Question

selection and choose the best answer to each question.
ie wrote the following paragraph for a science paper. read the paragraph and look for
ctions that maggie needs to make. then answer the questions that follow.
a growing mountain
tectonic plates are giant slabs of rock underneath earths surface. (2) these plates move
bund in response to heat radiating up from our planets core. (3) mountains form when major
tes collide and push earths crust upward. (4) fifty million years ago, the himalayan
mountains of asia began to form in this way. (5) interestingly, this mountain chain, which
ncludes mount everest, the tallest mountain on earth, is still forming. (6) the indian and asian
plates continues to hit each other, forcing rock upward. (7) for this reason, mount everest is
getting taller in fact it grows about half an inch every year. (8) today this mountain is almost
30,000 feet tall.

1. what change should be made in sentence 2?

change response to responce
change radiating to radiated
change planets to planets
change these to them
clear all

Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze each option:

• "Change response to responce" is incorrect as "response" is correct.
• "Change radiating to radiated" is incorrect because "radiating" (present participle) is appropriate here to show the ongoing action of heat emitting.
• "Change planets' to planet's" is correct. The core belongs to Earth (one planet), so the possessive should be "planet's" (singular possessive) instead of "planets'" (plural possessive).
• "Change These to Them" is incorrect as "These" is a demonstrative adjective correctly referring to "plates", while "Them" is an object pronoun and would not fit here.

Answer:

C. Change planets' to planet's