Which reason provides the strongest support for the claim?
O In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the
British were concerned with creating a clock that kept
accurate time aboard sailing ships.
O The widespread use of the chronometer led to
Charles Darwin's theory of evolution and his great
work On the Origin of Species.
O In 1800, Thomas Earnshaw made a brass
chronometer that was about the size of a large pocket
watch.
O The chronometer's accuracy allowed explorers to
create accurate maps, which meant that safe and
rapid shipping routes could be created.

On november 17, 1968, football fans across the united states sat glued to their televisions. a close game between two top teams—the new york jets and the oakland raiders—was being broadcast. when the jets pulled ahead with only fifty seconds remaining, viewers went wild. but then, just as the raiders were bringing the ball across midfield, the game disappeared from the screen! in its place, a previously scheduled children's movie, heidi, started playing. callers flooded the tv network's phone lines, but it was too late. the raiders scored two touchdowns in the very final moments—touchdowns that were unseen by all but west coast viewers. as a result of the interrupted event, dubbed "the heidi game," television networks began delaying their regularly scheduled programs until football games had ended.

Wind blowing briskly leaves falling from the tree which best identifies the form of poetry represented by the stanza? 1.) free verse2.) iambic pentameter3.)sonnet4.) quatain

Which of these sentences uses the subjunctive mood? a. the bird became ill. b. it could not fly anymore. c. the water that it drank made it sick. d. i wish that the bird were healthy again.