1. <span>Which of the following is not a step that you must follow before synthesizing your information? - D. outlining
2.</span> Another way to think about synthesizing is - D. merging together
3. A working thesis in a research paper should include your own opinion. - true
4. The comparative form of short is - B. shorter
5. The superlative form of nutty is A. nuttiest
I can't really answer question 3 or 5 due to not seeing the passage or the picture to said passage, but I can answer question 4 for you. I would say the answer to 4 would be a.
Answer:
A star can live for billions of years: Option A.
Explanation:
The given excerpt clearly indicates that a star can run out of hydrogen and energy only after millions or billions of years. Only then it collapses to a little ball with gravity. This means it would live till those millions or billions of years.
'Black hole' is a region in the space which has such strong gravitational force that it pulls every object that passes through it. Albert Einstein predicted that black star would exist if a dead star also had enough gravity. Hence, "option A" is the correct one.
B or D idk all I know that it's one of those