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Expression of Ideas practice question

While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes: - Bats eat large numbers of insects each night. - A single bat can eat up to 1,000 mosquito-sized insects in an hour. - Bat boxes give bats a place to roost near gardens. - Bats are not attracted to humans and rarely come into houses.

The student wants to give a reason for putting up a bat box in a garden. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

  1. A. A bat box gives bats a place to roost nearby, and a single bat can eat up to 1,000 mosquito-sized insects in an hour.Correct
  2. B. Bats rarely come into houses.
  3. C. Bat boxes can be bought or built.
  4. D. Bats are nocturnal.

Answer: A. A bat box gives bats a place to roost nearby, and a single bat can eat up to 1,000 mosquito-sized insects in an hour.

The box's purpose and the payoff: insect control.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. Bats rarely come into houses.
Reassurance, not a reason.
C. Bat boxes can be bought or built.
Not from the notes and not a reason.
D. Bats are nocturnal.
Not a reason for a box.

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