According to the passage, Theis & Adler's research offers an answer to which question?

Why the cap on the aroma intensity given by Texas gourds?

Which statement about striped cucumber beetles can be inferred from the passage?

Texas gourd has a compound that attracts them & squash bees

The primary purpose of the passage is to:

describe the aim, method and results of an experiment

Which choice provides the best evidence for the previous question?

The first part of sentence 1 of paragraph 9 ("The new....")

"indifferent" (sentence 3, paragraph 7), most likely means that bees are:

visited enhanced flowers and normal flowers at an equal rate

What choice provides the best evidence for the previous question?

Sentence 2 of paragraph 4 ("So every...beetles"

Why did they reason, "bees were repelled not by the fragrance itself" sentence 4, paragraph 7?

giving bees a choice of enhanced flowers or normal flowers

The primary function of paragraphs 7 and 8 is to

summarize Theis and Adler's findings

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1
According to the passage, Theis & Adler's research offers an answer to which question?
Why hand-pollination helps weight of infested Texas gourds?
Why the cap on the aroma intensity given by Texas gourds?
How can Texas gourds up their number of pollinator visits?
Why beetle presence makes Texas gourds stop making scent?
2
Which statement about striped cucumber beetles can be inferred from the passage?
They are less attracted to di meth oxy benzene than bees
they feed primarily on Texas ground plants
bacterial wilt disease causes only minor negative effects
Texas gourd has a compound that attracts them & squash bees
3
The primary purpose of the passage is to:
present & analyze conflicting data about a phenomenon
show the innovative nature of a procedure used in a study
discuss assumptions & reasoning behind a theory
describe the aim, method and results of an experiment
4
Which choice provides the best evidence for the previous question?
The first part of sentence 1 of paragraph 9 ("The new....")
Sentence 1 of paragraph 2 )"In one...beetles"
Sentence 3 of paragraph 2 ("The aroma....benzene")
Sentence 3 of paragraph 8 ("Hand...development")
5
As presented in the passage, Theis & Adler's research mostly relied on what type of evidence?
direct observation
historical data
expert testimony
random sampling
6
"indifferent" (sentence 3, paragraph 7), most likely means that bees are:
were as likely to visit infested & beetle-free flowers
visited enhanced flowers and normal flowers at an equal rate
largely preferred normal flowers to enhanced flowers
could not distinguish enhanced flowers from normal flowers
7
As used in sentence 4 of paragraph 3, the word, "treated" most nearly means
provided
restored
altered
preserved
8
What choice provides the best evidence for the previous question?
Sentence 2 of paragraph 4 ("So every...beetles"
Sentence 1 of paragraph 5 ("Finally....beetles")
Sentence 2 of paragraph 6 ("We would...open")
Sentence 2 of paragraph 8 ("Gourds...flowers")
9
According to the author, Texas gourd plants could attract more pollinators if they
emitted more varied fragrant compounds
did not have aromatic flowers
increased their floral scent
targeted insects other than bees
10
Why did they reason, "bees were repelled not by the fragrance itself" sentence 4, paragraph 7?
comparing gourds that developed naturally to hand-pollinated
increasing 1,4 d-meth oxy benzene only in August
the behavior of bees & beetles before & after flower opening
giving bees a choice of enhanced flowers or normal flowers
11
The primary function of paragraphs 7 and 8 is to
describe Theis and Adler's hypothesis
summarize Theis and Adler's findings
explain Theis and Adler's reasoning
illustrate Theis and Adler's methods

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