It is widely known that New York City's Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)--------a vast collection of oil paintings, including Paul Klee's In the Grass and Fernand Léger's Contrast of Forms.

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An accomplished birder might be able to spot thousands of different species over the course of a career, from Amadina erythrocephala to Arborophila rufogularis, but no birder has ever achieved the ultimate ---------an in-person glimpse of all 10,000-plus species of birds.

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Today, the Michelin Guide is widely known as the arbiter of fine dining with its coveted 3-star rating being awarded to top restaurants like Kitcho Arashiyama in--------- when brothers Andre and Edouard Michelin created the guide in 1900, it was little more than a marketing gimmick - a way to increase profits for their tire company by encouraging their customers to drive across France, visiting the guide's recommended hotels and restaurants along the way.

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When attempting to determine a fault's seismic history, geophysicists like Dr. Estella Atekwana at the University of Delaware rely in part on data about the fault's physical dimensions and geological-------- the Imperial fault in Imperial County, California, the US Geological Survey compiles such data in several ways: by exchanging information with state geological surveys, by linking maps of the fault with sources that offer detailed descriptions of it, and by maintaining a database of quantitative data such as the fault's length (46 km).

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In 1987, chemist Ahmed Zewail devised a novel technique in optical spectroscopy that allowed him to study ultrafast chemical reactions occurring within molecules. Years later, he---- for this groundbreaking research with the Robert A. Welch Award and the Priestley Medal from the American Chemical Society and hence would become known as the father of femtochemistry.

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For Canada, a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) since 1949, NATO's principle of collective defense confers both benefits and --------organization's many members, nations as disparate as the US and Slovenia, are all bound to defend Canada, the reverse is also true.

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If you could travel in a spaceship to Elara, one of Jupiter's many moons, you'd find a moon with a prograde orbit. This means that Elara orbits Jupiter in the same direction that Jupiter rotates on its axis.-------- at Pasiphae, another Jovian moon, you'd find an example of a retrograde orbit, with the moon revolving around Jupiter in the opposite direction.

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While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:

- Scientists have long sought to determine the origin of glass in Chile's Atacama Desert.

- A 2017 study concluded that ancient grass fires had melted the area's sandy soil into glass.

- In 2021, a different study revealed that the mineral signatures of glass samples were consistent with the mineral signatures of comet samples collected by NASA.

- That study concluded that the glass had formed as a result of a cometary explosion close to the desert's surface.

[23] The student wants to describe how scientific understanding about the glass's origin has evolved. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:

- Maya Lin is a US artist known for her memorials and large-scale installation artworks.

- She became famous in 1982 when she completed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, which consists of two 246-foot granite walls.

- She completed Water Line in 2006. It is an installation composed of aluminum tubing that fills an entire gallery room. She completed Seven Earth Mountain in 2015.

- It is an installation composed of soil that fills an entire gallery room.

Which choice most effectively uses information from the given sentences to emphasize a difference between Water Line and Seven Earth Mountain?

While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:

- The Peloncillo-Pan Duro Mountains are a mountain range located in northwestern Mexico. - - - The range is one of the dozens of "sky islands" in the southwestern US and northwestern Mexico.

A sky island is an isolated mountain range whose environment differs drastically from that of the surrounding lowlands.

- The US Forest Service (USFS) said, "The mountains are 'islands' surrounded by deserts that are 'seas'." The USFS said, "Each Sky Island is a unique ecosystem."

The student wants to explain what a sky island is. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?