Item 3 Refer to the Newsela article “PRO/CON: Can Eating Less Meat Cool the Climate?”

Read the text under the heading "CON: Don't blame farm animals for all those greenhouse gas emissions."

The author makes the claim that the idea that eating meat damages the environment is based on "fuzzy math and questionable science."

How does the author effectively support this claim?

by stressing how tasty a delicious steak is

by comparing those who want to reduce meat consumption to criminals

by describing the humane ways in which animals are treated

by calling out the problems with the GLEAM model and meat alternatives

Read the excerpt from "black hole beginnings." as the star material gathers, its inward pressure grows. the nuclei respond by zipping and zooming faster and faster, veering away from each other all the while. which statement best describes the cause and effect relationship(s) in this excerpt? 1.one cause (star material gathers) leads to two effects (inward pressure grows and nuclei zip and zoom). 2.one cause (star material gathers) leads to one effect (inward pressure grows), which becomes a cause of two additional effects (nuclei zip and zoom, and nuclei veer away from each other). 3.one effect (nuclei zip and zoom) is the result of two causes (star material gathers and inward pressure grows). 4.two effects (inward pressure grows and nuclei veer away from each other) are the result of two causes (star material gathers and nuclei zip and zoom).