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ACT Science: Research Summary Passage Drill 1, Problem 8. What can the chemicals produced during the waggle dance be equated to?
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Here’s your Shmoop du jour, brought to you by Dancing Queen Bees.
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The…original working title of the ABBA song.
- 00:16
Here’s a passage about an experiment performed on the communication of honey bees.
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The chemicals produced by the waggle dance can be equated to…what?
- 00:25
Here are your potential answers…
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- 00:30
Sounds like we’re being asked to describe what the waggle dance chemicals do,
- 00:34
and liken it to something WE do.
- 00:37
Option A, people swing dancing. Hey, isn’t it supposed to be something we actually do?
- 00:43
Sorry, test, but swing is dead.
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Option B, people talking.
- 00:47
This one sounds about right—
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the chemicals produced by the waggle dance are used to communicate information.
- 00:53
Options C and D are “people bowling” and “people eating.”
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While those activities can produce smells in some individuals, that’s
- 01:01
not at all what the waggle dance is for.
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There we have it: option B’s our answer.
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Isn’t it nice how we were able to communicate that without having to smell each other?
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