But a black hole is more than just a gravity zone—more than just empty space inside an event horizon. A black hole also includes the source of its tremendous gravitation: a massive amount of densely packed matter sitting at its center. The matter is so densely packed that it forms a single point, called a singularity.

—A Black Hole Is NOT a Hole,

Carolyn Cinami DeCristofano

Using context clues from the passage, explain what the technical term singularity means.

Ineed . read the passage, and choose the two (2) inferences that are most firmly based on the given information. the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages was outlawed in 1919 by theeighteenth amendment. prohibition, as it was called, achieved a number of good results. it lowered the average consumption of alcohol. 4rrests for drunkenness fell sharply. the rate of alcoholism was reduced. if the prohibitionists had been willing to legalize beer and wine, the experiment might have worked. instead, by insisting on a totally “dry” society, they drove thousands of ordinary people to break the law. 1. during prohibition, alcohol was not available. 2. during prohibition, many usually law-abiding people drank illegally. 3. the prohibitionists opposed the use of any form of alcoholic beverage. 4. the prohibitionists were tolerant of moderate social drinking.