100% Read the science article. Some states bordering the Gulf of Mexico experienced a drought, or period of time with very little rainfall, in 2012 drought affected the size of a dead zone in the gulf waters. Dead zones develop when large amounts of fertilizers from th washed into the gulf when it rains. The fertilizer causes algae to grow in the water. When the algae die, they sink to the b as they decay. Then the water does not have enough oxygen left for fish to live. The area becomes a dead zone. During t however, the dead zone became smaller. According to the article, what is the most likely reason a dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico became smaller in 2012? 01. More algae grew in the water. 2. Less fertilizer washed into the water. O 3. Less oxygen was left for fish in the water. 04. More algae sank to the bottom of the water.

Select the correct text in the passage. which part of this excerpt from homer's odyssey uses an epic simile? the king himself the vases ranged with care; then bade his followers to the feast prepare. a victim ox beneath the sacred hand of great alcinous falls, and stains the sand. to jove the eternal (power above all powers! who wings the winds, and darkens heaven with showers) the flames ascend: till evening they prolong the rites, more sacred made by heavenly song; for in the midst, with public honours graced, thy lyre divine, demodocus! was placed. all, but ulysses, heard with fix'd delight; he sate, and eyed the sun, and wish’d the night; slow seem’d the sun to move, the hours to roll, his native home deep-imaged in his soul. as the tired ploughman, spent with stubborn toil, whose oxen long have torn the furrow'd soil, sees with delight the sun's declining ray, when home with feeble knees he bends his way to late repast (the day's hard labour done); so to ulysses welcome set the sun; then instant to alcinous and the rest (the scherian states) he turn’d, and thus address'd: "o thou, the first in merit and command! and you the peers and princes of the land! may every joy be yours! nor this the least, when due libation shall have crown'd the feast,

Which word is closest to the meaning of the underlined word as it is used in the paragraph? use the thesaurus to find the correct meaning. as the police detective questioned the elegantly dressed woman, she became indignant. she wanted to know why she had been called in for questioning. when she learned she was free to leave, she stormed out of the room. indignant adj. angry adj. annoyed adj. irritated adj. resentful angry resentful irritated annoyed

Select the correct answers. read the prologue for act ll of william shakespeare's play romeo and juliet chorus: now old desire doth in his death-bed lie, and young affection gapes to be his heir, that fail for which love groan'd for and would die, with tender juliet match'd, is now not fair. now romeo is beloved and loves again, alike betwitched by the charm of looks, but to his foe supposed he must complain, and she steal love's sweet bait from fearful hooks: being held a foe, he may not have access to breathe such vows as lovers use to swear and she as much in love, her means much less to meet her new-beloved any where: but passion lends them power, time means, to meet tempering extremities with extreme sweet. in the previous act, romeo and juliet have fallen in love, even though their families despise one another. based on the excerpt, purposes of this prologue?