ZohraBanu wrote:
D )might have evolved from scales Perhaps: scope is her - "One possibility is that, in some creatures, feathers were replaced by scales because the feathers were not needed for warmth, recognition of family members, or mating rituals—uses that feathers were thought to have had for dinosaurs that did not fly." ( this explanation doesn’t makes sense)
Hi! Answer option (B) says were not always present at birth. The word ’always’ is the dealbreaker here. The question, by the way, is about dinosaurs in general. So, your explanation regarding coelurosaur is not fitting. There are no clues in the passage that tell us feathers on dinosaurs were not ALWAYS present at birth.
(D) is a safer option because it used the word ’might’. The passage says: One possibility is that, in some creatures, feathers were replaced by scales because the feathers were not needed for warmth, recognition of family members, or mating rituals—uses that feathers were
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