Read the passage. Australia's Camel Problem 1 Australia is not the first location one thinks of when considering habitats for camels. However, Australia has the largest population of wild camels in the world. Imported during the 19th century from Arabia, India, and Afghanistan, camels were sought to help with transportation, construction, and shipping needs. Unfortunately, once automobiles and large trucks became widely used, people no longer needed camels. They released the camels into the desert where the camels foraged to provide for their own needs. In 2013, the wild camel population roaming the Australian outback was estimated at 750,000. Because camels have no natural predators, they have the ability to double their numbers in only nine years. Such a fast-growing population puts more stress on natural environments. Camels, like all organisms, must meet basic needs for survival, so they seek food, shelter, and water. Because these environments did not develop to support large mammals like camels, their continued presence in Australia produces devastating effects. 2 Which word is closest in meaning to devastating as it is used in paragraph 2? 1. damaging 2. depressing O 3, disappointing 4. disgusting​

Read the excerpt from the war of the worlds, in which the crowd begins to disperse just before the first martian exits the cylinder. when i returned to the common the sun was setting. scattered groups were hurrying from the direction of woking, and one or two persons were returning. the crowd about the pit had increased, and stood out black against the lemon yellow of the sky—a couple of hundred people, perhaps. there were raised voices, and some sort of struggle appeared to be going on about the pit. strange imaginings passed through my mind. as i drew nearer i heard stent's voice: "keep back! keep back! "a boy came running towards me."it's a-movin'," he said to me as he passed; 'a-screwin' and a-screwin' out. i don't like it. i'm a-goin' 'ome, i am."what options accurately depict the impact of the boy's words on pacing within the excerpt? (select all that apply.)the war of the worldsthe setting is in england, so the boy's words provide the reader with the dialect of the area. even though that slows down the plot, the boy's words contain important information. the plot's forward movement is slow at the beginning of the excerpt because there is little action. the boy's words increase the tension and counteract that lag. the narrator is not close enough to see clearly into the pit, so the boy's words provide the narrator with the information he needs, which moves the plot forward. the boy's words serve to speed up the pacing of the plot because, as he is talking to the narrator, he is running past him to get away. the narrator is not close enough to see clearly into the pit, so the boy's words provide the narrator with the information he needs, which moves the plot forward. wrong? the boy's words serve to speed up the pacing of the plot because, as he is talking to the narrator, he is running past him to get away.