What is being compared in the following similie?
the noise of a door slamming came from downstairs and reverberated through the house loudly like a gunshot that bruno jumped and maria let out a small scream.
why is this an apt comparison?

The noise of the door being slammed is being compared to a gunshot. This is an apt comparison because the reader can imagine that the door was slammed very loudly, similar to the deafening sound that a gunshot makes.

Which statements describe the relationship of earth and its moon? check all that apply.the moon orbits earth following a nearly circular path.the gravitational pull of earth on the moon is parallel to the velocity of the moon.the moon orbits earth in 1 earth day.the same face of the moon always points toward earth.the moon’s orbit is the result of the interaction between the moon’s inertia and the gravitational force from earth