A Bee Mystery

Recent surveys around the world have found some very sad and troubling news. Bees are not doing well. According to Time: Science & Space, "an estimated ten million beehives ... have been lost since 2006." What's worse, scientists are not sure why. Most beekeepers will tell you that bees tend to die in large numbers every spring. This is normal and necessary to keep a hive of bees healthy. But when the deaths add up to more than half the bees in an entire country, that is something altogether different and dire. Scientists have called this "colony-collapse disorder" or CCD. This name describes the effect, though, and not the cause of the die-out. Scientists simply do not know what is killing the bees.

Many things make it hard for bees. Varroa mites move into a colony and weaken it. Further, these mites carry viruses that attack those that survive. In addition, a new bacterium was recently discovered that attacks bees intestinally and kills them. Beekeepers go to great lengths to protect bees from these invaders, and for many years have been able to control them. All these attackers and the methods used to combat them do stress the bees, however.

Many feel the problem is not some new threat, but a decline in the habitat available to bees. Development of grasslands once home to wild flowers and food for bees has been universal. Pavement makes it easy to drive, but it replaces wild grasses and other food sources for bees. Perhaps, long before the mites and parasites moved in, humans took away enough of the bees' habitat to weaken their health. We plowed under a varied habitat and planted—in many cases—a single plant like beets. Then we sprayed all kinds of chemicals on the beets to keep other bugs away and in doing so also harmed bees. Now, to treat all the mites and other invaders, bee keepers use additional chemicals to kill the invaders. These chemicals also shorten the life of the bees. Have the use of chemicals, loss of habitat, and invading parasites made life impossible for bees? Experts continue to argue various theories, but few have any answers.

Colony collapse disorder is perhaps one of the most mysterious problems modern science has tried to solve. Whether the problem is environmental or an unknown disease, we will all feel the effects if bees continue to decline. Bees affect almost every aspect of the human food chain. From the fruits, vegetables, and grains we eat, to the grasses and grains we feed our livestock, we depend on bees to keep us healthy. According to the Natural Resources Defense Council, bees account for 15 billion dollars in crops. Honey is a treasure for sure, but the real gold is in the strawberries, apples, peaches, and green beans we eat and need to stay healthy ourselves. All told, the outlook for bees is not good. The outlook for humans may not "bee" so good either.




HERE IS THE QUESTION:

Read this sentence from the text:

Perhaps, long before the mites and parasites moved in, humans took away enough of the bees' habitat to weaken their health.

How does this line function in the text?

Sort the Alliteration below

lizards, lazy, limply. lumps, like, laying, live​

Whats the answer to the puzzle?

4. What is the best synonym for the bold word used: to assuage their doubts
a. Soothe
b. Mock
c. Increase
d. Admonish

20. An eager beaver would be described as?

a. Zealous
b. Prodigal
c. Suave
d. Jocular

Please help No silly Answers or I WILL REPORT YOU!
In Percy Jackson In one word and Why?
1. how will you describe Annabeth?
2.What are her strengths and weakness?
3.what is her motivation for joining quest?
4.Who are her parents?

Martinique is briefly providing the general ideas about an article that she read.

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Memories of a Memory
Have you ever witnessed something amazing, shocking or surprising and found when describing the event that your story seems to change the more you tell it? Have you ever experienced a time when you couldn't really describe something you saw in a way that others could understand? If so, you may understand why some experts think eyewitness testimony is unreliable as evidence in scientific inquiries and trials. New insights into human memory suggest human memories are really a mixture of many non-factual things.

First, memory is vague. Imagine your room at home or a classroom you see every day. Most likely, you could describe the room very generally. You could name the color of the walls, the floors, the decorations. But the image you describe will never be as specific or detailed as if you were looking at the actual room. Memory tends to save a blurry image of what we have seen rather than specific details. So when a witness tries to identify someone, her brain may recall that the person was tall, but not be able to say how tall when faced with several tall people. There are lots of different kinds of "tall."

Second, memory uses general knowledge to fill in gaps. Our brains reconstruct events and scenes when we remember something. To do this, our brains use other memories and other stories when there are gaps. For example, one day at a library you go to quite frequently, you witness an argument between a library patron and one of the librarians. Later, when telling a friend about the event, your brain may remember a familiar librarian behind the desk rather than the actual participant simply because it is recreating a familiar scene. In effect, your brain is combining memories to help you tell the story.

Third, your memory changes over time. It also changes the more you retell the story. Documented cases have shown eyewitnesses adding detail to testimony that could not have been known at the time of the event. Research has also shown that the more a witness's account is told, the less accurate it is. You may have noticed this yourself. The next time you are retelling a story, notice what you add, or what your brain wants to add, to the account. You may also notice that you drop certain details from previous tellings of the story.

With individual memories all jumbled up with each other, it is hard to believe we ever know anything to be true. Did you really break your mother's favorite vase when you were three? Was that really your father throwing rocks into the river with you when you were seven? The human brain may be quite remarkable indeed. When it comes to memory, however, we may want to start carrying video cameras if we want to record the true picture.

