Test: Common Core: 8th Grade English Language Arts

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Discovered by accident in 1940, Frances Lascaux Caves are covered in breathtaking Paleolithic artwork portraying a wide variety of animals in motion. Ever since that discovery, tourists have flocked to the caves, but such a high rate of tourism has damaged the art, causing chemical changes as well as the introduction of lichen and black 3 mold, as well as other deposits. Over-interaction with the caves has turned them from a fascinating tourist destination into a world wonder desperately in need of preservation.

Which of the following would be the LEAST appropriate replacement for the underlined word?

protection

renovation

conservation

safekeeping

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