Question

day 3 read the passage then answer the questions. dancing honeybees many flowering plants depend on bees for pollination. when a honeybee discovers a patch of flowers with nectar and pollen, the bee flies to the hive to alert the other honeybees. the bee dances to communicate with the other bees in the hive. the bees dance is a code that explains the direction and distance of the flowers. the honeybee uses the sun as its point of reference. for example, if it performs the dance to the left of an imaginary vertical line perpendicular to the sun, this signals to the other bees that the location of the flowers is to the left of the sun. a long dance indicates a larger find, while a short dance signals a smaller find. within a short period of time, many worker bees leave the hive and head for the flowers. a honeybee can visit between 50 and 100 flowers during a single collection trip. the average honeybee produces about one - twelfth of a teaspoon of honey in its lifetime. honeybees must visit about two million flowers to make one pound (0.45 kg) of honey. 10. which of the following best defines the word nectar? a. flowers where bees stop and rest b. the sweet secretion from flowers c. the male bee d. the hives location 11. which of the following statements is false? a. a honeybee can visit 50 to 100 flowers during a single collection trip. b. each worker bee produces about one pound (0.45 kg) of honey in a lifetime. c. the length of the dance signifies how large or small the find is. d. when a worker bee finds a patch of flowers, it shares the information with the other bees in the hive. 12. how does the second paragraph of the selection support the authors main idea?

Explanation:

1. The text mentions that bees collect nectar from flowers. Nectar is a sweet secretion from flowers. So, we can determine the meaning of the word from the context.
2. The passage states that the average honey - bee produces about one - twelfth of a teaspoon of honey in its lifetime, not about one pound. So, option B is false.
3. The main idea is about honeybees' communication and foraging. The second paragraph explains the bee dance code which is how honeybees communicate the location of flowers, thus supporting the main idea.

Answer:

1. B. the sweet secretion from flowers
2. B. Each worker bee produces about one pound (0.45 kg) of honey in a lifetime.
3. It explains the bee dance code which is how honeybees communicate the location of flowers.