Barbara McClintock won the Nobel Prize in 1983 when her ___ that genes in corn kernels could "jump" proved correct. A. conjecture B. discourse C. interjection D. precursor plz help!!!! i'm guessing A?

What two concepts does H. G. Wells connect in this excerpt from The Time machine?At first, proceeding from the problems of our own age, it seemed clear as daylight to me that the gradual widening of the present merely temporary and social difference between the Capitalist and the Labourer, was the key to the whole position. No doubt it will seem grotesque enough to you—and wildly incredible!—and yet even now there are existing circumstances to point that way. There is a tendency to utilize underground space for the less ornamental purposes of civilization; there is the Metropolitan Railway in London, for instance, there are new electric railways, there are subways, there are underground workrooms and restaurants, and they increase and multiply. Evidently, I thought, this tendency had increased till Industry had gradually lost its birthright in the sky. I mean that it had gone deeper and deeper into larger and ever larger underground factories, spending a still-increasing amount of its time therein, till, in the end—! Even now, does not an East-end worker live in such artificial conditions as practically to be cut off from the natural surface of the earth?
A.) present and future social conditions
B.) rich employers and poor laborers
C.) the Eloi and the Morlocks
D.) primitive and modern technology

Both petroleum and coal are made up of complex carbon-based molecules, and both originated with living creatures of some kind. Both are vital sources of energy for the modern world and both were formed by geologic processes over millions of years. However, petroleum was mainly formed from the remains of ocean-dwelling microorganisms. Coal, on the other hand, originated from decayed vegetation in ancient swamps and bogs. In any case, it took millions of years for both coal and oil to be produced. This is the case because it took that much time for overlying sediments to produce the unimaginable heat and pressure that would one day allow us to harvest these energy resources.7. What is one clue word or phrase in the passage that indicates a contrast?



A. Both
B. However
C. Because
D. In any case

What does precise mean? done using careful accuracy superior skill or strength a short summary

Read the excerpt from Act I, scene iii of Romeo and Juliet.Benvolio: Tybalt, the kinsman of old Capulet,
Hath sent a letter to his father’s house.

Mercutio: A challenge, on my life.

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Benvolio: Romeo will answer it.

Mercutio: Any man that can write may answer a letter.

Benvolio: Nay, he will answer the letter’s master, how he dares, being dared.

Mercutio: Alas! poor Romeo, he is already dead; stabbed with a white wench’s black eye; shot through the ear with a love-song; the very pin of his heart cleft with the blind bow-boy’s butt-shaft; and is he a man to encounter Tybalt?

Why does Shakespeare include Mercutio’s teasing words?

a to explain the history of the feuding families
b to criticize Romeo’s neglect of his duties
c to condemn the established ritual of sword fighting
d to contrast the seriousness of Tybalt’s challenge

The hag's appearance changes at the end of the story-how does that happen

Which of the following statements require you to cite your sources? A)Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon on July 21, 1969. B)Five major rivers within the Chesapeake Bay watershed provide over 90% of the Bay’s fresh water. C)America will celebrate its 250th birthday in 2026.