1) The giant ragweed, or buffalo weed, grows _____.

2) Neptune is _____ any planet except Pluto.

3) Since prehistoric times, artists have arranged paint on surfaces in ways _____ their ideas about people and the world.

4) Except for certain microorganisms, _____ need oxygen to survive.

5) Dubbing is used in filmmaking _____ a new sound track to a motion picture.

6) Because the wood of the dogwood tree is very hard, _____ is used for objects, such as roller skate wheels, in which hardness is desired.

7) In hot, dry regions, the Sun’s heat causes the outer layer of rocks _____, a process called exfoliation.

8) The lower _____ in a room, the more slowly our eyes focus

9) _____ Sarah Orne Jewett, a nineteenth-century writer, read widely in her family’s extensive library.

10) The capacity for flight _____insects from the other invertebrates.

11) Although pecans are most plentiful in the southeastern part of the United States, they are found _____ Ohio and Illinois.

12) _____ of caffeine can result in restlessness, insomnia, and even delirium.

13) Considered one of the leading poets in America today,_____.

14) Variables such as individual and corporate behavior _____ nearly impossible for economists to forecast economic trends with precision.

15) _____ by transferring the blame to others is often called scapegoating