Read the passage and answer the questions. An artesian well is a well into which water is forced by pressure under Earth's surface. Artesian wells are possible only under specific geologic conditions. An underground layer of porous sandstone is buried between two layers of rock through which water cannot pass. At some point, water falling as rain or snow passes through cracks in the rock and is trapped in the sandstone. In order to make the well, people drill a narrow hole deep into the sandstone layer. The freed water gushes to the surface like a geyser.

The practice of drilling artesian wells is ancient. The Chinese and Egyptians did it, although it took them years. Today's drilling methods make it a much easier and quicker task. In agricultural areas of southern Texas, artesian wells now supply much of the water for irrigation. Nationally, aquifers today provide more than half the water Americans drink.

Read this sentence from the passage--Artesian wells are possible only under specific geologic conditions.

In the passage, this statement is...

a
a factual claim that is supported by scientific facts.
b
a commonplace assertion that may or may not be true.
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an opinion supported by the author's personal exxperience.
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a fact that cannot be proven by evidence.

Langston hughes cited walt whitman as one of his greatest influences and some believe that hughes wrote "i, too, sing america" in response to whitman's "i hear america singing." using on whitman's poem. consider aspects such as structure, there, word, choice, etc., as you craft your response. your response will be scored on how well you: -demonstrate your understanding of the ideas of the text -use evidence from the text to develop and support your ideas -organize your response in a logical manner -demonstrate an appropriate writing style through the use of precise word choice and varied sentences -use standard conventions for writing

In the following conversation, which group discussion technique does emily most clearly show?

Read the passage, then answer the question that follows. no one could have seen it at the time, but the invention of beet sugar was not just a challenge to cane. it was a hint—just a glimpse, like a twist that comes about two thirds of the way through a movie—that the end of the age of sugar was in sight. for beet sugar showed that in order to create that perfect sweetness you did not need slaves, you did not need plantations, in fact you did not even need cane. beet sugar was a foreshadowing of what we have today: the age of science, in which sweetness is a product of chemistry, not whips. in 1854 only 11 percent of world sugar production came from beets. by 1899 the percentage had risen to about 65 percent. and beet sugar was just the first challenge to cane. by 1879 chemists discovered saccharine—a laboratory-created substance that is several hundred times sweeter than natural sugar. today the sweeteners used in the foods you eat may come from corn (high-fructose corn syrup), from fruit (fructose), or directly from the lab (for example, aspartame, invented in 1965, or sucralose—splenda—created in 1976). brazil is the land that imported more africans than any other to work on sugar plantations, and in brazil the soil is still perfect for sugar. cane grows in brazil today, but not always for sugar. instead, cane is often used to create ethanol, much as corn farmers in america now convert their harvest into fuel. –sugar changed the world, marc aronson and marina budhos how does this passage support the claim that sugar was tied to the struggle for freedom? it shows that the invention of beet sugar created competition for cane sugar. it shows that technology had a role in changing how we sweeten our foods. it shows that the beet sugar trade provided jobs for formerly enslaved workers. it shows that sweeteners did not need to be the product of sugar plantations and slavery.