Mixed practice test 2, Grades 6–8 — question 23 of 24

Look at the picture. Then read the sentence about it.

Woman connecting jumper cables to battery between two cars while man watches from driver seat
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Two cars are parked nose to nose in a parking lot with both hoods raised. A woman leans over the engine of the first car and clamps the end of a red cable onto the battery. The other end of the cable runs across to the second car. A man sits in the driver's seat of the first car with his window down, watching her.

Look at the picture. Choose the word that best completes the sentence about it.

The red cable ______ the batteries of the two cars, so one car can help start the other.

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