Which excerpt from "The Turtle” includes words that best express a tone of admiration and respect? breaks from the blue-black
skin of the water, dragging her shell
with its mossy scutes
of her patience, her fortitude,
her determination to complete
what she was born to do –
She’s only filled
with an old blind wish.
It isn’t even hers but came to her
she knows
she is a part of the pond she lives in,
the tall trees are her children,

Why is the price of rice so important? a. rice prices must be kept within reach of the poorest peopleb. rice prices must make a large profit or no one will grow itc. rice prices impact the cost of fruits and vegetables on neighboring farmsb. rice prices have no real importance other than to large corporations

Select the correct text in the passage. the moving continents affect all subsystems on earth. which sentence identifies a potentially negative consequence of shifting continents? the supercontinent pangaea began to break up about 175 million years ago. [during this process, more coastline was exposed as the landmasses separated]. [the rearrangement and displacement of these huge landmasses resulted in the diversity of plants and animals we see on earth today]. [the movement of the plates sometimes leads to earthquakes and tsunamis]. however, over the long course of earth's history, their effects are usually minimal. in oceans, the plate movements usually lead to seafloor spreading. [seafloor spreading often results in the formation of underwater ranges of mountains].

An earthquake’s epicenter can be determined from arrival time data recorded on a(