"Space Debris"
(excerpted and adapted)

In the folktale "Chicken Little," the title character becomes convinced the sky is falling when an acorn falls on her head. While she is demonstrably wrong in the story, in reality objects from outer space do fall to Earth. On average, a total of 200-400 tracked objects enter Earth’s atmosphere every year. [A] Thankfully, human populations are rarely affected by these falling objects. This is because only a relatively small percentage of Earth’s total surface area is inhabited. So, any objects that do not burn up and disintegrate during atmospheric reentry are likely to fall into the open ocean or 46on a land area that is sparsely populated.

The U.S. federal agencies charged with monitoring near-Earth space estimate there are over 170 million pieces of space debris orbiting the Earth. [B] Space debris is the collection of man-made objects like old 47satellites, spent rocket stages, and fragments, from disintegration, erosion, and collisions. The majority of these objects are tiny, but roughly 30,000 are larger than a softball. Only about 1,000 are actual spacecraft.

The smallest bits of space debris cannot even be detected by 48censors. Despite their lack of mass, 49spacecraft are at risk from these tiny pieces of debris. [C] This is because objects orbit the Earth at extremely high velocity. [D] 50Consequently, a seemingly insignificant bit of metal can easily punch through the protective covering on satellites or spacecraft.

There have been two major space collisions involving debris. The first occurred in 1996 when a French military reconnaissance satellite Cerise was struck by debris from a French rocket that had exploded a decade earlier. In 2009, the first collision 51of two intact satellites occurred when Iridium 33, a U.S. satellite, collided with the 52extinct Russian Cosmos-2251 at a speed of over 26,000 mph. 53This produced over 2,000 new pieces of space debris. A piece of space debris from the collision passed close to the International Space Station in March 2012. The crew took shelter in two docked Soyuz rendezvous spacecraft until the debris passed.

54In 1978, NASA scientist Donald Kessler proposed a worst-case scenario for space collisions. This 55scenario, that is now known as the Kessler syndrome, involves debris created from a collision impacting other satellites. Impact follows impact like a row of dominos, eventually resulting in mass satellite destruction.

In an effort to prevent the Kessler syndrome, many satellite mission teams safely maneuver retired satellites back into Earth’s atmosphere so that one of two things occur. For satellites orbiting close to Earth, operators lower the orbit of a decommissioned satellite so that 56they will naturally re-enter the atmosphere within 25 years. As the satellite begins to fall back toward Earth and loses altitude, the compression and friction in the dense region of the atmosphere closest to the Earth 57generate intense heat that breaks up and burns most of the satellite machinery.

If the satellite has enough fuel, it can be directed to fly back through the atmosphere and crash into a predetermined location in the Pacific Ocean. This place has several names, including Point Nemo (Latin for "no one") and the Oceanic Pole of Inaccessibility. These names are 58felicitous: The nearest land mass is 1,450 nautical miles away.




47
A.
NO CHANGE
B.
satellites, spent rocket stages, and, fragments from disintegration, erosion, and, collisions
C.
satellites, spent rocket stages, and, fragments, from disintegration, erosion, and, collisions
D.
satellites, spent rocket stages, and fragments from disintegration, erosion, and collisions

Answer:

I would have to say "D".

Explanation:

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Answer:

Explanation:

The U.S. federal agencies charged with monitoring near-Earth space estimate there are over 170 million pieces of space debris orbiting the Earth. [B] Space debris is the collection of man-made objects like old 47satellites, spent rocket stages, and fragments, from disintegration, erosion, and collisions. The majority of these objects are tiny, but roughly 30,000 are larger than a softball. Only about 1,000 are actual spacecraft.

The smallest bits of space debris cannot even be detected by 48censors. Despite their lack of mass, 49spacecraft are at risk from these tiny pieces of debris. [C] This is because objects orbit the Earth at extremely high velocity. [D] 50Consequently, a seemingly insignificant bit of metal can easily punch through the protective covering on satellites or spacecraft.

There have been two major space collisions involving debris. The first occurred in 1996 when a French military reconnaissance satellite Cerise was struck by debris from a French rocket that had exploded a decade earlier. In 2009, the first collision 51of two intact satellites occurred when Iridium 33, a U.S. satellite, collided with the 52extinct Russian Cosmos-2251 at a speed of over 26,000 mph. 53This produced over 2,000 new pieces of space debris. A piece of space debris from the collision passed close to the International Space Station in March 2012. The crew took shelter in two docked Soyuz rendezvous spacecraft until the debris passed.

