Read the Paragraph and Then Answer the Questions That Follow

question 4

Multiple Choice

Read the paragraph and then answer the questions that follow by selecting the correct response. ​
When a hurricane is bearing down on your city, you may find it tempting to ignore the advice of emergency personnel and ride out the storm in your own home. However, if you are in a hurricane's path and have been urged to evacuate, you should always make the choice to leave the area if you are able to do so. Hurricanes are powerful forces of nature with high winds and storm surges that quickly destroy property and sometimes kill thousands of people. You will risk the lives of yourself and your family members if you remain in your home despite orders to evacuate. Even if you do survive the storm and your home is left intact, the storm's damage to your community may create a new set of hardships that put your family's health and safety at risk. You may be without electricity or clean water for days. Stores may be closed, and you may be unable to obtain food or gasoline. Roads and bridges may be washed away, cutting you off from your sources of supplies. If you decide to stay in your home because you're worried about your deserted house being a target for thieves, remember that you can take many of your valuables with you when you go, and your remaining material possessions should be covered by your homeowners insurance plan. Don't ever risk your life to protect a bunch of things that are replaceable.
The subject of this paragraph is

• A) hurricanes.
• B) the types of damage caused by hurricanes.
• C) reasons to evacuate when a hurricane is nearing.

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Definitions:

Genetic Engineering

The modification of an organism's characteristics by manipulating its genetic material, often to include traits that do not occur naturally.

Social Inequality

The unequal distribution of resources, opportunities, and privileges among individuals or groups in a society.

Pastoral Societies

Are those in which people domesticate cattle, camels, pigs, goats, sheep, horses, and reindeer. Such societies first emerged about 10,000 years ago. Domesticating animals increases the food supply and makes it more dependable. This increases average settlement size and permanence, the division of labor, productivity, and inequality above the levels typical of foraging societies.

Domesticate

To adapt plants or animals from the wild for human use, modifying them for coexistence with humans.