When a light beam hits an object, such as tree leaves or an apple, the color of the object affects the smaller color
beams inside the entire light beam. The green leaves
absorb all of the color beams except green. Only the
green beam is reflected back, so our eyes see the
leaves as green. The apple absorbs all of the color
beams except red. Only the red beam is reflected back,
so our eyes see the apple as red.
1. What is the author's purpose for writing? (There may be more than one
correct answer.)

Read the excerpt from "death by black hole."albert einstein's general theory of relativity, published in 1916, provides the insight to understand the bizarre structureof space and time in a high-gravity environment. later research by the american physicist john a. wheeler, and others, to formulate a vocabulary as well as the mathematical tools to describe and predict what a black hole will do toits surroundings.read the excerpt from "man listening to disc."and i bow deeply to thelonious monkfor figuring out a wayto motorize or whatever-his huge pianoso he could be with us today.these excerpts are similar because both texts

Decide whether each quality belongs to odysseus, the cyclops, or both. then, sort the qualities into the correct categories

Which detail should most likely be cited in a historical criticism of a literary work ? the author's use of dialogue in the literary work the impact the literary work has on modern audiences the popular cultural trends of the time when the work was written the audience that the literary work is likely to reach in the future