54In 1978, NASA scientist Donald Kessler proposed a worst-case scenario for space collisions. This 55scenario, that is now known as the Kessler syndrome, involves debris created from a collision impacting other satellites. Impact follows impact like a row of dominos, eventually resulting in mass satellite destruction.

In an effort to prevent the Kessler syndrome, many satellite mission teams safely maneuver retired satellites back into Earth’s atmosphere so that one of two things occur. For satellites orbiting close to Earth, operators lower the orbit of a decommissioned satellite so that 56they will naturally re-enter the atmosphere within 25 years. As the satellite begins to fall back toward Earth and loses altitude, the compression and friction in the dense region of the atmosphere closest to the Earth 57generate intense heat that breaks up and burns most of the satellite machinery.

If the satellite has enough fuel, it can be directed to fly back through the atmosphere and crash into a predetermined location in the Pacific Ocean. This place has several names, including Point Nemo (Latin for "no one") and the Oceanic Pole of Inaccessibility. These names are 58felicitous: The nearest land mass is 1,450 nautical miles away.

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A.

NO CHANGE

B.

satellites, spent rocket stages, and, fragments from disintegration, erosion, and, collisions

C.

satellites, spent rocket stages, and, fragments, from disintegration, erosion, and, collisions

D.

satellites, spent rocket stages, and fragments from disintegration, erosion, and collisions

"Working With Money"
(excerpted and adapted)

People need money in nearly all aspects of their 31lives; to buy things, to eliminate debt, and to invest in the future. However, it is equally important to have financial 32smarts to help people manage their money. With a career as a financial specialist, you could help clients achieve their life goals. Financial specialists provide guidance about money in many ways. [A] For example, they may manage investments for clients, extend loans, or check financial statements for accuracy. Some interact directly with clients; others work to ensure that the institutions using money are run properly.

Accountants keep track of the money that an individual or a business 33earn and spend. Using computer software, accountants analyze spending habits and may offer advice on how to budget money more efficiently. 34He or she also prepares and submits financial paperwork to government regulators. Auditors are employed by businesses to evaluate the accuracy of an 35accountants’ work. They also review financial decisions for accuracy and legality and report their findings to investors and legal authorities.

Financial analysts consider an individual’s or corporation’s financial goals and provide investment advice 36similar to those goals. [B] They typically specialize by industry, region, or product. For example, a financial analyst specializing in investment by region may track economic developments in Asia. [C] Using computer software, financial analysts study economic trends, historical data, and financial statements. They write reports for senior managers and clients to support investment recommendations. [D]

There are many other financial specialist careers than these. 37Even if you are uninterested in any one job, it is possible to begin preparing for it as early as high school. Accounting, economics, and other business-related classes are 38important—but so is an aptitude for math, naturally. Bachelor’s degrees in finance, business administration, and accounting are common among financial specialists. A small but growing number of colleges and universities offer specialized degrees in disciplines such as financial planning.

Licensure or certification is recommended or required for workers in some financial specialist occupations. For example, accountants must be licensed to file reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission. To become licensed, workers usually must complete a specific course of study and then pass an exam. 39Requirements vary by state. Each state’s licensing boards provide specific information. To maintain their license, 40it is typically necessary to pay a fee and take annual continuing education classes. These courses help workers keep abreast of changes in policies and regulations that 41 affect their industry.

The work of financial specialists is crucial to many employers. 42 Their labor cannot easily be replaced with automated systems, that is why financial specialists enjoy job security. Moreover, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) predicts growth in employment opportunities for financial specialists during the 2012-2022 decade. In particular, BLS believes accountants and auditors and financial analysts will experience greater than average job growth during that time.43




number 41
A.
NO CHANGE
B.
effect
C.
infect
D.
defect

Which sentence is an example of assonance? help please

Write a sentence with the word calibrated

Ernesto wants to know what effect teenage drivers have on the overall safety of public roads and highways. Which of the following research questions would best help Ernesto find information about his topic?
A.
Should teenagers be allowed to drive on public highways?
B.
Can car manufacturers improve vehicle safety for teen drivers?
C.
How many teenagers in the U.S. drive to school every day?
D.
What percentage of motor vehicle accidents involve teen drivers?

What is the setting of the book "Heroine" by: Mindy McGinnis?

how can we as teenagers help ukraine go in demonstrations? How do demonstrations help Ukraine? How can we teenagers influence with the internet, so that we help Ukraine?

I give the BRAINLY to the best answer!
You’ll get many points too!!

PLEASE SOMEONE HELP!!

