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- 1. Multiple ChoiceThe function of the new artificial limbs, or prosthetics, described in “Robo-Legs” is to help peopleperform as efficiently as machinespublicize the effects of disabilitiesovercome their bodies' limitationsunderstand advances in technology
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWhat does Nick Springer discuss in "Robo-Legs" to express his hope for the future?computer programs that control prostheticsbatteries that are used in prostheticssports equipment for people with disabilitiesprosthetics shown in a Star Wars movie
- 3. Multiple ChoiceThe author of "Eureka: Scientific Twists of Fate" most likely call penicillin "the most important medical discovery" of the 20th century because ithelped save milkmaids from diseaseended World War II after D-Dayunited scientific communitiessaved so many people from dying of infections
- 4. Multiple ChoiceIn "Eureka: Scientific Twists of Fate," the description of how Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin servesto introduce the main ideaas an example of the main ideaas an exception to the rule that discoveries depend on luck and talentas a conclusion to the article
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhat have the scientific advances discussed in both articles done?improved human livesprevented disease epidemicscaused people to question progressmade humans more like machines
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhat does mobility mean?an action taken to compete in sportsa reason to make medical advancementsthe return to health after an illnessthe capability of moving around
- 7. Multiple ChoiceRehabilitation isa method of examining patientsthe process of returning someone to physical capabilitya technique or studying diseasesan effort to restore health to an entire community after an epidemic
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhat does serendipitous mean?happening in the pastdiscovered in a laboratoryfound by fortunate accidentshowing healthy characteristics
- 9. Multiple ChoiceSomething that is pervasive ispresent throughoutunhealthful to manydeserving of a prizeextensively researched
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhat does infectious mean?able to recognize a dangerous infectioncapable of being transmitted by infectionknowledgeable about the source of infectionsconsidered the highest authority on infections
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