Basketball 1. If the offensive player is standing underneath the basket in the paint) for an extended period of time, he/she can be called for a violation. *

a. 3 second
b. 5 second
c. 10 second
d. traveling

2. is a violation where the ball is advanced to the front court, and then is either passed or lost in the back court, and then touched by another player from the same team without an opponent having touched it first.*

a. back court
b. front court
c. side court
d. out of bounds

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Deshawn is writing an informative essay about volcanoes. he has gathered facts and written a thesis statement. read his thesis below: a volcano eruption impacts the environment in a number of ways, from covering everything in ash to destroying the landscape. based on this thesis, how should deshawn organize his essay? ? a. he should use cause/effect, writing one paragraph that explains the link between the cause of a volcano and its effects. b. he should use comparison/contrast, writing one body paragraph describing how volcanoes impact the environment and one paragraph describing how earthquakes impact the environment. c. he should use comparison/contrast, writing one body paragraph looking at the similarities between the effects of ash and the destruction of the landscape, and one paragraph explaining the differences. d. he should use cause/effect, writing one paragraph that explains how volcanoes create ash and destruction, and one paragraph explaining each of the volcano’s effects, the ash and the destruction of landscape, in detail.

But we pulled at the grill [on the ground] and it gave way. and then we saw iron rings as steps leading down a shaft into a darkness without bottom. … it was a great tunnel. its walls were hard and smooth to the touch; it felt like stone, but it was not stone. on the ground there were long thin tracks of iron, but it was not iron; it felt smooth and cold as glass. we knelt, and we crawled forward, our hand groping along the iron line to see where it would lead. but there was an unbroken night ahead. what is the most likely explanation for the walls described in the bold text?

Think about the themes that are developed and emerged through the characters and event in the novel is the cay a story mostly about relationships or survival decide which theme the story is most likely about support your position using specific examples and evidence from the story