Question
Read the paragraph from a student’s report.
1Horseshoe crabs are mighty creatures with spiky tails, combat helmet-like shells, and sharp pincers at the end of eight out of ten legs.2These tough critters survived for 450 million years on the ocean floor and outlasted dinosaurs. 3Horseshoe crabs are overfished and over-collected. 4In addition to being food and bait, their blue blood contains a rare clotting agent crucial for safe vaccine development. 5Often, horseshoe crabs are not harvested humanely, and their blood is completely drained instead of leaving some to survive. 6_____________, lifesaving measures for humans are putting horseshoe crabs at the risk of perishing.
Which transitional word or phrase should be placed at the beginning of sentence 6 to BEST clarify the relationship between ideas?
Responses
A Although this may be trueAlthough this may be true
B NeverthelessNevertheless
C As a resultAs a result
D In the same wayIn the same way
1Horseshoe crabs are mighty creatures with spiky tails, combat helmet-like shells, and sharp pincers at the end of eight out of ten legs.2These tough critters survived for 450 million years on the ocean floor and outlasted dinosaurs. 3Horseshoe crabs are overfished and over-collected. 4In addition to being food and bait, their blue blood contains a rare clotting agent crucial for safe vaccine development. 5Often, horseshoe crabs are not harvested humanely, and their blood is completely drained instead of leaving some to survive. 6_____________, lifesaving measures for humans are putting horseshoe crabs at the risk of perishing.
Which transitional word or phrase should be placed at the beginning of sentence 6 to BEST clarify the relationship between ideas?
Responses
A Although this may be trueAlthough this may be true
B NeverthelessNevertheless
C As a resultAs a result
D In the same wayIn the same way
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The best transitional phrase to place at the beginning of sentence 6 to clarify the relationship between ideas is **C. As a result**.
This phrase effectively indicates that the lifesaving measures for humans (the use of horseshoe crab blood) are leading to negative consequences for the horseshoe crabs themselves (putting them at risk of perishing). It shows a cause-and-effect relationship between the two ideas.
This phrase effectively indicates that the lifesaving measures for humans (the use of horseshoe crab blood) are leading to negative consequences for the horseshoe crabs themselves (putting them at risk of perishing). It shows a cause-and-effect relationship between the two ideas.