PART A) What is a central idea of "The Ride of His Life"? Scientists can use modern technology to help save the environment.

Fishermen should only be allowed to fish with one kind of net.

Sea turtles help keep the ocean environment healthy.

Senko is most concerned with saving endangered sea turtles.
Question 2
Part B

Which sentence from the text best shows the development of the central idea in Part A?

"For example, sea turtles eat seagrass, which helps it grow properly."

"Sea turtles are endangered because fishermen inadvertently catch them in their nets."

"When Jesse Senko was 12 years old, he had an experience that literally changed his life."

"He focuses his research and life’s work on marine resource sustainability."

Part A. is:

D.) Senko is most concerned with saving endangered sea turtles.

Part B. is:

D.) He focuses his research and life's work on marine resource sustainability.

Explanation:

Part A is pretty simple. Even in just the first paragraph it talks a lot about him liking sea turtles and seeming to find them quite interesting.

Part B is also pretty easy to tell since if he's most concerned for sea turtles then it's quite simple to see that sea turtles are part of marine biology.

Hope this helped!

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)