how does the author's decision to speed up the pace of the story after sophie makes her entrance in passage 2 affect the story as a whole?

Two technicians are discussing how to test a car's exhaust by holding a small piece of paper within an inch of the tailpipe mouth. technician a says that if the paper is vibrating due to a "puffing" output from the tailpipe, this signals a smoothly running engine. technician b says that if the paper is being drawn toward the tailpipe, this could indicate burned exhaust valves. who is correct? a. technician b b. both technicians a and b c. technician a d. neither technicians a or b

Analyze the analogy and read the information below it. fish : fin : : bird : wing if you were reading this aloud, you would say, "fish is to fin as bird is to wing." this analogy uses parts of an animal to relate to the whole animal. much like how a fin a fish move, so does a wing a bird move. which analogy also uses parts to relate to the whole? sky : blue : : dirt : brown flower : petal : : tree : leaf car : road : : boat : water food : sandwich : : sport : softball

These two squirrels live in the same ecosystem. what type of interaction do the images represent? a. direct competition b. mutualism c. interference competition d. symbiotic e. indirect competition