Question

1. which statements from the text provide evidence to support the inference that huge flocks of passenger pigeons would be doomed once again? select two

a. even if that technique worked, huge flocks of pigeons would have to be reproduced because that was the survival strategy for this animal.
b. carnivores like foxes, lynx, martens, minks, as well as falcons and hawks preyed on them, but their numbers were too vast.
c. technology doomed these birds as the telegraph sent out word that the great migration had begun and the railroads brought hunters.
d. there are few wild forests filled with enough nuts, berries, worms, and insects to support their previous numbers.
e. their nesting grounds are now housing developments and parking lots.
f. dna recovered from frozen wooly mammoths...may have a better chance of re - creation because, when thawed out, the cells and tissues are well preserved.

Explanation:

To support the inference that huge flocks of passenger pigeons would be doomed again, we need statements showing threats to their survival. Option C mentions technology - telegraph and railroads - bringing hunters. Options D and E show loss of food sources (few wild forests) and nesting grounds (now housing developments and parking lots). These are factors that would doom the pigeons again.

Answer:

C. "Technology doomed these birds as the telegraph sent out word that the great migration had begun and the railroads brought hunters."
D. "There are few wild forests filled with enough nuts, berries, worms, and insects to support their previous numbers."
E. "Their nesting grounds are now housing developments and parking lots."