Elliot has had four weeks to write a paper on the government’s response to a recent hurricane. he decides to research and write the paper the night before it is due. when he receives his paper back two weeks later, there is grade (d) and a note from the teacher that says, “did you check your facts? ” elliot’s poor grade illustrates which disadvantage about media today? a. information is accurate and readily available. b. although plentiful and easy to access, some sources of information are frequently inaccurate. c. the 24-hour news makes the most up-to-date news available for school assignments. d. the nightly news is the only reliable source of information available today.

d or a

Explanation:

The right answer is the B) Although plentiful and easy to access, some sources of information are frequently inaccurate.

Explanation: Just to elaborate a little on the answer, it can be added that, by waiting until the very last minute to write his essay, Elliot surely did not have time to double-check and filter his sources, and, unfortunately, although there is a wealth of information readily available nowadays, particularly online, not all that information is accurate. Elliot failed because he had not checked his facts about the response of the government to a hurricane - a very serious topic. Instead, he trusted blindly in the veracity and accuracy of his sources, and that led him to include incorrect and/or misleading data in his paper, and to reach wrong conclusions.  

answer: b has a great day

explanation:

the earth’s crust is broken into separate pieces called tectonic plates (fig. 7.14). recall that the crust is the solid, rocky, outer shell of the planet. it is composed of two distinctly different types of material: the less-dense continental crust and the more-dense oceanic crust. both types of crust rest atop solid, upper mantle material. the upper mantle, in turn, floats on a denser layer of lower mantle that is much like thick molten tar.

each tectonic plate is free-floating and can move independently. earthquakes and volcanoes are the direct result of the movement of tectonic plates at fault lines. the term fault is used to describe the boundary between tectonic plates. most of the earthquakes and volcanoes around the pacific ocean basin—a pattern known as the “ring of fire”—are due to the movement of tectonic plates in this region. other observable results of short-term plate movement include the gradual widening of the great rift lakes in eastern africa and the rising of the himalayan mountain range. the motion of plates can be described in four general patterns:

collision: when two continental plates are shoved together

subduction: when one plate plunges beneath another (fig. 7.15)

spreading: when two plates are pushed apart (fig. 7.15)

transform faulting: when two plates slide past each other (fig. 7.15)