Hummingbirds use a lot of energy to hover while they extract the nectar from flowers. If a hummingbird spends several hours searching for food without success, it could starve to death purely because it takes so much energy
to fly. Hummingbirds have to save energy somewhere if they are to be able to get food. A hummingbird does this
by entering a state called "torpor." When in this state, the hummingbird's body temperature falls nearly 50
degrees F (28 degrees C). Its metabolic rate decreases by two-thirds the normal rate. Though torpid
hummingbirds use energy, the decreased usage helps them stay alive when food is scarce.
Do It!
Torpor
energy
A
neutralizes
B
obscures
С
disperses
D
conserves

Read the excerpt below and answer the question. there was a moment, in time, and in this place, when my brother, or my mother, or my father, or my sister, had to convey to me, for example, the danger in which i was standing from the white man standing just behind me, and to convey this with a speed, and in a language, that the white man could not possibly understand, and that, indeed, he cannot understand, until today. he cannot afford to understand it. this understanding would reveal to him too much about himself, and smash that mirror before which he has been frozen for so long. this excerpt from "if black english isn't a language, then tell me, what is? " is significant because -select all that apply- hughes imagines himself as a black slave. hughes uses black english to emphasize his argument. hughes uses a historical example to explain the origins of language. hughes explains the significance that black english holds for white people.