Question

the following is a draft of a student report. it may contain errors.
the mycelium network
by nancy luzoro
(1) communication and collaboration are both an integral part of how humans, animals, and plants survive on the planet. (2) in fact, communication between organisms is imperative to the health and safety of any living thing. (3) like humans and animals, plants also communicate with each other, but until a few years ago, scientists werent sure exactly how plants communicated or what types of information they shared. (4) to answer these questions, scientists have been looking more closely at mycelium, a fungus that grows underground in the roots of trees and plants.
(5) mycelium have been known to scientists for many decades and, until recently, their purpose was thought to be simple. (6) mycelium are thin fungal threads that attach to roots and provide nutrients like nitrogen, carbon, and phosphorus to the plants. (7) mycelium create networks between plants and share information about possible threats, like diseased mycelium can even help older, more established trees share resources with younger, struggling trees when necessary. (8) yet, there may be drawbacks to this
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which transitional sentence would best connect the ideas between paragraph 1 and paragraph 2?
a. scientists are more worried about how mycelium may affect trees than how they affect plants and small shrubs.
b. the discovery of mycelium is the first step to understanding how trees and plants are good for each other.
c. this fungus holds important information about how and why trees and plants communicate with each other.
d. although mycelium may not be the best way for plants and trees to communicate, scientists continue their studies.
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Explanation:

Parágrafo 1 habla de la importancia de la comunicación entre organismos y cómo los científicos estudiaron el micelio. Parágrafo 2 profundiza en el micelio (descubrimiento, propósito, etc.). La opción C conecta mejor los dos párrafos ya que señala que el micelio (estudiado en el párrafo 1) tiene información importante sobre la comunicación de árboles y plantas (lo que se desarrolla en el párrafo 2).

Answer:

C. This fungus holds important information about how and why trees and plants communicate with each other.