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Figure 1. The Chicxulub impact spewed hundreds of billions of tons of sulfur into the atmosphere, producing a worldwide blackout and freezing temperatures that\u00a0persisted for at least a decade.[\/caption]\r\n Figure 1. The Chicxulub impact spewed hundreds of billions of tons of sulfur into the atmosphere, producing a worldwide blackout and freezing temperatures that\u00a0persisted for at least a decade.[\/caption]\r\nIt\u2019s dark. It\u2019s always dark these days. Lights in the sky burn your eyes, so you keep your face to ground in the hopes that they\u2019ll go away. But they don\u2019t. The air is heavy. Heavy with poisons that make it difficult to breathe. Heavy with foreboding dread.<\/p>\r\n
You, my unfortunate friend, are going through a mass extinction!<\/p>\r\n
There have been five periods of mass extinction in the past. These represent major phases in the history of life where we see global reorganizations of ecosystems and their inhabitants.\u00a0Perhaps the most infamous is the end-Cretaceous mass extinction, 66\u00a0million years ago. This even saw the extinction of numerous weird and wonderful marine reptile groups, the flying pterosaurs, ammonites, and of course, the non-avian (bird-like) dinosaurs.<\/p>\r\n
Scientifically speaking, we\u2019re in broad agreement about what caused this upheaval of life: the\u00a0combination of a huge asteroid impact at Chicxulub in Mexico and\u00a0a massive eruption of the Deccan Traps in western India.<\/p>\r\n[practice-area rows=\"4\"][\/practice-area]\r\n[reveal-answer q=\"526335\"]Click to Show Answer<\/strong>[\/reveal-answer]\r\n[hidden-answer a=\"526335\"]\r\n\r\nYour typed answer should look something like this:\r\n it; it; these; your; you; your; they; they; it; you; my; there; these; we; their; this; we; this<\/p>\r\nHere is the paragraph with all the pronouns bolded:\r\n It<\/strong>\u2019s dark. It<\/strong>\u2019s always dark these<\/strong> days. Lights in the sky burn your<\/strong> eyes, so you<\/strong> keep your<\/strong> face to ground in the hopes that they<\/strong>\u2019ll go away. But they<\/strong> don\u2019t. The air is heavy. Heavy with poisons that make it<\/strong> difficult to breathe. Heavy with foreboding dread.<\/p>\r\n You<\/strong>, my<\/strong> unfortunate friend, are going through a mass extinction!<\/p>\r\n There<\/strong> have been five periods of mass extinction in the past. These<\/strong> represent major phases in the history of life where we<\/strong> see global reorganizations of ecosystems and their<\/strong> inhabitants.\u00a0Perhaps the most infamous is the end-Cretaceous mass extinction, 66\u00a0million years ago. This<\/strong>\u00a0saw the extinction of numerous weird and wonderful marine reptile groups, the flying pterosaurs, ammonites, and of course, the non-avian (bird-like) dinosaurs.<\/p>\r\n Scientifically speaking, we<\/strong>\u2019re in broad agreement about what caused this<\/strong> upheaval of life: the\u00a0combination of a huge asteroid impact at Chicxulub in Mexico and\u00a0a massive eruption of the Deccan Traps in western India.<\/p>\r\n[\/hidden-answer]\r\n This activity is not graded. The text fields below are purely for self-reflection; you do not need to submit anything for this assignment.<\/p>\n Identify all the pronouns in the following excerpt. Type them in the text frame below:<\/p>\n Figure 1. The Chicxulub impact spewed hundreds of billions of tons of sulfur into the atmosphere, producing a worldwide blackout and freezing temperatures that\u00a0persisted for at least a decade.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n It\u2019s dark. It\u2019s always dark these days. Lights in the sky burn your eyes, so you keep your face to ground in the hopes that they\u2019ll go away. But they don\u2019t. The air is heavy. Heavy with poisons that make it difficult to breathe. Heavy with foreboding dread.<\/p>\n You, my unfortunate friend, are going through a mass extinction!<\/p>\n There have been five periods of mass extinction in the past. These represent major phases in the history of life where we see global reorganizations of ecosystems and their inhabitants.\u00a0Perhaps the most infamous is the end-Cretaceous mass extinction, 66\u00a0million years ago. This even saw the extinction of numerous weird and wonderful marine reptile groups, the flying pterosaurs, ammonites, and of course, the non-avian (bird-like) dinosaurs.<\/p>\n Scientifically speaking, we\u2019re in broad agreement about what caused this upheaval of life: the\u00a0combination of a huge asteroid impact at Chicxulub in Mexico and\u00a0a massive eruption of the Deccan Traps in western India.<\/p>\nComplete the Table<\/h2>\r\nIdentify the missing pronouns to complete the table:\r\n
