"Butterflies are disappearing in Ohio.

Question

Here's what that means for insects everywhere"
by Vicky Stein
A) Use the excerpt from "Butterflies are disappearing in Ohio. Here's what that means for insects everywhere" to answer the question.
Which information is found in the section "What they found," and which is in the section "Why this matters"? Drag each item to the correct location.
(2 points)
What they found
Why this matters
What they found
The overall numbers of butterflies in Ohio have decreased year over year for the past two decades — about 2 percent each year. When the researchers compared that rate to other long-term studies, the general decline matched the results of monitoring programs in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Spain.
But the team wanted to understand why some species of butterflies were harder-hit than others, and why some actually increased their populations over the course of the study.
They looked to see if related species of butterflies were all doing better or worse, and did not find a pattern.
On the other hand, they did notice that butterflies more commonly found in southern Ohio tended to do better than the more northern butterflies, perhaps because they are already better suited to respond to the planet's warming climate.
"There are some weird cases too," Wepprich said. "The wild indigo dusky-wing," a brown butterfly with marble age 1 of 1 winas that measure about an inch and a half acrnee "ic
:: Insect decline can affect habitats.
There was a difference in how northern and southern Ohio butterflies were doing.

The data from Ohio matched studies from other countries.
Changes in butterflies can signal larger environmental changes.

Answer 1

Here’s how to categorize the information:

What they found:

• The overall numbers of butterflies in Ohio have decreased year over year for the past two decades — about 2 percent each year. When the researchers compared that rate to other long-term studies, the general decline matched the results of monitoring programs in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Spain.
• There was a difference in how northern and southern Ohio butterflies were doing.
• The data from Ohio matched studies from other countries.

Why this matters:

• Insect decline can affect habitats.
• Changes in butterflies can signal larger environmental changes.
• But the team wanted to understand why some species of butterflies were harder-hit than others, and why some actually increased their populations over the course of the study.

(Note: The last bullet point is more about the research intention, and while it might straddle both sections, it primarily indicates why understanding the findings is important.)