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Expression of Ideas practice question

While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes: - Dr Yusuf Bello studies bats in West Africa. - Bats pollinate several fruit trees, including the baobab. - His team fitted 200 bats with tiny transmitters in 2023. - The transmitters showed bats flying 30 kilometres in a night to reach flowering trees. The student wants to introduce Bello's work to readers unfamiliar with it, emphasising why bats matter.

Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

  1. A. Dr Yusuf Bello studies West African bats, which pollinate fruit trees such as the baobab; his team's transmitters have shown the bats flying 30 kilometres in a night to reach flowering trees.Correct
  2. B. His team fitted 200 bats with transmitters in 2023.
  3. C. Bats can fly 30 kilometres in a night.
  4. D. Dr Bello works in West Africa.

Answer: A. Dr Yusuf Bello studies West African bats, which pollinate fruit trees such as the baobab; his team's transmitters have shown the bats flying 30 kilometres in a night to reach flowering trees.

Who, what, why bats matter, and the finding.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. His team fitted 200 bats with transmitters in 2023.
Assumes the reader knows whose team.
C. Bats can fly 30 kilometres in a night.
A finding with no context.
D. Dr Bello works in West Africa.
Location only.

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