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Medium Reading and Writing · Expression of Ideas · Rhetorical Synthesis · MCQ

While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:

  • Cities tend to have a wide range of flowering vegetation in parks, yards, and gardens.
  • This vegetation provides a varied diet for honeybees, strengthening bees’ immune systems.
  • On average, 62.5 percent of bees in an urban area will survive a harsh winter.
  • Rural areas are often dominated by monoculture crops such as corn or wheat.
  • On average, only 40 percent of honeybees in a rural area will survive a harsh winter.

The student wants to make and support a generalization about honeybees. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

  1. A

    Cities tend to have a wider range of flowering vegetation than do rural areas, which are often dominated by monoculture crops.

  2. B

    In urban areas, over 60 percent of honeybees, on average, will survive a harsh winter, whereas in rural areas, only 40 percent will. 

  3. C

    The strength of honeybees’ immune systems depends on what the bees eat, and a varied diet is more available to bees in an urban area than to those in a rural area.

  4. D

    Honeybees are more likely to thrive in cities than in rural areas because the varied diet available in urban areas strengthens the bees’ immune systems.

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