A dependent clause is a group of words with a subject and a verb, but doesn't make much sense on its own. A lot of times, especially in a sentence with a comma, you can split the sentence and see if it makes any sense.
6. "Before we hiked"
7. "When we go on nature field trips."
8. "Since John was an expert of volcanoes"
9. "If you want to see something closer."
10. "After a volcano erupts"
None of those answers make sense as independent sentences, which is how you can tell they're dependent clauses; they depend on the other part of the sentence.
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Answer: The last sentence
Explanation: In the sentence about the puppy, bright is another word for “smart”. The last sentence can be changed to say “The inventor’s smart idea”, which means that the way “bright” is used in that sentence is the way that word was used in the sentence about the puppy.
