Why is the National Geographic Bee so competitive?

Answer:  Developed by the National Geographic Society in 1988 to promote geographic knowledge among young people in the United States, the National Geographic GeoBee is an academic competition for public schools, private schools, and homeschools in the United States and its territories, as well as the Department of Defense Dependents Schools (DoDDS).

Explanation:

“fateful journey “what elements of the story did he invent? And what did he alter ?

What would a possible food chain look like

discuss what you can add to that college community

what is the theme of the book, "The Song of Achilles"?

Roles of journalist
towards Sexual
based Violence?

Read the following sentence.

The Goliath beetle is huge, it can grow to weigh 3.5 ounces, which is big for a bug!

Which type of sentence error, if any, is the above example?

A. comma splice
B. sentence fragment
C. run-on sentence
D. there is no sentence error.

Please select the best answer from the choices provided

How does the use of first-person point of view in the story "The Tell-Tale heart" impact the
reader?

O The story is more suspenseful because the reader has insight into the thoughts and feelings of all the
characters in the story.
O The story is more suspenseful because the reader has insight into only one character's thoughts and
feelings.

Which one of the following sentences is not a fused sentence or a comma splice? I wanted pancakes for breakfast she wanted eggs. I wanted pancakes for breakfast, but she wanted eggs. I wanted pancakes for breakfast, she wanted eggs. none of the above

Choose the adverb and then decide which adjective it modifies in the sentence below.
The small child left a fairly clean room.

Adverb:
Adjective modified:

I think that you should ... your decision( consider)​

4. PART B: Which detail from the text best supports the answer to
Part A?
O A “That word – 'guys'– might earn smiles and nods of
understanding in that world, but it brought the ultimate
insult in my neighborhood." ( Paragraph 5)
OB "With one boy in particular, my mother had to sit me down
and explain: 'Son, perhaps there's another reason why his
parents keep making excuses for why we can't get together."
(Paragraph 18)
O c "Painful as some of these experiences were, I was grateful to
have them in middle school and high school, so that when the
time came to head for college, I already had some fluency
navigating between different cultures" ( Paragkaph 12)
OD "I watched as too many others from my hometown and other
predominantly black cities struggled in a university setting
where suddenly they really were a minority." (Paragraph 20

Which of the following would be a good thesis statement for a persuasive
essay?
A. If each person would start recycling daily instead of just throwing
things away, our world would be less strained for resources.
B. Don't you know that unless you recycle what you can, the earth will
run out of natural resources in less than 50 years?
C. People are so trashy - everyone needs to recycle reusable items!
D. Recycling is just a fad - ignore it, and it will eventually fade into
the woodwork

Student E made the claim, “The legal driving age in the U.S. should be 18 years old.” Which of the following is an example of an appropriate counterclaim the student might make?

Select one:

Many people feel that there should be an upper age limit for driving: elders over the age of 80 tend to lose the mental capacity to safely drive a vehicle.


It might appear as if cars are well-made and are thus safe to drive.


It is often supposed that smoking inhibits a teenager’s mental senses.


Many people argue that teenagers are developmental capable of driving by 16, or even younger.

What is the first step you should take when you want to open a savings account?

Please select t'he word from the list that best fits the definition May

what does the dog eat​

a is a mountain or hill a vent through which lava erupted from the Earth's?​

Why is it important for a collegial discussion to have rules?(1 point)

It creates a space for people to talk about whatever they want.

It makes sure everyone agrees during the debate.

It creates an open and judgment-free zone.

It makes sure someone writes down the ideas.

One of the biggest challenges that we all face, at least in
my opinion it's a challenge, is making difficult decisions,
life-altering decisions. These decisions are not only
difficult to make, but they can also bring consequences
that are not easy to live with. However, if decisions are well
thought out and carefully considered they will be easier to
make and easier to live with.
What feedback would be most helpful feedback to give the writer of this
paragraph?
A. Improve the spelling and grammar.
B. Make the claim more personal.
C. Revise the claim to make it clearer.
D. Address a counterclaim.

What is one way in which early twentieth-century American literature differed from nineteenth-century American literature?


a. Early twentieth-century American literature often focused on dangerous people and conflicts about how to handle them.


b. Early twentieth-century American literature often focused on extraordinary people and conflicts among society's elite.


c. Early twentieth-century American literature often focused on highly educated people and conflicts among thinkers.


d. Early twentieth-century American literature often focused on ordinary people and everyday conflicts.

Does ross believe what he tells lady McDuff

Which of Crichton's lines best supports the idea that the group is stranded on the island?

We were driven out of our course, my lady; I fear far from the track of commerce.


I didn't invent it, my lady. I seem to see it growing all over the island.


My lady, I disbelieved in equality at home because it was against nature, and for that same reason I as utterly disbelieve in it on an island.


There must always, my lady, be one to command and others to obey.

Fire: heat as night : darkness analogy

which word has the long a sound creative actual manually reality

Friends and fellow citizens: I stand before you tonight under indictment for the alleged crime of having voted at the last presidential election, without having a lawful right to vote. It shall be my work this evening to prove to you that in thus voting, I not only committed no crime, but, instead, simply exercised my citizen's rights, guaranteed to me and all United States citizens by the National Constitution, beyond the power of any state to deny.

—“On Women’s Right to Vote,”
Susan B. Anthony

Which statement is true about the audience for "On Women’s Right to Vote?"

Anthony is trying to appeal to women, men, and lawmakers.
Anthony is trying to appeal to women only.
Anthony is trying to appeal only to men who vote.
Anthony is trying to appeal to judges.

3. Reread the passage in which Ponyboy remembers when Steve's female cousin
from Kansas visited. How did the gang choose to treat her? Why?

Read the passage.

Prepare the fuel for your fire by arranging it in a loose pile.
Use your source of ignition, either a match or a striker.
Fan the flame to provide it with oxygen.
Add additional fuel until the fire is burning steadily.
Which is the most likely purpose for reading this text?

to learn how to build a campfire
to enjoy a story about a camping trip
to know how campfires impact nature
to determine what camping tools to buy

The customers got a discount who came in before 5:00. is this right or wrong for adjective clasue?

Which best summarizes the entire article? 3 A There are more than 36,000 different kinds of spiders. Some of them catch their food with a web, such as the garden spider with its orb web. Others, like the wolf spider, just jump on their prey, bite it, and then eat it. B Spiders may resemble insects, but they are actually arachnids, which is a different class of animal. Arachnids have eight legs instead of six, as insects do. Other arachnids include scorpions, ticks, and daddy longlegs. C From mountain peaks to deserts to caves, the spider is found almost everywhere. Wherever spiders go, they help humans by controlling the insect population through hunting. Spiders don't have teeth, so they dissolve their prey by spitting digestive juices on it. D Spiders are predators belonging to a group of animals called arachnids. More than half of all spiders catch prey by building webs from silk they spin themselves. Most spiders are harmless to humans, who actually benefit from the pest control provided by these insect- eating creatures.​

Question 10 of 10
In a multiple-choice question, the correct answer will be found:
A. in the sample.
B. in the stem.
C. among the qualifiers.
D. among the responses.
SUBIE