Which of the following statements supports the author's claim that "conservation is a collective responsibility"? A. And when youths are more materially driven, they are also less likely to believe that natural resources will become scarce in the future.
B. The highest levels of conservation took place in the mid-to late 1970s when President Carter was asking citizens to be responsible for conserving resources.
C. This decline, interestingly, is coupled with a rise in materialistic values.
D. The steepest decline in conservation took place during the Reagan administration.
E. These opposing values should raise a red flag about the consumer culture and its influence on youth.

However, the idea of real-life people living in what would become the united states for thousands of years before columbus ever left spain never dawned on me. what would be the best way to revise this sentence for greater clarity? a) however, the fact that columbus left spain thousands of years after people settled what would become the united states never dawned on me. b) it never dawned on me, however, the idea of real-life people living in what would become the united states for thousands of years before columbus ever left spain. c) however, the fact that people were already living in what would become the united states for thousands of years before columbus ever left spain never dawned on me. d) however, the idea never dawned on me that long before columbus ever left spain, real-life people lived for thousands of years in what would become the united states.

“heartwork each day is born with a sunrise and ends in a sunset, the same way we open our eyes to see the light, and close them to hear the dark. you have no control over how your story begins or ends. but by now, you should know that all things have an ending. every spark returns to darkness. every sound returns to silence. and every flower returns to sleep with the earth. the journey of the sun and moon is predictable. but yours, is your ultimate art.” ― suzy kassem what does this quote mean to you? and why? i'm not looking for anything in particular, i just wanted to know. : )

Which component is necessary to create an effective and debatable thesis statement