Read the conversation between Louise and Mark.
LOUISE. If we decide to order a new scoreboard for the gym, we should probably order it before the end of next week. I reached out to the manufacturer and learned that the scoreboard we’ve discussed will take three months to build and ship. If we place the order next week, the scoreboard will arrive just in time for the new school year. Unfortunately, shipping takes—
MARK, interrupting Louise. Placing an order requires a 50 percent deposit up front in the form of a certified check. I’m not sure I can get a check from the treasurer by next week. I’m not even sure we have enough money saved to pay for it.
LOUISE. Thanks for the reminder, Mark. Kristin, how much have we raised in candy bar sales so far? The total cost with shipping is $1,400.00, but with the sponsorship money, the total comes to only $580.

How should Mark adjust his behavior to be a more effective discussion participant? Select two options

He should address the topic with Louise after the discussion.

He should keep the discussion on schedule by moving to the next topic.

He should ask a question to clarify the cost of the scoreboard.

He should raise his hand to indicate that he wants to enter the conversation.

He should take notes reminding himself to do research on shipping times later.

1. PART A: Which TWO of the following best
identify the central ideas of this speech?
OA. The current democratic administration is
cracking down on Communists in an
unconstitutional manner.
OB. The democratic nominee for president is not fit
to fight communism because the Truman
Administration appointed him.
OC. The republican nominee for president is more
fit than the democratic nominee to fight
Communists because of his experience fighting
Nazis in World War II.
OD. It is morally wrong for anyone to manipulate
campaign finances for their own personal
benefit.
OE. It is morally wrong for Nixon to take
contributions to his political Fund for personal
use, so Eisenhower would be wise to drop him
from the ticket.
OF. It is morally wrong for Nixon to take
contributions to his political fund for personal
use, but since he did not do so, he is morally
sound.

How were the lives of John Sutter and Mathilde Loisel alike?

what is the main problem and solution in The adventures of Don Quixote?
Pls Help

Native Americans View Of the world can best be described as
A. A progressive line forward ever into the future
B. An unending cycle of the web of life including all living things
C. A pyramid of events leading to heaven
D. A spiral growing ever more expansive in the universe

The sweet and gentle escape of sleep abondons the warrior on the eve of battle. subject patterns ?

Last week/ where/ Ann and Chris? WAS/ WERE

The following is a student draft. It may contain errors.

School Paper

(1) Last week, the school administrators announced that they will be canceling the school newspaper. (2) However, this is a huge mistake. (3) The paper is very popular, not just as a source of information but as a learning tool. (4) The school should keep its student-run newspaper.
(5) The administrators state that having a school newspaper is no longer needed because we now have a social media site on which to post news and updates. (6) However, that is not entirely true. (7) There is more to the newspaper than just news and updates.
(8) Another claim is that having a school newspaper is not environmentally responsible. (9) However, the newspaper does not have to be on actual paper; it could be on a web page online.
(10) Additionally, the newspaper provides a better format for students to develop their writing skills. (11) Having just a social media site does not allow for students to write longer articles. (12) Therefore, it is important that the school keep its newspaper.

4
Select the correct answer.
Which evidence would be best to add after sentence 9 to support the argument that the school newspaper could be environmentally responsible?
A.
There are not that many students in our school who read the printed newspaper, so it does not really make much of an environmental impact in the first place.
B.
There are free websites we could use to save even more money.
C.
There are several ways we could either recycle or repurpose the used newspapers.
D.
To create a greener newspaper, we could use one of the websites that are more environmentally friendly than printing.

Why is it believed that Spitz and Buck must “fight to the death”? Explain why they are not broken up during their fight.

it is the example of an.....​

In Unit 1, you focused on reading the published writing of other writers critically in order to begin developing your own "invitations" into topics that interest you. You used textual analysis to break down the context, voice, thesis, and other elements of existing written texts.
You also used invention strategies to begin exploring specific issues that interested you as you read and reflected. Finally, you exercised your critical literacy skills in order to evaluate the content and context of sources.

What was the sequence of
events in "The Invalid's Story"?
A. The narrator's friend died, the train
began to smell, and then stinky cheese was
placed on the box.
B. Stinky cheese was placed on the box, the
train began to smell, and then the narrator's
friend died.
C. The narrator's friend died, stinky cheese
was placed on the box, the train began to
smell.

What evidence from "object lesson, part 1" best supports the prediction that either howard ruffo, david strager, or joey buell stole the money?.

