It’s a sound you will probably never hear, a sickened tree sending out a distress signal. But a group of scientists has heard

the cries, and they think some insects also hear the trees and are

drawn to them like vultures to a dying animal.

Researchers with the u. s. Department of Agriculture’s Forest (line 5)

Service fastened sensors to the bark of parched trees and

clearly heard distress calls. According to one of the scientists,

most drought-stricken trees transmit their plight in the 50- to 500

kilohertz range. (The unaided human ear can detect no more than

20 kilohertz.) Red oak, maple, white pine, and birch all make (line 10)

slightly different sounds in the form of vibrations at the surface of the wood.

The scientists think that the vibrations are created when

the water columns inside tubes that run the length of the tree break,

a result of too little water flowing through them. These fract

Read the following excerpt from the declaration of independence: when in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness. the history of the present king of great britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations to prove this, let facts be submitted to a candid world. he has refused his assent to laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good. how do the authors of the declaration best use deductive reasoning to support the idea that the colonists have a right to form a new government? o a. they first establish the widely accepted belief that governments derive their power from the people. o o b. they list the colonists' grievances against the british monarchy, starting with the king's refusal to "assent to laws." o c. they first establish the idea that declaring one's intentions is a decent and expected measure. o d. they follow his initial statement by pointing out that the colonists do not take these measures lightly.