Which line from the text best explains the main problem with recalling details of a scene or room? (5 points)

a
You could name the color of the walls, the floors, the decorations
b
Memory tends to save a blurry image of what we have seen rather than specific details
c
Her brain may recall that the person was tall, but not be able to say how tall when faced with several tall people
d
In effect, your brain is combining memories to help you tell the story

Select the antecedent of the pronoun "our".

[WILL GIVE BRAINLY] Can someone make a rhyme or a poem with the word housing development?

According to the (1) , there is a fixed amount of nitrogen on Earth. Nitrogen that exists in the air is fixed by (2) in root nodules. This allows it to exist in the soil. (3). then use the nitrogen to make proteins and other complex compounds. When animals eat the plants, the nitrogen is then transferred to their bodies. When these organisms die, the nitrogen is broken down by (4) and returned to the air by bacteria.


(1) Law of Conservation of Mass
Law of Conservation of Energy

(2) plant
bacteria
fungi

(3) animal
plant
bacteria

(4) fungi
animal
plant

these are the choices thank you

7. “With his strong, athletic build and fine coordination he is naturally jocular.”
a. Jocular is used correctly
b. Jocular is used incorrectly

Which would be an advantage of presenting this information in podcast form, instead of in printed form?

A) The podcast might make the information more accurate, allowing the creator to get better research into the podcast.

B) This podcast might make the information more appealing to people who don’t like literature or reading about authors because it would be in audio form.

C) The podcast might allow for more development of the idea and more commentary on the topic, with the creator adding more of his or her opinion to the basic info.

D) None of these choices represent an advantage of presenting this information about Jack London and Edgar Allan Poe’s work as a podcast rather than as printed text.

Select the pronoun whose antecedent is "Lillian Moller Gilbreth".

As it is used in paragraph 5, the word "curb" most
closely means –
O A edge.
B push.
C reduce.
O Dallow.

Paul wandered back into his yard, sick to his soul. What does that mean? Why do you think he was sick to his soul? (No Links)

In passage 1, what do the underlined phrases on page 3 suggest about economic recovery?

6. “Don’t prodigal electricity! Turn off the lights when you leave the room.”
a. Prodigal is used correctly
b. Prodigal is used incorrectly

This is an example of what form of poetry?
Moon above the land
reflecting on life below
silver in the light

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________ are caused by forces of plate movement

Group of answer choices

Pangea

lithosphere

plate tectonics

Earthquakes

what impact does this rhyme have on the poem
A. The rhyme creates powerful emotional effect
B. The rhyme creates a drowsy, monotonous effect
C. The rhyme creates a musical effect, as in a song
D. the rhyme creates a conversational effect, as in dialogue
The sky is low

How does sameness relate to unique?

Select the antecedent of the pronoun "they ".

Read the prompt and response. Then revise the response so that it better addresses the purpose and audience.
Prompt:
Your school district is considering a policy change for your middle school. Rather than having two separate sixth-grade classes, the classes would be combined into one class that has two teachers. Decide whether this approach would be a good idea at your school, and write a letter to your principal that presents your stance and at least two reasons to support it.


Response:

There are benefits and drawbacks to both sides of this issue. Keeping the sixth grade as two smaller classes means the students would receive more individual attention. In addition, some students feel more comfortable sharing or participating in a smaller group than in a bigger one. On the other hand, having one large combined class would have benefits, too. It would ensure that the entire sixth grade is learning the same material at the same pace. Also, this large class would be able to rely on the skills and expertise of two teachers, rather than just one..

The first week of May is “Teacher Appreciation Week.” Take a minute and think about all of the teachers you have had in school. Write a paragraph describing the qualities of a “great” teacher. Please write at least 7 sentences.

Stress adds ________ to the crust , which then bends and breaks, forming faults.

Group of answer choices

energy

plates

earth

lithosphere

Select the correct answer. (No links please, thank you!!)

What does this excerpt from A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens reveal about the character of Ebenezer Scrooge?

“There’s the saucepan that the gruel was in!” cried Scrooge, starting off again, and going round the fireplace. “There’s the door, by which the Ghost of Jacob Marley entered! There’s the window where I saw the wandering Spirits! It’s all right, it’s all true, it all happened. Ha ha ha!”

Really, for a man who had been out of practice for so many years, it was a splendid laugh, a most illustrious laugh. The father of a long, long line of brilliant laughs!

“I don’t know what day of the month it is!” said Scrooge. “I don’t know how long I’ve been among the Spirits. I don’t know anything. I’m quite a baby. Never mind. I don’t care. I’d rather be a baby. Hallo! Whoop! Hallo here!”

Answer choice that were given:

A. Scrooge feels happy to be alive and to have another chance to make things right in his life.

B. Scrooge feels happy and relieved that he has escaped the Christmas ghosts and is back in his house.

C. Scrooge laughs with joy as he realizes that his experience with the Christmas ghosts was only a dream.

D. Scrooge returns home a greedier man after his experiences and doesn’t care if he acts like a miser.

Match the underlined examples with the terms.
Choices:
subordinating conjunction
complex sentence
independent clause
noun phrase
subordinate clause
After Lorena went to the library, I decided to read a book.

Although it’s cold, I want to walk home.

I did well on my test because I studied.

Marcus called.

To win the game was my objective.

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