Question

review the details below.

• the creosote bush can thrive in dry areas like the sonoran and mojave deserts by cloning itself.
• the sonoran desert’s velvet mesquite has roots that can extend over fifty yards to water sources.
• in death valley, some wildflower seeds sprout only when it rains.

choose the best topic sentence to introduce a paragraph containing these details.
plants in death valley and the sonoran and mojave deserts thrive despite the heat.
deserts are home to a strange and beautiful array of plant life.
desert plants have adaptations that enable them to survive despite their limited access to water.

Explanation:

The details describe desert plants' specific traits (cloning, deep roots, rain-dependent sprouting) to cope with scarce water, which aligns with the topic sentence about water-related survival adaptations. The other options are too narrow (focusing only on heat or specific locations) or vague (general beauty of desert plants).

Answer:

Desert plants have adaptations that enable them to survive despite their limited access to water.