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Notwithstanding laboratory evidence that pesticide exposure weakens the immune response of honeybees, a vocal contingent of entomologists maintains that, under actual field conditions, such chemical stressors prove comparatively ________ when set beside the catastrophic colony losses inflicted by the relentless spread of the varroa mite.
| Two Answers |
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| A. injurious |
| B. weighty |
| C. negligible | D. consequential | E. precarious |
| F. inconsequential |
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Laboratory evidence suggests pesticides do weaken honeybee immunity. However, some entomologists argue that in real-world conditions, pesticides are much less important compared with the devastating effects of the varroa mite.
So the blank needs a word meaning relatively unimportant/insignificant.
C. negligible=so small or unimportant as to be not worth considering
F. inconsequential=not important or significant
A. injurious = harmful (would agree with the lab evidence, not the contrast)
B. weighty = important/significant (opposite)
D. consequential = significant/important (opposite)
E. precarious = uncertain or dangerous; doesn't fit the comparison
Answer: C,F
Laboratory evidence suggests pesticides do weaken honeybee immunity. However, some entomologists argue that in real-world conditions, pesticides are much less important compared with the devastating effects of the varroa mite.
So the blank needs a word meaning relatively unimportant/insignificant.
C. negligible=so small or unimportant as to be not worth considering
F. inconsequential=not important or significant
A. injurious = harmful (would agree with the lab evidence, not the contrast)
B. weighty = important/significant (opposite)
D. consequential = significant/important (opposite)
E. precarious = uncertain or dangerous; doesn't fit the comparison
Answer: C,F
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