Is it Gold? Maybe because it has been on the Earth for long and people still wear it as new.
<span>Researchers transplanted guppies from pools containing pikeÂcichlid fish (intense guppy predators) to pools containingkillifish (less active predators that prey mainly on juvenile guppies). They then determined whether color patterns in thetransplanted population changed over time.
Researchers hypothesized that predation should result in selection for more drab colors in guppies because guppieswith bright colors are more conspicuous to predators.</span>
Read the excerpt from The Building of Manhattan.
The BOOM is usually 70 to 90 feet long and is hinged to the mast at its base, so that both move together when the derrick swings to a new direction.
Which statement best explains how an illustration would make this text easier to understand?
It would help the reader visualize the complex parts described in the text.
Answer:
adjective
adjective: rudimentary
involving or limited to basic principles.
"he received a rudimentary education"
Similar:
basic
elementary
introductory
early
primary
initial
first
fundamental
essential
rudimental
Opposite:
advanced
relating to an immature, undeveloped, or basic form.
"a rudimentary stage of evolution"
Similar:
primitive
crude
simple
unsophisticated
rough
rough and ready
makeshift
rude
vestigial
undeveloped
incomplete
embryonic
immature
nonfunctional
abortive
obsolete
Opposite:
sophisticated
developed