What is this passage mostly about? A. How wrestling is like climbing
B: An amazing climber
C: The importance of touch
D. How to climb a rock

Everyone wants to have the adventures that Erik Weihenmayer has had. He has
climbed ice falls in Canada and Mount Kenya. He has been to the top of Mount Everest. But Erik is blind. He lost his vision to a disease when he was 13. He had played sports
before he had the disease, but losing his vision meant that playing ball was out. While he was
in high school, he wrestled. He thinks that wrestling is more about the sense of touch than the
sense of sight. In high school, he learned to judge his opponent's strength and match it. His
skills earned him a place at a national wrestling contest. Erik believes that climbing is also a "touch" sport. He began rock climbing when he was
16, and eventually tried mountain climbing. He says that climbing is like having a rock as an
opponent or solving a puzzle. It is interesting to watch him scale a rock. He uses his hands to
find cracks and grooves. He uses his sense of touch to build an image in his mind.
But mountain climbing is not all about rocks. Many high peaks have snow and ice, as
well as steep cliffs. A false step can lead to a bad fall. Climbers who can see find safe ice by its
blue color. Erik taps ice with an ax or pole. Good ice makes a sound like "thunk." Bad ice makes
a sound like "clink."
Erik always climbs with a team. The person ahead of him wears a bell. Sometimes the
leader will tap the ice to show Erik where to place his foot. And, of course, the others call out
directions to him.
Erik loves living a life of adventure. He has happily shared his love of climbing through a
book and a movie. He has even taken a group of six young people climbing in Tibet. They, too, were blind.

Which three excerpts would best be characterized as expository texts? excerpt 1 may 17, 1980, was a quiet day in silver lake, washington. if you had been there, you probably would have seen mount st. helens, one of the state’s famous mountains. the mountain looked like a cone capped with snow. it rose from a valley of deep green trees and bright blue lakes. mount st. helens is volcanic. scientists were watching the mountain carefully that spring. for two months, they recorded small earthquakes near the mountain. steam spewed from its top. and yet, from a distance, the mountain looked picture-perfect. a volcano can erupt when pressure underground builds and forces its way to the surface. volcanos can be active, dormant, or extinct. an active volcano has erupted in the last 10,000 years and is thought to erupt in the near future. a dormant volcano has not erupted in the past 10,000 years, but is thought to erupt again. an extinct volcano is one scientists do not expect to erupt again. for example, in 1980, mt. st. helens was an active volcano. excerpt 2 anxiety sometimes manifests as an apprehensive feeling or worry that you are unable to explain fully. stress is often a trigger. symptoms can include tense muscles, churning stomach, nausea, diarrhea, headache, backache, heart palpitations, sweating, flushing, and numbness or “pins and needles” in arms, hands, or legs. with all these symptoms, it is easy to mistake anxiety for a physical illness. everyone becomes anxious from time to time, but when anxiety interferes with life when there’s no real threat, or is present long after a real threat has passed, it is a problem. one of the best ways to deal with anxiety is to learn how to manage stress in your life. relaxation techniques are also good. meditation, breathing techniques, and yoga are all possible ways to ease anxiety. being healthy also . follow a regular sleep pattern, get plenty of exercise, and maintain a healthy diet. all of these practices will reduce anxiety and stress. excerpt 3 visiting a different country can be a great way to spend a vacation. as a tourist, you are there to see new sights and have new experiences. but living in a different country is not the same as visiting one. when you move to a new country, you move away from people you are close to and many things that you know. a new place may have different customs, different food and often, a different language. the climate and land may be very different. buying food and getting to work may be a major challenge. you will have times of feeling afraid, angry and homesick. these feelings are examples of culture shock. excerpt 4 there never was such a country for wandering liars; and they were of both sexes. hardly a month went by without one of these tramps arriving; and generally loaded with a tale about some princess or other wanting to get her out of some faraway castle where she was held in captivity by a lawless scoundrel, usually a giant. now you would think that the first thing the king would do after listening to such a novelette from an entire stranger, would be to ask for credentials—yes, and a pointer or two as to locality of castle, best route to it, and so on. but nobody ever thought of so simple and commonsense a thing as that. no, everybody swallowed these people’s lies whole, and never asked a question of any sort or about anything. (from a connecticut yankee in king arthur's court by mark twain) excerpt 5 she was dressed in rich materials—satins, and lace, and silks—all of white. her shoes were white. and she had a long white veil dependent from her hair, and she had bridal flowers in her hair, but her hair was white. some bright jewels sparkled on her neck and on her hands, and some other jewels lay sparkling on the table. dresses, less splendid than the dress she wore, and half-packed trunks, were scattered about. she had not quite finished dressing, for she had but one shoe on—the other was on the table near her hand—her veil was but half arranged, her watch and chain were not put on, and some lace for her bosom lay with those trinkets, and with her handkerchief, and gloves, and some flowers, and a prayer-book, all confusedly heaped about the looking glass. (from great expectations by charles dickens)

Will mark first as brainliest how did homer use the design process? identify the steps of the pltw design process that you saw in the movie. sketch out a flowchart.what iterative process did homer have to go through on his rocket designs and how have you had similar experiences on designs so far in engineering class? what did you learn about rocketry that you think will be as you create your own rocket design?

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