Article: Air pollution has many components, like the emission of greenhouse gases that lead to climate change. Carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels and changes in land use; nitrous oxide from the increased use of fertilizers; and methane from irrigated rice agriculture, cattle, and landfills are changing climate at a rate faster than most changes seen in the geologic record.
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Article Questions: (5 pts each) → (15 pts total)
1) What did you learn?
2) What is causing this impact?
3) Who/what is being affected?

Answer:

1) the one thing I learned or notice from this Social studies article is that when a air pollution is that a components of greenhouse are gases the use as a lead that lead to change in climate or fossil fuels

2) This causing impact means when increased use of fertilizers that faster than geologic

Which of the following does not reflect the first step of effective communication?
a.
picking a topic for discussion
b.
clarifying the reason for today’s meeting
c.
setting goals for the project
d.
asking for feedback on the project’s progress

My aunt Jackie is a published author.
It is about the murder of an Egyptian king.


Which sentence is incorrect? (Only one answer)

Tuesday: Vocabulary: Use your computer or a dictionary to look up the definition of these words from our novel.

taut
foliage
solemn
jubilant
fleeting

When the Yeehats follow the moose movement, what is the area they now avoid?

Group of answer choices

A. The river where the gold is at.

B. The valley where Thornton was killed.

C. The mountain ridge by their enemies camp.

D. Dawson.

[30 POINTS!]
Read the dictionary entry.

eliminate

\ i-ˈli-mə-ˌnāt \

transitive verb

1. get rid of

2. leave out

3. completely destroy

4. remove from competition

Read the sentence.

In order to win the one-on-one basketball tournament, Johnny knew that he had to eliminate all the other players.

Which definition clarifies how eliminate is used in the sentence?


Definition 1

Definition 2

Definition 3

Definition 4

Which sentences from “The Bridge” most relate to the theme that one’s background often has an impact on one’s beliefs?

A. What I mean is, they don’t get me. If they tried for a hundred million years, they couldn’t begin to comprehend my feelings and my dreams.
B. This isn’t because they’re insensitive, you understand, but because they didn’t grow up here. They grew up on the other side of the globe, in India.
C. You’d think my parents would have some understanding of how much I love music, wouldn’t you? They think music is just something extra in my life.
D. They expect me to get into an A-list college and then become a businessman or a scientist or a doctor or an engineer – that’s their plan. That is what will make them proud."

Read the paragraph from the Newsela article "PRO/CON: Binge-Watching?" and note the boldface evidence to support the main argument.

"John Mayer is a psychologist. He says, "We are all bombarded with stress from everyday living, and with the nature of today's world where information floods us constantly. It is hard to shut our minds down and tune out the stress and pressures." Binge-watching acts "like a steel door," he says. It blocks our brains from thinking about those constant stressors that force themselves into our thoughts."

The main argument is that binge-watching helps to reduce stress.

Which answer best uses the evidence to evaluate the main argument?

Question 8 options:

The argument is effective because the evidence from an expert illustrates how binge-watching relieves stress.


The argument is ineffective because the evidence fails to explain how binge-watching harms the brain.