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Which sentence is the best topic sentence for this paragraph from an informative essay on tourism?
The Benefits of Tourism
Tourism helps bring about economic development and reduce poverty. The income from tourism can be used to help the local people. Tourism also creates jobs in areas that do not have adequate businesses or jobs in other industries. Individuals in rural areas can connect directly with consumers through tourism.

Tourism helps bring about economic development and reduce poverty.

Explanation:

9 times out of 10 the best topic sentence is the first sentence of a paragraph (unless the first sentence is a hook or grabber or something catchy). In this case this proves to be true and the first sentence is the topic sentence because it sets up the paragraph for supporting details. Everything relates back to the topic sentence!

the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle is the lithosphere.     answer   crust and outer part of the mantle.