Protein is essential to the overall health of the body because it
a. gives the body collagen, which protects the organs. b. "bulk up" muscles. c. sustains life and keeps body systems in good repair. d. keeps hair and nails healthy.
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The excerpt is from a longer essay on huckleberry finn by mark twain. what kind of support is used to develop the writer's main idea regarding how twain brought his characters to life?

What is the best way to combine these sentences?

Study the editorial cartoon mars probe by mike keefe. how does the alien with the baseball bat contribute to the effectiveness of the political cartoon? it suggests that aliens are like people because they play baseball, a human sport. it uses humor to show that unknown factors keep damaging the probes humans send. it shows how to cope with the surface of mars, which is rocky and full of craters. it exaggerates the size of the bat in relation to the mars probe in the cartoon.