays.    The main pattern of organization of the above paragraph is…

What term describes the maximum density, or thickness, of bone?

And, also, for one thing would indicate which thought pattern?

Which of the following is true of osteoporosis?

Choose the word that expresses the tone in the passage.      Botulism, a type of rare, severe food poisoning, has been reported recently in New Jersey.  It is believed that the victim, who is in critical condition at a local hospital, was stricken after eating from a jar of incorrectly preserved homegrown green beans from last summer’s garden.  It has been ten years since the last instance of botulism poisoning was reported in the state.  

Choose the word that expresses the tone in the passage.      Yet another public figure has come forward to announce he has signed into an addiction-treatment center to deal with his alcohol problem.  Reports say he has shown courage and honesty.  Perhaps so, but what it really takes to enter a treatment center is money.  What about the poor man, like my father, who may also have a drinking problem-and courage-but who doesn’t happen to have $500 a day for a fancy rest home?  

According to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, healthy people should limit their sodium intake to less than __________ per day. 

If exposed to excessive heat, minerals within foods will be destroyed.

Choose the best word that expresses the tone in the passage.      Often you feel you’ve done nothing when you’ve actually done a lot.  That’s because what you did do seemed beneath notice-it was so small that it didn’t “count.”  But it did-just as each stitch counts toward a finished dress, each brick or nail toward a house you can live in, and each mistake toward knowing how to do things right.