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\r\n \r\nPerson<\/th>\r\n Number<\/th>\r\n Nominative<\/th>\r\n Objective<\/th>\r\n Possessive<\/th>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/thead>\r\n \r\n First<\/th>\r\n Singular<\/td>\r\n I<\/td>\r\n me<\/td>\r\n [practice-area rows=\"1\"][\/practice-area]<\/td>\r\n mine<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n \r\n Plural<\/td>\r\n [practice-area rows=\"1\"][\/practice-area]<\/td>\r\n us<\/td>\r\n [practice-area rows=\"1\"][\/practice-area]<\/td>\r\n ours<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n \r\n Second<\/th>\r\n Singular<\/td>\r\n you<\/td>\r\n [practice-area rows=\"1\"][\/practice-area]<\/td>\r\n your<\/td>\r\n [practice-area rows=\"1\"][\/practice-area]<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n \r\n Plural<\/td>\r\n [practice-area rows=\"1\"][\/practice-area]<\/td>\r\n you<\/td>\r\n [practice-area rows=\"1\"][\/practice-area]<\/td>\r\n [practice-area rows=\"1\"][\/practice-area]<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n \r\n Third<\/th>\r\n Singular<\/td>\r\n he<\/td>\r\n [practice-area rows=\"1\"][\/practice-area]<\/td>\r\n his<\/td>\r\n his<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n \r\n [practice-area rows=\"1\"][\/practice-area]<\/td>\r\n her<\/td>\r\n [practice-area rows=\"1\"][\/practice-area]<\/td>\r\n hers<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n \r\n [practice-area rows=\"1\"][\/practice-area]<\/td>\r\n [practice-area rows=\"1\"][\/practice-area]<\/td>\r\n [practice-area rows=\"1\"][\/practice-area]<\/td>\r\n [practice-area rows=\"1\"][\/practice-area]<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n \r\n Plural<\/td>\r\n they<\/td>\r\n [practice-area rows=\"1\"][\/practice-area]<\/td>\r\n [practice-area rows=\"1\"][\/practice-area]<\/td>\r\n [practice-area rows=\"1\"][\/practice-area]<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n[reveal-answer q=\"587889\"]Click to Show Answer<\/strong>[\/reveal-answer]\r\n[hidden-answer a=\"587889\"]\r\n\r\nYour completed table should look something like this:\r\n \r\n\r\n
\r\n \r\nPerson<\/th>\r\n Number<\/th>\r\n Nominative<\/th>\r\n Objective<\/th>\r\n Possessive<\/th>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/thead>\r\n \r\n First<\/th>\r\n Singular<\/td>\r\n I<\/td>\r\n me<\/td>\r\n my<\/strong><\/td>\r\n mine<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n \r\n Plural<\/td>\r\n we<\/strong><\/td>\r\n us<\/td>\r\n our<\/strong><\/td>\r\n ours<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n \r\n Second<\/th>\r\n Singular<\/td>\r\n you<\/td>\r\n you<\/strong><\/td>\r\n your<\/td>\r\n yours<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n \r\n Plural<\/td>\r\n you<\/strong><\/td>\r\n you<\/td>\r\n your<\/strong><\/td>\r\n yours<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n \r\n Third<\/th>\r\n Singular<\/td>\r\n he<\/td>\r\n him<\/strong><\/td>\r\n his<\/td>\r\n his<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n \r\n she<\/strong><\/td>\r\n her<\/td>\r\n her<\/strong><\/td>\r\n hers<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n \r\n it<\/strong><\/td>\r\n it<\/strong><\/td>\r\n its<\/strong><\/td>\r\n its<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n \r\n Plural<\/td>\r\n they<\/td>\r\n them<\/strong><\/td>\r\n their<\/strong><\/td>\r\n theirs<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n[\/hidden-answer]\r\n Selecting for Case<\/h2>\r\nEach of the following sentences is missing a pronoun. Possible pronouns are listed in the sentence; choose the best pronoun to complete the sentence. Type your answers in the text frame\u00a0below:\r\n
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