Which group of words in the passage helps the reader understand the meaning of the word catastrophe? Birth of the Moon
The moon and the stars in the night sky appear very beautiful. We love the sight of a full moon in the sky. But did you know that the moon may
have been a result of a major catastrophe? Scientists disagree about the existence of the moon in Earth's orbit. Some scientists believe that the
moon is a part of Earth that got separated in an explosion and now orbits it.
The moon has been circling Earth for more than four billion years. It is known as Earth's satellite. Some scientists believe that the moon was a
separate and independent heavenly body that accidentally came too close to Earth. This caused Earth to capture the moon in its orbit by its
gravitational pull because the Moon is a much smaller body than Earth.
However, studies have proven that the moon was formed when a smaller planet crashed into Earth when Earth was still quite young. This
caused a huge explosion, and huge amounts of material and chunks of both Earth and the foreign planet were thrown into space. In the end,
these materials came together to form the moon. This is why many rocks from the moon have almost similar qualities to that Earth. This led to
the moon being termed as "Earth's child."

Read the excerpt from the war of the worlds.beyond the pit stood the little wedge of people with the white flag at its apex, arrested by these phenomena, a little knot of small vertical black shapes upon the black ground. as the green smoke arose, their faces flashed out pallid green, and faded again as it vanished. then slowly the hissing passed into a humming, into a long, loud, droning noise. slowly a humped shape rose out of the pit, and the ghost of a beam of light seemed to flicker out from it.forthwith flashes of actual flame, a bright glare leaping from one to another, sprang from the scattered group of men. it was as if some invisible jet impinged upon them and flashed into white flame. it was as if each man were suddenly and momentarily turned to fire.then, by the light of their own destruction, i saw them staggering and falling, and their supporters turning to run.which options accurately describe how the author develops the plot in the excerpt? (select all that apply.)the war of the worldsthe narrator does not react at first as he watches the men with the flag and hears the sounds in the pit. his inaction decreases the tension in the plot because the narrator is simply standing by.the narrator does not react at first as he watches the men with the flag and hears the sounds in the pit. his inaction keeps the tension steadily increasing as the narrator comes to realize the men are being killed.the narrator is distracted by his own observations of the men with the white flag and the humming sound, so he doesn't react as quickly as he should when the men are killed, thus extending the tension in the plot.the narrator is attentive to the men with the white flag and the humming sound, so he immediately understands what has happened when the men are killed, increasing the tension in the plot.