Question

Other educators in the North Valley school system have made equally creative adaptations to their courses. Mathematics teacher Ms. Lantz is instructing her class using real-life statistics about the environment. Mr. Ricks, the drama teacher, and his twelfth-grade class are producing a play that highlights the environmental issues that threaten North Valley. Furthermore, Mr. Wang's botany class plans to employ xeriscape techniques—a method that uses very little water—to create perennial gardens on the school property.

The writer of the feature story looked up the word xeriscape in the dictionary. Which of these BEST describes how the information in the dictionary entry is different from the information in the feature story?
A) The dictionary entry contains up-to-date data, and the feature story provides outdated information.
B) The dictionary entry provides synonyms for the term, and the feature story offers opinions about the term.
C) The dictionary entry explains the origins of the term, and the feature story describes how it is used today.
D) The dictionary entry contains detailed information about the term, and the feature story contains general information about the term.

Answer 1

Answer: It is D. I just took the usa test prep and got it right.

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Answer 2

D) The dictionary entry contains detailed information about the term, and the feature story contains general information about the term.

Step-by-step explanation:

A reliable dictionary must define the word xeriscape as "a landscaping method developed especially for arid and semiarid climates that utilizes water-conserving techniques (such as the use of drought-tolerant plants, mulch, and efficient irrigation)". The feature story says simply that xeriscape is a method that uses very little water, which is, indeed, very general information about the term. Therefore, the answer is D.