Paleozoic Era, also spelled Palaeozoic, major interval of geologic time that began 541 million years ago with the Cambrian explosion, an extraordinary diversification of marine animals, and ended about 252 million years ago with the end-Permian extinction, the greatest extinction event in Earth history. The major divisions of the Paleozoic Era, from oldest to youngest, are the Cambrian (541 million to 485.4 million years ago), Ordovician (485.4 million to 443.8 million years ago), Silurian (443.8 million to 419.2 million years ago), Devonian (419.2 million to 358.9 million years ago), Carboniferous (358.9 million to 298.9 million years ago), and Permian (298.9 million to 252.2 million years ago) periods. The Paleozoic takes its name from the Greek word for ancient life.
The participle in this sentence is "sweating". It's a participle of the verb " to sweat" and it's a present participle: which we know because it ends with an -ing (past participles end with "-ed).
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Polls show that the country overwhelmingly agrees that we need a high-speed rail system to connect the east and west coasts and everything in between. The president schedules a Cabinet meeting to discuss whether or not the project can be included in the federal budget. Given this information, which non-permanent Cabinet member would most likely be asked to attend the meeting?
a. secretary of transportation b. secretary of the interior c. chairperson of the Council of Economic Advisors d. director of the Office of Budget and Management
Answer:
d. director of the Office of Budget and Management
Explanation:
Even without being part of the Ganinete responsible for the railway system, it is important that the Director of the Budget and Management Office is invited to participate in the meeting, because he/she will be essential to assess the availability of economic resources for this project, as soon as they evaluate all the expenditure and gain that the government would have, being able to conclude if the project is economically viable or what modifications must be made so that the project becomes more economical and within the limits of government expenditure.
Theme is defined as the
B. main idea that runs through the entire speech
D is incorrect because it is a run-on sentence.
