Question

Read “Butterflies are disappearing in Ohio. Here’s what that means for insects everywhere” below to answer the question.

Which detail in the section “Why this matters” supports the main idea of the section?

(1 point)
Responses

But butterflies also act as big, flashy beautiful warning signs for environmental change.
But butterflies also act as big, flashy beautiful warning signs for environmental change.

Butterflies pollinate flowers, control plant populations by munching on leaves as caterpillars, and provide food for other insects, birds, amphibians, and mammals.
Butterflies pollinate flowers, control plant populations by munching on leaves as caterpillars, and provide food for other insects, birds, amphibians, and mammals.

“I think we know enough now to act,” Wepprich said.
“I think we know enough now to act,” Wepprich said.

“But I think of the situation as, like, death by a thousand cuts.”

Answer 1

Butterflies pollinate flowers, control plant populations by munching on leaves as caterpillars, and provide food for other insects, birds, amphibians, and mammals.

This detail explains why their decline matters by showing the ecological roles butterflies play.