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[1]
Plants have long been viewed as solitary organisms competing for resources like sunlight and water. However, research over the past few decades has revealed a complex underground network that connects trees and other plants. Through mycorrhizal networks—intricate webs of fungal threads—trees can share nutrients, water, and even chemical warnings.

[2]
This subterranean connection does more than just transport passive nutrients; it also functions as an active communication line. For instance, when a tree is attacked by pests, it can send chemical signals through the fungal network to warn its neighbors. Upon receiving the signal, the neighboring trees immediately begin producing defensive chemicals, such as tannins, to deter the oncoming insects.

Which choice most effectively transitions from the preceding paragraph to the paragraph that follows?

  1. This subterranean connection does more than just transport passive nutrients; it also functions as an active communication line.Cevap
  2. B
    Fungi are critical to forest health, they help plants absorb phosphorus from the soil.
  3. C
    Although trees competed for sunlight, they share resources underground to survive.
  4. D
    Scientists have lately focused on how plants are dependent to these networks.

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The choice that states the connection does more than transport passive nutrients and functions as an active communication line is correct because it is grammatically sound and bridges the topics of nutrient exchange and pest warnings.
The correct choice is grammatically accurate and creates a clear logical bridge. It references the transport of nutrients mentioned in the first paragraph and sets up the discussion of chemical warnings as a form of active communication in the second paragraph.

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1
Analyze the main idea of the preceding paragraph.
The first paragraph introduces mycorrhizal networks and highlights that they allow trees to share resources like nutrients, water, and warnings.
Establishing the focus of the preceding paragraph helps identify the starting point of the transition.
2
Analyze the main idea of the paragraph that follows.
The second paragraph provides a specific example of active communication, describing how a tree warns its neighbors about pest attacks.
Establishing the focus of the following paragraph helps identify the destination of the transition.
3
Evaluate the choices for grammatical correctness and logical flow.
The correct choice connects the transport of nutrients (paragraph 1) to the active communication of warnings (paragraph 2) without grammatical errors. The other choices contain errors such as comma splices, tense shifts, or incorrect prepositional idioms.
An effective ACT transition must be both grammatically correct and rhetorically appropriate for the context.

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