To figure out your initual focus on whatever your writing
Answer:
The sidebar tells us what Earth scientists are actually doing about the risk of an asteroid impact.
Explanation:
The main part of the page discusses how frequently the moon is hit by rocks; how most rocks are too small to make it past Earth's atmosphere; how the rocks that do make it all the way to Earth's surface are usually pretty small and don't hit anything important; how screwed we would be if a massive rock – like an asteroid – made it to Earth's surface.
The sidebar says that scientists are understandably worried enough about these asteroids – they "feel the danger is to great to ignore" – so they're keeping a lookout for asteroids that might be on a collision course with Earth.
Answer: A. Elenita versus the music of her parents' homeland.
Explanation: in literature, a conflict is a struggle between opposite forces, usually between a character (the main character or a very important one) and himself (internal conflict), society or another character (external conflict). In the given excerpt from Gravity by Judith Ortiz Cofer we can see an example of an external conflict between a character (Elenita) and the music of her parents' homeland, which her mother used to listen to in the evenings.
In the 20,000 leagues under the sea, they had made the important decision on escaping the Nautilus which leads to the climax and main part of the story. Which is the building action leading to major changes around them causing drastic decisions needing to be made, which then leads to falling action, causing them having to rethink decisions and create different resolutions.
