Read the paragraph from the section "Health Problems In Space." Putting your body in space has many dangers. You are exposed to many things in space. It means limited food and exercise. It means different sleep cycles. It could lead to many other problems we do not know about yet. Scientists say it's important to understand the effects space travel has on the body. It will be even more important for longer trips, like going to Mars.

What is the main idea of the paragraph?

Which best explains this excerpt’s purpose in the novel’s plot structure? the excerpt creates conflict between characters as part of the rising action. the excerpt provides background information on a character as part of the exposition. the excerpt returns a character to equilibrium as part of the falling action. the excerpt is the point of greatest tension and acts as the climax.

How do sotomayor's descriptions of her family most likelyaffect readers?

With crack on crack of thunder, zeus let fly a bolt against the ship, a direct hit, so that she bucked, in reeking fumes of sulphur, and all the men were flung into the sea. they came up 'round the wreck, bobbing a while like petrels on the waves. no more seafaring homeward for these, no sweet day of return; the god had turned his face from them. –the odyssey, homer read the passage. then, identify the theme that is supported by the passage. most ships cannot survive a terrible thunderstorm. the ocean is an angry beast that will tame any who try to control it. the gods have the power to control human destiny. men are willing to die to eat the delicious cattle of the gods.