Question

some species of butterflies showed no change in abundance, however, and a few others actually became more common.
ot everything is going to decline in exactly the same way.\ said corrie moreau, an entomologist and evolutionary biologist from cornell university who was not involved in the new research. \but we are seeing, in this study and others, that insects are in a rapid fall.\ plenty of drivers tell stories about suspiciously clean windshields, and bikers have noted that theyre much less likely these days to swallow a bug while on a ride. articles decrying a coming \insect apocalypse\ have been popping up across news platforms like the new york times magazine and national geographic. the guardian claimed that the estimated rate of decline meant that insects, as a whole, could go extinct within a century. use the excerpt from \butterflies are disappearing in ohio. heres what that means for insects everywhere\ to answer the question. why does the author talk about windshields in the last paragraph? select the two correct answers. (1 point) to suggest that people cannot trust news sources to dispute a claim from paragraph 2 to offer evidence that insect populations have declined to refer to an idea from paragraph 1 to argue that there is too little known about insect populations

Explanation:

The author mentions clean windshields and bikers not swallowing bugs as examples of evidence that insect populations have declined. This is not related to distrust of news sources, disputing a claim from another paragraph, referring to an idea from paragraph 1 in a non - evidence - related way, or arguing about lack of knowledge. It is simply evidence for the decline in insect populations.

Answer:

• to offer evidence that insect populations have declined