Read the first two stanzas of this poem:
Love leads me many times beneath the shade
Of ladies fair, whose necks are beauteous hills,
And whiter far than flower of
any grass;
And one there cometh, clothed in robes of green,
Who in my heart dwells, as strength dwells in rock,
And among others seems as fairest lady.
And when glance upon this gentle lady,
Whose brightness scatters every dusky shade,
Her light so smites my heart it turns to rock;
I roam, as strangled, all among the hills,
Till I revive and am with love more green
Than ever yet was spring or freshest grass.
This excerpt iS an example of what type of poem?
A. Sonnet
B. Sestina
C. Ballad
D. Haiku

HELP PLEASE PLSS (pls do NOT give fake or something that hase nothing to do with my question and pls dont fake a answer for the points that makes me really sad bc I rlly need this)
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William Whipple, American Hero We are used to thinking of the American Founding Fathers as heroes. They took on the British Empire, the greatest military force at the time, and defied a king. As representatives of their home communities, they took great risks to draft a document explaining the reasons to seek independence. Speaking out against the king was considered treason and would have resulted in financial ruin and even death for anyone caught. For one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, though, the act of signing was more than just the act of rebellion we know all the signers for. For William Whipple, the signing was a commitment to liberty that few signers lived up to. According to the book Lives of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence, William Whipple was born in Kittery, Maine, in 1730. William attended public school and took a job on a merchant ship shortly after finishing. His sea voyages were very successful, and when he retired from the sea he had made a small fortune. With that fortune, William became a successful businessman in Portsmouth before the Revolution. In part because of his success in business, he was elected to represent his community at the state congress. In 1775, he was selected as a delegate to the Continental Congress in Philadelphia. He participated in the congress, ultimately signing his name, with many others, to the document that launched the rebellion. War came shortly after the signing, and William was appointed to serve in the militia assigned to protect New Hampshire. At the time he began his military service, William owned a slave like most of his peers. The slave, named Prince, would have been expected to join William and serve with him in battle. As they were preparing to leave, Prince told William, "I have no freedom to fight for, sir." Seeing the truth in this, William is reported to have freed Prince immediately. Today, we look back on history through a great fog of time, and with lenses clouded by our own modern values. Our Founding Fathers displayed admirable courage in crafting and signing such a brilliant claim to human liberty. The idea that all people were created equal and endowed with certain rights was revolutionary in every way. The idea that government's job was to protect this equality and these rights was also revolutionary. We can admire the signers' commitment to these principals, and also know that the issue of slavery divided the nation from the signing until long after the end of the Civil War. We would perhaps have had a different history if more of the signers, like Whipple, had seen the cruel irony in declaring the oppression of Britain unjust and at the same time oppressing an entire race of people. How is the information that William Whipple owned a slave important to the point of the essay? (5 points) O. Ob a Od It makes him have more to lose. It makes him less heroic. It makes him seem more sympathetic. It makes him a typical colonist of his time.​

There is no evidence that this nation is threatened by "division among linguistic lines." English is far and away our nation's dominant, common language. There is no threat that English will be subsumed as a minor language. S356 has the potential of creating unwarranted division in this country. S356 is touted as a way to bolster the national unity but I am troubled by the divisiveness it will create. What point does the author introduce in this paragraph? A. Making English the official language of the United States will make people feel divided. B. Language already divides people, and having an official language will not change that. C. More unnecessary laws concerning language will create a legal and administrative burden. D. The United States will become less divided if there are more national languages. Reset Next

In the word spectacularly, which underlined part means see?

Multiple choice question.
cross out

spectacularly

cross out

spectacularly

cross out

spectacularly

cross out

spectacularly

This excerpt is from chapter 5, after Daisy and Gatsby's reunion.

Daisy put her arm through his abruptly but he seemed absorbed in what he had just said. Possibly it had occurred to him that the colossal significance of that light had now vanished forever. Compared to the great distance that had separated him from Daisy it had seemed very near to her, almost touching her. It had seemed as close as a star to the moon. Now it was again a green light on a dock. His count of enchanted objects had diminished by one.

Choose the statement that best describes how the green light has changed for Gatsby in this passage.


Gatsby feels like the green light is further away than ever, since his dreams keep changing.


Gatsby is disappointed because he recognizes he will never fully realize his dreams.


Daisy understands the green light now, so it is even more important to Gatsby than before.


Now that Gatsby "has" Daisy, the green light starts to lose its enchanted meaning.

do you think it was a good idea for Daisy and Gatsby to meet again?

What should an outline for an argumentative essay include? check all that apply.

the details denis observes upon entering the sire de malétroit’s residence combine to create a sense of:_____.

What innovative methods do the Price women adopt to bring their belongings to the Congo?

NATURAL SELECTION KILLS 38 QUADRILLION ORGANISMS IN BLOODIEST DAY YET 3. “It is painfully clear this slaughter was perpetrated by force that holds zero regard for the value of life.” (Paragraph 4) explain the irony in this statement and how it contributes to the articles use of satire

Highlight the FIVE iambs, below: Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date:
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