Read the excerpt from The War of the Worlds. A large portion of the cylinder had been uncovered, though its lower end was still embedded. As soon as Ogilvy saw me among the staring crowd on the edge of the pit he called to me to come down, and asked me if I would mind going over to see Lord Hilton, the lord of the manor. The growing crowd, he said, was becoming a serious impediment to their excavations, especially the boys. Which context clues effectively help indicate the meaning of the word excavations as it is used in the excerpt

the answer to the blank is recite

d bc i just guessed

first of all, what is green literature or ecocriticism? now, don't report this, saying that i am plagiarizing, but i did get this defenition from google, because i too had to look up the defenition. ecocriticism or green literature, "is the study of literature and the environment from an interdisciplinary point of view, where literature scholars analyze texts that illustrate environmental concerns and examine the various ways literature treats the subject of nature." that being said, to summarize that, it means that the passages must both be talking similarly about an environmental issue, while also addressing the issue. the first passage talks about having to build their subways more down underground because of sewer lines. the second passage talks about, due to erosion, half of iceland's topsoil was carried into the ocean. so to sum these two up, they both have something to do with soil.

its not a because they are solving the issue, not creating more consequences. b is not correct because no where did they mention coal to being an alternative. d is incorrect because, though the ocean did cause a problem in the second passage, water and gravity have nothing to do with the first passage.

answer is c) in order meet their goals, environmentalist must people develop a personal desire to protect nature.

(sorry i would like to explain more but i have to leave right now)