Twenty-five percent of all species in the ocean live in coral reefs, which are created by tiny living organisms known as coral polyps. if conditions do not change, over half of the world's coral will be dead by 2050.

most polyps live with algae in a symbiotic relationship—one that both organisms. these algae rely on sunlight for food. the coral needs access to flowing water for its own food as well as for the gases it and its algae need.

runoff from farming, construction, and other human activities can carry silt far out into the ocean. what effects does this silt have on coral reefs?

a.
it increases the population of marine life sheltering in the reef.
b.
it forces reefs to move by creating new deltas and shoals.
c.
it reefs by bringing them additional nutrients and topsoil.
d.
it damages reefs by blocking sunlight and burying the reefs.

Javier is writing a literary analysis of the secret garden. read this introduction to his essay. frances burnett’s “the secret garden” explores the challenges of a sickly, self-centered little girl named mary lennox. after mary’s parents die of cholera, she moves from india to england to live at her uncle’s estate in yorkshire. while living at the old estate, mary discovers an abandoned garden that belonged to her deceased aunt. tending to the neglected garden brings mary joy, and her health improves. through mary’s transformation, burnett presents nature as a symbol of rebirth and healing. which piece of textual evidence should javier use to support the claim made in the introduction? a. “‘it’s in the garden no one can go into,’ she said to herself. ‘it’s the garden without a door. he lives in there. how i wish i could see what it is like! ’” b. “in india she had always felt hot and too languid to care much about anything. the fact was that the fresh wind from the moor had begun to blow the cobwebs out of her young brain and to waken her up a little.” c. “mary felt lonelier than ever when she knew she was no longer in the house. she went out into the garden as quickly as possible, and the first thing she did was to run round and round the fountain flower garden ten times.” d. “‘it isn’t a quite dead garden,’ she cried out softly to herself. ‘even if the roses are dead, there are other things alive.’”