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While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes: * Astronomers estimate that the number of comets orbiting the Sun is in the billions. * 81P/Wild is one of many comets whose orbit has changed over time. * 81P/Wild's orbit once lay between the orbits of Uranus and Jupiter. * The comet's orbit is now positioned between the orbits of Jupiter and Mars. The student wants to make and support a generalization about the orbits of comets. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish these goals?

Difficulty: Hard

Astronomers estimate that the number of comets orbiting the Sun is in the billions; the comets' orbits may change over time.

Like Uranus, Jupiter, and Mars, billions of comets orbit the Sun.

One example of a comet is 81P/Wild, whose orbit around the Sun once lay between Uranus's and Jupiter's orbits but is now positioned between those of Jupiter and Mars.

A comet's orbit around the Sun may change over time: the orbit of comet 81P/Wild once lay between the orbits of Uranus and Jupiter but is now positioned between those of Jupiter and Mars.

Historically, most conductors of major orchestras and opera companies have been European men, but a new, more diverse generation of artists is stepping up to the podium. Mexico's Alondra de la Parra took over as conductor for the Queensland Symphony Orchestra in 2017, _________ and Colombia's Lina Gonzalez-Granados did the same for the Los Angeles Opera in 2022. Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?

Difficulty: Hard

in addition,

lastly,

granted,

for instance,

Earth's auroras--colorful displays of light seen above the northern and southern poles--result, broadly speaking, from the Sun's activity. ________ the Sun releases charged particles that are captured by Earth's magnetic field and channeled toward the poles. These particles then collide with atoms in the atmosphere, causing the atoms to emit auroral light. Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?

Difficulty: Medium

Specifically,

Similarly,

Nevertheless,

Hence,

While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes: * The Haudenosaunee Confederacy is a nearly 1,000-year-old alliance of six Native nations in the northeastern US. * The members are bound by a centuries-old agreement known as the Great Law of Peace. * Historian Bruce Johansen is one of several scholars who believe that the principles of the Great Law of Peace influenced the US Constitution. * This theory is called the influence theory. * Johansen cites the fact that Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson both studied the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. The student wants to present the influence theory to an audience unfamiliar with the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

Difficulty: Medium

Historian Bruce Johansen believes that the Great Law of Peace was very influential.

The influence theory is supported by the fact that Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson both studied the Haudenosaunee Confederacy.

The influence theory holds that the principles of the Great Law of Peace, a centuries-old agreement binding six Native nations in the northeastern US, influenced the US Constitution.

Native people, including the members of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, influenced the founding of the US in many different ways.

While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes: * Claude McKay (1889-1948) was a Jamaican American writer. * Songs of Jamaica (1912) and Costab Ballads (1912) are two acclaimed poetry collections that McKay published while living in Jamaica. * McKay moved to Harlem in New York City in 1914. * He is best known as a poet and novelist of the Harlem Renaissance, a literary and cultural movement of the 1920s and 1930s. * His most famous works include the poetry collection Harlem Shadows (1922) and the novel Home to Harlem (1928). The student wants to emphasize Claude McKay's accomplishments before moving to Harlem. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

Difficulty: Medium

Jamaican American writer Claude McKay is the author of works such as Songs of Jamaica (1912), Costab Ballads (1912), Harlem Shadows (1922), and Home to Harlem (1928).

Although he is best known as a Harlem Renaissance writer, Claude McKay had published two acclaimed poetry collections in 1912 while living in Jamaica: Songs of Jamaica and Costab Ballads.

In 1914, Claude McKay moved to Harlem, where he would become known as a poet and novelist of the Harlem Renaissance (a literary and cultural movement of the 1920s and 1930s).

Before moving to Harlem, Claude McKay--author of the poetry collection Harlem Shadows (1922) and the novel Home to Harlem (1928)--lived in Jamaica.

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