Question

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complete the sentences with important details from the story.
neel grew up in new india
eling in a space shuttle
with other teens. neel is on his way to
, where he can
experience nature
key ideas
neel’s family has lived in navbharat,
new india, for generations.
navbharat is a space colony.
neel sees the space colony shrinking
as he looks out a porthole, or window.
neel isn’t in the space colony anymore.
neel is going to a place known as the
“old world.” the old world is where
humans in the story lived long ago.
the teens will be able to breathe in
fresh oxygen and observe original life
forms in the old world.
options: navbharat, outer space (checked), earth; outer space (checked)

Explanation:

To solve this, we refer to the "Key Ideas" section. It states "The old world is where humans in the story lived long ago" and "The teens will be able to breathe in fresh oxygen and observe original life forms in the old world". Also, "Neel is going to a place known as the 'old world'" and the old world here is Earth (since it's the original home of humans with nature and life forms). For the first blank, from "Neel’s family has lived in NavBharat, New India, for generations" and "Neel grew up... in New India", we know Neel grew up in NavBharat (as New India is NavBharat). For the second blank, since he's going to the old world (Earth) from the space colony, but wait, no—wait, the options for the second blank: wait, the first sentence: "Neel grew up [option] in New India". The options are NavBharat, outer space, Earth. From key ideas, Neel's family lived in NavBharat (New India) for generations, so Neel grew up in NavBharat. Then "Neel is on his way to [option], where he can experience nature". The key ideas say he's going to the old world (Earth) to experience nature (fresh oxygen, original life forms). Wait, but the options for the second blank: the dropdown has outer space (checked, but that's wrong? Wait no, maybe I misread. Wait the key ideas: "Neel is going to a place known as the 'old world'. The old world is where humans in the story lived long ago. The teens will be able to breathe in fresh oxygen and observe original life forms in the old world." So the old world is Earth. But the options for the second blank: the dropdown shows outer space (checked), but that's incorrect. Wait, maybe the first blank: "Neel grew up [ ] in New India". The options are NavBharat, outer space, Earth. Since NavBharat is New India (from key ideas: "Neel’s family has lived in NavBharat, New India, for generations"), so Neel grew up in NavBharat. Then the second blank: "Neel is on his way to [ ], where he can experience nature". The old world is Earth, so he's going to Earth. But the dropdown in the image has outer space checked, which is wrong. Wait, maybe the problem's dropdown was misselected, but according to the key ideas, the correct answers are: first blank: NavBharat; second blank: Earth. Wait, but let's re - check.

First sentence: "Neel grew up [ ] in New India". Options: NavBharat (New India), outer space, Earth. Since New India is NavBharat, Neel grew up in NavBharat.

Second sentence: "Neel is on his way to [ ], where he can experience nature". From key ideas, he's going to the old world (Earth) to experience nature (fresh oxygen, original life forms). So the second blank should be Earth.

Wait, but the image shows outer space checked, but that's an error. So the correct completions are:

Neel grew up in NavBharat in New India.

Neel is on his way to Earth, where he can experience nature.

Answer:

First blank: NavBharat; Second blank: Earth