Read the excerpt from lizzie bright and the buckminster boy.

[mr. stonecrop] draped his arm around turner's shoulders and drew him in, into his strength and power and presence. turner felt as if he were moving in close to a mountain. but when he looked up into mr. stonecrop's face, he shuddered. mr. stonecrop was laughing, and his mouth was pulled into a grin, but his eyes were as dead as marbles, almost as if there were nothing behind them. he was like someone out of a ghost story, and turner tried to draw away.

in this excerpt, mr. stonecrop is compared to a mountain. how does this description relate to mr stonecrop’s role in the main conflict of the story?

mr. stonecrop, like a mountain, is a fair and wise man whom others look up to for leadership about malaga island.
mr. stonecrop, like a mountain, is intimidating and strongly holds his position against the people of malaga island.
mr. stonecrop, like a mountain, changes with the seasons, and he changes his mind about the people of malaga island.
mr. stonecrop, like a mountain, is an elderly man who lets others decide what is best in reference to malaga island.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

14 chromosomes

explanation:

sperm cells of the russian dwarf hamster contain 14 chromosomes. how many chromosomes are found in a normal body cell of the russian dwarf hamster? a cell with 20 chromosomes undergoes mitosis.

fond of fighting is the answer