Question

1. what does it mean to cite the source?

give credit to yourself for doing the research and writing the paper.
give credit to your parents because they made you go to school.
give credit to your professor/teacher who assigned the work to you
give credit to the original author of the idea.

Explanation:

Citing a source means acknowledging the original creator of an idea, information, or work. It is not about crediting oneself (as that would be taking credit for others' work if it's not original), parents (unrelated to the academic source of ideas), or the teacher/professor (they assign work but aren't the source of the ideas in the research unless they are the original author of a specific idea, which is not the general case).

Answer:

Give credit to the original author of the idea.