The petals of flowers often are brightly colored. Which statement best describes an advantage of having brightly colored petals? The bright colors will prevent insects from taking pollen to other flowers.

The bright colors will hide the plant from predators that would eat its flowers.

The bright colors will protect the leaves from injury by birds and insects.

The bright colors will attract insects that can carry the pollen needed for plant reproduction.

In the last letter chris sent to westerberg, he wrote, "this is the last time you shall hear from me," and "if the adventure proves fatal and you don't ever hear from me again . . " do you think chris was suicidal, had a premonition of what might happen, or simply was acknowledging the inherent risks of living in the wilderness? support your opinion with evidence from the book.

However, the idea of real-life people living in what would become the united states for thousands of years before columbus ever left spain never dawned on me. what would be the best way to revise this sentence for greater clarity? a) however, the fact that columbus left spain thousands of years after people settled what would become the united states never dawned on me. b) it never dawned on me, however, the idea of real-life people living in what would become the united states for thousands of years before columbus ever left spain. c) however, the fact that people were already living in what would become the united states for thousands of years before columbus ever left spain never dawned on me. d) however, the idea never dawned on me that long before columbus ever left spain, real-life people lived for thousands of years in what would become the united states.

Awell-worded thesis statement is both and generally acceptable . . broad agreeable . . limited significant . . limited significant . . broa