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Verbal·Expression of Ideas·Rhetorical Synthesis

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While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:

• Honeybee colonies communicate the location of food via a “waggle dance.”
• The angle of the dance relative to the sun indicates direction.
• The duration of the dance indicates distance.

The student wants to combine these notes into one sentence that explains how the waggle dance conveys information. Which choice most effectively does this?

A

Honeybee colonies use a waggle dance, and the sun is important to bees.

B

Bees communicate through dancing, which is interesting to scientists.

C

In the honeybee’s waggle dance, the angle relative to the sun signals direction, while the dance’s duration signals distance.

D

The waggle dance is a behavior performed by honeybees near their hive.