Read the excerpt from silent spring. on the farms the hens brooded, but no chicks hatched. the farmers complained that they were unable to raise any pigs—the litters were small and the young survived only a few days. the apple trees were coming into bloom but no bees droned among the blossoms, so there was no pollination and there would be no fruit. what kind of tone do the underlined words create? bewildered threatening courageous insignificant

The Correct answer for this question would be Threatening

Threatening

In this case the underlined words are threatening. Threatening does not have to mean that someone is holding a knife to a person's throat. In this case the fact that the livestock is not producing, the apples are not growing, and the bees are missing all show that the farms are no longer viable. Without food, the existence of life is threatened. The passage does not indicate a sense of confusion, courage or insignificance.