Question
"Gardens: Do Plants Think?" by James Wong
Which of the following states the thesis of this explanatory text?
a. Scientists are rethinking how they understand intelligence
b. A group of plants called "touch-me-nots" are able to "play dead" to escape herbivores
c. Scientists are learning that plants may actively engage in complex behavior that resembles memory and learning
d. Researchers are beginning to understand how to train plants to ignore stimuli
Which of the following states the thesis of this explanatory text?
a. Scientists are rethinking how they understand intelligence
b. A group of plants called "touch-me-nots" are able to "play dead" to escape herbivores
c. Scientists are learning that plants may actively engage in complex behavior that resembles memory and learning
d. Researchers are beginning to understand how to train plants to ignore stimuli
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The thesis of the explanatory text "Gardens: Do Plants Think?" by James Wong is best represented by:
c. Scientists are learning that plants may actively engage in complex behavior that resembles memory and learning.
c. Scientists are learning that plants may actively engage in complex behavior that resembles memory and learning.