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A student used this information to write a research paper. Which sentence in the student's paper is plagiarized

"Going Green" means practicing an environmentally

from the source the student used?

friendly and ecologically responsible lifestyle as well as

There are many reasons to go green

making decisions to help protect the environment and

sustain natural resources. There are lots of reasons to

O "Going Green" means practicing an environmentally

consider going green - too much trash, greenhouse gases,

friendly and ecologically responsible lifestyle

air and water pollution, damage to the ozone layer, and

O As a result of my research, I believe that we should

saving money.

all do our part to protect the environment.

Too much trash is one reason for environmental

pollution, according to USA gov, the US

goverment's official Web portal

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Answer:

In the research paper, the sentence below is plagiarized.

"Going Green" means practicing an environmentally friendly and ecologically responsible lifestyle as well as making decisions to help protect the environment and sustain natural resources.

Step-by-step explanation:

First, I had to rearrange the write up properly as seen below.

"Going Green" means practicing an environmentally friendly and ecologically responsible lifestyle as well as making decisions to help protect the environment and sustain natural resources. There are lots of reasons to consider going green - too much trash, greenhouse gases, air and water pollution, damage to the ozone layer, and saving money. As a result of my research, I believe that we should all do our part to protect the environment. Too much trash is one reason for environmental pollution, according to USA gov, the US government's official Web portal.

The writer started the write up by technically defining the term "going green" as seen below.

"Going Green" means practicing an environmentally friendly and ecologically responsible lifestyle as well as making decisions to help protect the environment and sustain natural resources.

This technical definition is almost certainly gotten from her research, and the author is not stated. This is a clear case of plagiarism, unlike at the last sentence of the write up where she cited the US governments's official portal for a fact used in that last sentence of the write up.