read the next paragraph in the article.

a tsunami wave begins deep underwater and speeds quickly toward shore. as the ocean becomes shallower, the wave appears above the surface. the biggest tsunamis can be as tall as a ten-story building. waves this large can destroy entire cities.

recall the important details from the last paragraph about tsunamis. when you combine those details with the important information from this paragraph, what central idea about tsunamis do you understand? choose the statement that best presents it.

a.
a tsunami is a type of natural disaster that begins on the ocean floor.

b.
giant waves called tsunamis have as much force as the earthquakes behind them.

c.
the energy produced by an earthquake on the ocean floor can create a series of waves called a tsunami.

d.
some of the biggest earthquakes in the world occur in the ocean and produce disasters known as tsunamis.

Which two parts of this excerpt from mary shelley’s frankenstein reveals information about the setting? (it was on a dreary night of november that i beheld the accomplishment of my toils.) with an anxiety that almost amounted to agony, (i collected the instruments of life around me, that i might infuse a spark of being into the lifeless thing that lay at my feet. it was already one in the morning; the rain pattered dismally against the panes, and my candle was nearly burnt out) when, by the glimmer of the half-extinguished light, i saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open; it breathed hard, and a convulsive motion agitated its limbs. (how can i describe my emotions at this catastrophe), or how delineate the wretch whom with such infinite pains and care i had endeavored to form? his limbs were in proportion, and i had selected his features as beautiful. beautiful! great god! (his yellow skin scarcely covered the work of muscles and arteries beneath; his hair was of a lustrous black, and flowing; his teeth of a pearly whiteness; ) but these luxuriances only formed a more horrid contrast with his watery eyes, that seemed almost of the same color as the dun-white sockets in which they were set, his shriveled complexion and straight black lips.