Urlock skillfully guided his spaceship toward an open area with little vegetation. The disk-shaped vehicle landed with great force, digging into the soft desert sand.
Relieved, Urlock signaled the landing party, which was made up of intergalactic
scientists and adventurers from throughout the sector. They hoped this uncharted
planet would yield discoveries beneficial to all. They remained unaware that this
planet, Earth, was inhabited with a species protective of its resources.
Why does the author set this science-fiction scene in the desert?

When should readers refer to a dictionary instead of relying on context clues? select all that apply.when they have timeeach unfamiliar word they findwhen the surrounding words are unfamiliarwhen an unfamiliar word appears frequently

Read the excerpt from frederick douglass’s speech “what to the slave is the fourth of july? ” go where you may, search where you will, roam through all the monarchies and despotisms of the old world, travel through south america, search out every abuse, and when you have found the last, lay your facts by the side of the everyday practices of this nation, and you will say with me, that, for revolting barbarity and shameless hypocrisy, america reigns without a rival. which phrase best describes the connotation of the word “reigns”? a sense of opportunity and growth a sense of fear and anxiety a sense of compassion and humanity a sense of oppression and domination

Which except is told from first-person point of view