Which sentence would help the author develop the claim that
pesticides harm butterfly and honeybee populations?
Scientists believe that there are more than fifteen kinds of
honeybees and twenty thousand species of butterflies in
the world today.
A recent study found that butterfly and honeybee
populations decreased by sixty percent in areas that used
pesticides.
The chemicals found in pesticides can become absorbed
into the soil and affect humans' food and water supplies.
O Farmers argue that today's pesticides target only the
insects that destroy wheat and corn crops.

A recent study found that butterfly and honeybee populations decreased by sixty percent in areas that used pesticides.

Explanation:

It talks about butterflies and honeybees and how they are both dying in that certain area

so what i read it

explanation:

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impeccable (adj): perfect, flawless

#2  they moved to the united states many years ago, but their  insular  attitudes made it difficult for them to socialize. 

insular (adj): isolated; separate

#3  the professor explained the  semantic  relationship between the two nouns used in the sentence. 

semantic (adj): related to words or the meanings of words 

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