Select the word that means offensive.
Many engineers have tried to develop environmentally friendly sources of electricity for homes and businesses. One interesting technology turns cow manure into electricity. Manure from cows or other farm animals is placed into an anaerobic digester, or oxygen-free tank, where it produces biogas. Biogas, composed primarily of methane, is then burned to generate electricity. This process can reduce the noisome odors from piles of cow manure, which often bring complaints from the dairy farms' neighbors. Despite some unanticipated glitches in the systems, governments continue to support "poop power" because of its enormous potential. The manure of one thousand cows can produce enough power for two hundred and fifty homes.
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reduce
reduce
noisome
noisome
complaints
complaints
unanticipated
noisome
Read the claim below.
Nelson Mandela was one of the most inspiring people in history.
Select the two pieces of evidence that best support this claim.
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Mandela led a campaign of peaceful, nonviolent protest that ended South Africa's racist policies.
Mandela led a campaign of peaceful, nonviolent protest that ended South Africa's racist policies.
Mandela spent twenty-seven years as a political prisoner before becoming South Africa's first black president.
Mandela spent twenty-seven years as a political prisoner before becoming South Africa's first black president.
Mandela died on December 5, 2013, in Johannesburg, South Africa, at the age of ninety-five.
Mandela died on December 5, 2013, in Johannesburg, South Africa, at the age of ninety-five.
Mandela's birth name was Rolihlahla—his English name, Nelson, was given to him by a teacher.