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Mar 17, 2024

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While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes: * Annie Wu is a prominent American flutist who graduated from the New England Conservatory. * She has won multiple national flute competitions. * She is best known for a 2011 YouTube video that has been viewed over two million times. * The video shows her performing Three Beats for Beatbox Flute, an original work by composer Greg Pattillo. * Wu combines flute playing and beatboxing in the video. The student wants to emphasize Wu's most well-known achievement. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

Difficulty: Easy

Annie Wu, who has won multiple national flute competitions, has also combined flute playing and beatboxing.

Among her many achievements, prominent American flutist Annie Wu graduated from the New England Conservatory and has won multiple national flute competitions.

Annie Wu is best known for a 2011 YouTube video performance of Three Beats for Beatbox Flute that has been viewed over two million times.

Composer Greg Pattillo's original work Three Beats for Beatbox Flute combines flute playing and beatboxing.

While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes: * In the late 1890s, over 14,000 unique varieties of apples were grown in the US. * The rise of industrial agriculture in the mid-1900s narrowed the range of commercially grown crops. * Thousands of apple varieties considered less suitable for commercial growth were lost. * Today, only 15 apple varieties dominate the market, making up 90% of apples purchased in the US. * The Lost Apple Project, based in Washington State, attempts to find and grow lost apple varieties. The student wants to emphasize the decline in unique apple varieties in the US and specify why this decline occurred. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish these goals?

Difficulty: Medium

The Lost Apple Project is dedicated to finding some of the apple varieties lost following a shift in agricultural practices in the mid-1900s.

While over 14,000 apple varieties were grown in the US in the late 1890s, only 15 unique varieties make up most of the apples sold today.

Since the rise of industrial agriculture, US farmers have mainly grown the same few unique apple varieties, resulting in the loss of thousands of varieties less suitable for commercial growth.

As industrial agriculture rose to prominence in the mid-1900s, the number of crops selected for cultivation decreased dramatically.

While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes: * Started in 1925, the Scripps National Spelling Bee is a US-based spelling competition. * The words used in the competition have diverse linguistic origins. * In 2008, Sameer Mishra won by correctly spelling the word "guerdon." * "Guerdon" derives from the Anglo-French word "guerdon." * In 2009, Kavya Shivashankar won by correctly spelling the word "Laodicean." * "Laodicean" derives from the ancient Greek word "Laodikeia." The student wants to emphasize a difference in the origins of the two words. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

Difficulty: Medium

"Guerdon," the final word of the 2008 Scripps National Spelling Bee, is of Anglo-French origin, while the following year's final word, "Laodicean," derives from ancient Greek.

In 2008, Sameer Mishra won the Scripps National Spelling Bee by correctly spelling the word "guerdon"; however, the following year, Kavya Shivashankar won based on spelling the word "Laodicean."

Kavya Shivashankar won the 2009 Scripps National Spelling Bee by correctly spelling "Laodicean," which derives from the ancient Greek word "Laodikeia."

The Scripps National Spelling Bee uses words from diverse linguistic origins, such as "guerdon" and "Laodicean."