To avoid the anxiety of attending a new school after moving across the country, Jacquan told his mother that he had a bad stomachache. After several days of missed school and a doctor’s visit with no diagnosis, Jacquan’s mother figured out what her son was doing. Which term describes Jacquan’s actions in trying to get out of school?

If you heat soup on a stove, what happens to the movement of the soup's particles? a. the particles move slower. b. the particles move faster. c. there's no change in the speed of particles. d. the particles stop moving.

Which of these is the best example of a cause-and-effect chain of events? 1. alonzo went to the music festival. 2. carmen went to the same music festival. 3. alonzo met carmen at the music festival. 1. yosef bought a new car from a dealership. 2. bailey bought a car from the same dealership. 3. bailey paid more for his car than yosef did. 1. the high school football team played a game on friday night. 2. the drama club put on a play on friday night. 3. maya watched the football game instead of the play. 1. a fast food restaurant ran an advertisement on television. 2. hank saw the advertisement and got hungry. 3. hank went to the fast food restaurant and bought food.

Explain comment: much of the thought upon which present-day democratic government rests began as a challenge to the theory of the divine right of kings