Question

compare the student text with the source. source: tanya lee stone, almost astronauts, page 7. published by candlewick press, 2009: in 1958, the year after sputnik went up, the national aeronautics and space administration (nasa) was created. president kennedy put beating the russians in the race to explore space right at the top of his to - do list. student text: after the russians launched sputnik in 1957, president kennedy \put beating the russians in the race to explore space right at the top of his to - do list\ (stone 7). is the student text plagiarized? no, it is not plagiarized. yes, because it fails to use quotation marks. yes, because it fails to cite the source.

Explanation:

The student text uses quotation marks around the exact phrasing taken from the source and includes a proper in-text citation (Stone 7) to attribute the quoted material to the original author. The introductory context about Sputnik is rephrased in the student's own words. This meets academic standards for proper sourcing and does not constitute plagiarism.

Answer:

No, it is not plagiarized.