Question

Choose the word or words that the underlined appositive or appositive phrase modifies in each sentence. It does not show the underline, so I will put parenthesis around it.

1. Life on Earth, (the watery planet), depends on water.
Life
Earth

2. Water is created by a chemical reaction between two gases, (hydrogen and oxygen).
reaction
gases

3. The oceans, (97.2 percent of Earth’s water), are salty.
oceans
salty

4. Liquid water, (a substance required by all living things), allows life on Earth to exist.
liquid
water

5. The blue whale, (the largest known animal to live on

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sea or land), weighs several tons
several tons
blue whale

6. Giant tubeworms and mussels live near hydrothermal vents, (cracks in the ocean floor).
mussels
vents

7. Europa, (one of Jupiter’s moons), may have an ocean of liquid water beneath its icy crust.
europa
crust

8. The Mid-Ocean Ridge, (Earth’s longest mountain range), is under the ocean.
mid-ocean ridge
ocean

9. El Niño, (a cyclic shift of warm waters across the Pacific Ocean), has dramatic effects on the world’s climate.
el nino
climate

10. Venezuela’s Angel Falls, (the tallest waterfall in the world), measures more than half a mile.
venezuela's
angel falls