Which sentence uses the word claim as a noun meaning "a statement of truth"?
a. galileo's claim that the earth orbits the sun got him in a lot of trouble.
b. beth and victor both claim to be taller than each other, so one of them must be lying.
c. "i claim this land for spain," columbus said upon his arrival.
d. the homesteaders moved west and staked their claim to land on the prairie.

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A. Galileo's claim that the Earth orbits the sun got him in a lot of trouble.

Explanation:

The word “claim” can act as a noun, when it names a thing, person, animal, or others, or as a verb, when it indicates an action or a state. From this definition, we can discard options B and C because in these two sentences “claim” is acting as a verb meaning to state and to assert.

In sentence D, the word is acting as a noun, but with the meaning of “demand of ownership” for a land. Sentence A, on the other hand, uses the word “claim” as a noun meaning “a statement of truth,” because it refers to the statement of truth made by Galileo about how the Earth orbits.

in ray bradbury's short story "a sound of thunder", mr. eckels's fearfulness leads to drastic consequences for the rest of the world.

in the story, mr. eckels, who is a hunter, hires a time travel company to travel to the age of dinosaurs. although he is excited for the hunting expedition at the beginning, when they reach there and mr. eckels sees the tyrannosaurus, he feels frightened. as he is afraid of the tyrannosaurus, he steps off the path although he has been warned not to do it. by stepping off the path, the entire course of the future is affected: mr. eckart alters the future by stepping on a butterfly, which causes a new man to be elected president in the future. in that way, it is mr. eckart's fearfulness what triggers 'the butterfly effect' and what leads to drastic consequences for the rest of the world.

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