1. Pure nitric acid is colorless, but it _______ a yellow color when it is exposed to air.

A. acquire
B. to be acquired
C. acquires
D. to acquire

2. The Nassau grouper is a tropical fish that _________ for its ability to change color.
A. is noted
B. to be noted
C. to note
D. are noted

3. In 1899 Mary Elizabeth Brown ________ her collection of 200 musical instruments.
A. Donating
B. Donates
C. Is Donated
D. Donated

4. Alpha rays commonly ______ their energy rapidly when they pass through matter.
A. losing
B. loss
C. to lose
D. lose

5. The Supreme Court ____that evidence from illegal searches can not be used in court.
A. having
B. to have
C. have ruled
D. has ruled
6. Many scientists in the world ______ in their opinions of how snow crystals originate.
A. differs
B. to differ
C. differ
D. differing

7. Theater Community not only ______ entertainment but also furnishes a creative outlet.
A. providing
B. will providing
C. to provide
D. provides

8. Stone fruits ______ peaches and plums in which a hard pit is surrounded by soft pulp.
A. is
B. with
C. are
D. from

9. A work of science fiction often _______ scientific discoveries either real or imaginary.
A. uses
B. using
C. to use
D. will uses

10. People who _____ a certain kind of brain injury lose the ability to experience emotions.
A. has suffered
B. suffering
C. have suffered
D. to suffer
11. Some algae are microscopic consisting of one cell, but other plants ___ many cells.
A. contains
B. containing
C. to contain
D. contain

12. Physicists have ____ since the early 19th century that matter is made up of particles.
A. Know
B. Knows
C. Knew
D. Known

13. The oldest institution of higher learning _____ in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1636.

A. Was Founded
B. Founded
C. Founds
D. Were Founded

14. A creole is a pidgin with native speaker of a second generation who ___________ it.
A. Will formalizing
B. Will formalize
C. To Formalize
D. Formalizing

15. The water cycle _________ how water evaporates from the surface of the Earth.
A. Describe
B. Describing
C. To Describe
D. Describes