Read the excerpt from "GM Food: Fuel for Our Future.” Also, crops can be genetically engineered to be more nutritious. Golden rice, for example, has been altered to have more vitamin A than spinach. This is important because according to Scientific American, "Vitamin A deficiency causes more than one million deaths annually and half a million cases of irreversible blindness in the developing world.” Golden rice alone could help save millions of lives and prevent blindness. Overall, our growing world desperately needs GM food to survive. The food these crops produce costs less and is safer and more nutritious than anything you could get from a traditional crop. As you can see, the benefits of GM food outweigh the far-fetched, unsubstantiated risks that critics have put forth.
Which phrases from the excerpt support the author’s argument that genetically modified food is safe? Check all that apply.
more vitamin A you can see could help save traditional crop unsubstantiated risks more nutritious
Answer:
1. More Vitamin A.
2. Could help save.
3. More nutritious.
Explanation:
From the excerpt, an argument is made for genetically modified foods and how necessary they are for everyone, especially nutrition-wise.
GM foods are argued to be more superior to other foods and safe by using phrases like "more vitamin A". "Could help save" and "More nutritious" because it shows that it has more nutrients in it and could help keep people safe and satisfied.
Answer:
The notion of the phoenix probably means that love gives her hope for a change or better life. The phoenix symbolizes being recreated or reborn.
Explanation:
It is likely the author means that women often feel like love is their escape or that once they find a husband they can be reborn from having to succumb always to the wills of men in her life. A phoenix is a mythological bird that is reborn again after burning, emerging from the ashes as reborn. Love gives them hope for a time but then the "disturbed rest" and "painful signs" suggest that she suffers because of love as well. The entire poem laments the position of women at that time which was conceived as normally controlled by and subservient to men.
A preposition is <span>a word governing, and usually preceding, a noun or pronoun and expressing a relation to another word or element in the clause, some examples of preposition words are,
-on
-over
-like
-before
In this case, the preposition word in the sentence,</span><span> The birds gracefully flew through the air, is Through </span>
Answer:
The response that she received was adequate. The CEO, not the board chair, should be making the hiring decisions
The opening which was advertised in the daily paper is for an entry-level programmer.
Explanation:
The comma is one of the most common punctuations used in grammar and it serves various functions among which are to separate listed items, to indicate a pause, separation of words, or ideas, etc.
From the given examples above, the sentences with internal sentence interrupters that make use of correct punctuation are options A and C.
Options B and D make use of punctuation incorrectly.
Answer:
Carlotta and I love Halloween
