A comet's journey around the Sun may take hundreds of years. As the comet at last approaches the Sun, bits of ice and other material are
thrown back from the Sun, creating the comet's "tail." After the comet has passed the Sun, its tail gradually disappears until there is little more left
of the visible comet than a ball of ice and gas hurtling through space.
What happens last?

Answer:

Its number 1 The comet tails decreases.

Explanation:

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Question 2
For each of the following sentences, select the pronoun that agrees with the antecedent.

We cheered the performers as ___ left the stage.
A. they
B. he and she

Read the excerpt from Jimmy’s essay about the minimum wage:

The minimum wage should be raised. Currently, the national average minimum wage is less than $8 an hour. Assuming someone works 40 hours a week, that’s less than $1,280 a month—before taxes are taken out. Given that the average rent in the United States is more than $800 a month, that doesn’t leave much to live on.

Based on this excerpt, what is missing from Jimmy’s essay?

A.
a definitive purpose
B.
a clear point of view
C.
supporting textual evidence
D.
acknowledgment of a conflicting viewpoint

Manuela is working on visualizing the setting in this excerpt from "Nothing but Net.”

The neighborhood didn’t feel the same, though. The shoebox-sized store on the corner was closed because Mr. Hallas, the owner, had moved to Florida.

Which descriptive language did Manuela most likely connect with to help her visualize the setting?

the neighborhood didn’t
shoebox-sized store
closed because
had moved to

What is the most accurate statement about the purposes of the poem "Ellis Island" and the essay "Thanksgiving: A Native American View"?

Both offer readers a way to heal the damage done.
Both make readers think about American Indian contributions to the world.
Both help readers reflect on the complexity of Europeans coming to America.
Both encourage readers to feel bad for American Indians.

Read the excerpt from "Flight Into Yesterday."
The plane reached the end of the runway, and Amelia swung it around. Home was 7,000
away, on the far side of the Pacific Ocean, and she yearned to be there. But one thing at a
At this moment her job was to get the plane safely off the ground. The runway stretching a
was a strip carved out of the jungle. About 3,000 feet long, it ended at a cliff that dropped
into the ocean.
17. A summary of this paragraph should (1 point)
DE
O be the same length as the paragraph.
O include details like the length of the runway.
restate each of the ideas in the paragraph.
give an overview of the paragraph's main details.