Question

"Butterflies aredisappearing in Ohio.Here’s what thatmeans for insectseverywhere"
by Vicky Stein
The decline of Ohio’s butterflies has been capturedthrough statistics and recorded data rather thananecdotes, but the scientific literature abounds withanecdotes as well. One recent article from experiencedresearchers Daniel Janzen and Winnie Hallwachs, apair who have studied tropical ecology in Mexico andCentral America for half a century, warns that insectsaround the world are in the midst of a “gradual and veryvisible decline.”
The solution to a worldwide insect decline won’t besimple. “If it was just one thing, we would know how tofix it,” Moreau said. “But I think of the situation as, like,death by a thousand cuts.”
Habitat loss, the use of pesticides on huge swaths ofcropland, and climate change all contribute to thedisruption of natural systems, and the researchersbelieve any solution to a general decline in insects willneed to address all three.
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A)
Use the excerpt from “Butterflies aredisappearing in Ohio. Here’s what that means forinsects everywhere” to answer the question.
What idea from the first two paragraphs does thethird paragraph support?
(1 point)
“The solution to a worldwide insect decline
won’t be simple.”
“Daniel Janzen and Winnie Hallwachs have
studied tropical ecology in Mexico and
Central America for half a century”
“the scientific literature abounds with
anecdotes”
“The decline of Ohio’s butterflies has been
captured through statistics and recorded
data”

Answer 1

“The solution to a worldwide insect decline won’t be simple.”