Question

which sentence from the passage best reflects the main message the author is trying to convey?
a. fortunately, organizations everywhere recognize the need to protect natural spaces.
b. when it comes to land and ocean preservation, protecting the present means protecting the future.
c. human encroachment is a term used to describe the relentless push of urban and suburban sprawl into existing wildlife areas.
d. biodiversity is the range of lives from the smallest microorganisms to the largest animals that live together in earths land and water systems.

Explanation:

• Option A only mentions organizations recognizing the need to protect natural spaces, which is too narrow to be the main message.
• Option B emphasizes the importance of land and ocean preservation for the future, which is a comprehensive and overarching message about the significance of conservation.
• Option C just defines human encroachment, which is a part of the problem but not the main message.
• Option D defines biodiversity, which is a concept within the topic but not the main message about preservation.

Answer:

B. When it comes to land and ocean preservation, protecting the present means protecting the future.