Maya stared in dismay at the table strewn with textbooks and notes, and sighed. “well, what’s the verdict? do you know what you want to do? ”
“i think i know what i want, and i’m pretty sure i know what your preference is,” rin said to maya. she turned to look at me. “bianca, what topic do you want to cover? ”
i looked over at nina, who just shrugged. “at this point, our group just needs to pick something or we’re never going to finish the project on time,” i pleaded.
whose point of view does the passage reflect?

the sentence that best describes the tone of the passage from the radio broadcast compared to the passage from the book is b. the radio broadcast has a more surprised tone.

consider the text evidence: in the passage from the book, the description is more matter-of-fact. it is simply describing the things resembling little grey snakes, but there is no urgency in the description. on the other hand, in the passage from the radio broadcast, there is definetely urgency (you can tell from the expression used, "good heavens", which clearly indicates surprise.)

the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle is the lithosphere.     answer   crust and outer part of the mantle.