The Dance of the Honeybee
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When a honeybee finds a useful patch of flowers, it may return to the hive and perform a waggle dance. The bee moves along a short straight path while shaking its body, then loops back to repeat the movement.
On a vertical honeycomb, the angle of the straight run represents a direction relative to the Sun. The duration of each waggle run gives information about distance: a longer run generally indicates a more distant food source. A vigorous dance is energetic, but distance is measured from the time spent waggling, not simply how forcefully the bee moves.
Other bees follow the dance and can use its information to search near the reported location. Flower scents also help them find the food. Through movement and scent, a scout can guide workers toward flowers they have not visited.
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Question 1 of 4
The passage is mostly about how honeybees
The answer is C: communicate the location of food
The whole passage describes the waggle dance as a way bees tell others where food is.
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Question 2 of 4
What does the duration of each waggle run indicate?
The answer is B: How far away the food is
A longer waggle run generally indicates that the food source is farther away.
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Question 3 of 4
Compared with a shorter waggle run, a longer one generally suggests flowers are
The answer is B: far from the hive
The passage connects the time spent in each waggle run with distance, not with how forcefully the bee moves.
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Question 4 of 4
In this passage, "vigorous" most nearly means:
The answer is D: energetic and lively
The passage directly describes a vigorous dance as energetic. Vigorous means strong and lively, not a measure of distance.
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