Choose the Appropriate Letter or Letters to Identify the Organizational

question 12

Multiple Choice

Choose the appropriate letter or letters to identify the organizational pattern or patterns of each reading. Dogs are mammals, so are squirrels and people.Because mammals come in a bewildering variety of sizes and shapes, the question is what characteristics define the class known as mammals? The answer to that question has several parts because mammals have a number of defining characteristics.Mammals are vertebrates.That means they have a backbone.Mammals are also warm-blooded, have lungs, and breathe in air.Mammals are the only animals with real hair and the ability to produce milk.A mammal's heart and lungs are divided from the stomach by a wall of muscle called the diaphragm.Mammals also have different types of teeth that are appropriate for different uses.Then, too, and not to be forgotten, mammal brains are more highly developed than the brains of other animals.

• A) definition
• B) classification
• C) time order: process
• D) time order: sequence of dates and events
• E) comparison and contrast
• F) cause and effect
• G) simple listing

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Definitions:

Analog Meter

A device that measures and displays information using a moving pointer or dial rather than digital means.

Wheatstone Bridge

An electrical circuit used to measure unknown electrical resistances by balancing two legs of a bridge circuit, one leg of which includes the unknown component.

Impedance

The total opposition (combining resistance and reactance) a circuit presents to alternating current.

Capacitance

The ability of a component or circuit to collect and store energy in the form of an electrical charge, measured in Farads.