Question

bees, butterflies, and birds all play a crusial role in transferring pollen from one plant to another. (4) this process helps plants produce seeds, which is necessary for new plants to grow. (5) some animals also depend on pollinators for food, they eat the fruits and seeds that result from pollination. (6) unfortunately, the number of pollinators has been decreasing rapidly in recent years. (7) this decline is due to habitat loss, pesticide use, and climate change.\ class companion question 2a multiple choice what change should be made in sentence 5? - change the comma to a semicolon - change \depend\ to \depends\ - change \they eat\ to \which they eat\ - change
esult from\ to
esults from\

Explanation:

To determine the correct change for sentence 5 ("Some animals also depend on pollinators for food, they eat the fruits and seeds that result from pollination"), we analyze each option:

• Option 1: Changing the comma to a semicolon is incorrect because a semicolon is used between two independent clauses that are closely related, but the second part here is a dependent clause (or needs to be rephrased for a semicolon to be appropriate, which it isn't in this case).
• Option 2: "Some animals" is plural, so "depend" (plural verb) is correct; changing it to "depends" (singular) would be wrong.
• Option 3: Changing "they eat" to "which they eat" turns the second part into a relative clause, making the sentence grammatically correct ("Some animals also depend on pollinators for food, which they eat the fruits and seeds that result from pollination" – wait, actually, more accurately, the original sentence has a comma splice. The correct fix is to make the second clause a relative clause. So "they eat" can be changed to "which they eat" to make the sentence a complex sentence with a relative clause, fixing the comma splice.
• Option 4: "Fruits and seeds" is plural, so "result from" (plural verb) is correct; changing it to "results from" (singular) would be wrong.

So the correct change is to change "they eat" to "which they eat".

Answer:

Change "they eat" to "which they eat" (the option corresponding to this change in the multiple - choice, which is the third option: Change "they eat" to "which they eat")