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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:
  • A nonnative species is considered invasive if it causes environmental or economic harm in an ecosystem.
  • Garlic mustard is a species of flowering plant native to parts of Europe.
  • It can also be found in the midwestern and eastern US.
  • There, it crowds out native plants.
  • It is considered an invasive species in the US.
The student wants to indicate one or more regions where garlic mustard is causing environmental or economic harm. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?
A
Garlic mustard can be found in the midwestern and eastern US, where it crowds out native plants.
B
Garlic mustard is considered invasive because it crowds out native plants, causing environmental harm.
C
Garlic mustard, a flowering plant native to parts of Europe, is considered an invasive species.
D
Garlic mustard is native to the midwestern and eastern US, but elsewhere it causes environmental or economic harm.