For Each Paragraph Below, Select the Number of the Topic

question 30

Multiple Choice

For each paragraph below, select the number of the topic sentence. Identify the topic sentence of the paragraph below.
(1) Volunteering doesn't just benefit those who receive help; it significantly improves the health and happiness of the volunteer, too. (2) According to several studies, elderly people who volunteer are less depressed and more physically healthy than elderly people who don't volunteer. (3) Plus, those same studies found that the volunteers lived longer. (4) However, it's not just senior citizens who benefit from volunteering. (5) The connection between volunteering and good health is so strong, as a matter of fact, that the Public Health Center at Harvard University created a media campaign to encourage new retirees to sign up to volunteer. (6) Child psychologists say that volunteer work helps adolescents and teenagers, too, by building their self-esteem and socialization skills.

• A) Sentence 1
• B) Sentence 2
• C) Sentence 4

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Definitions:

Matter-Recycling

The process of recovering materials from used products and waste to create new products, reducing the need for raw materials.

Matter-Recycling-And-Reuse Economy

An economic system focused on minimizing waste and maximizing the recycling and reuse of materials, promoting sustainability.

Environmental Degradation

The deterioration of the environment through the depletion of resources, destruction of ecosystems, and extinction of wildlife.

Law Of Conservation

A principle stating that energy cannot be created or destroyed in an isolated system, but can only be transformed from one form to another.