Writing Homework Help

For all the questions, use your own words rather than copying and pasting text from the paper.

• In 1-2 sentences, summarize what this paper is about.
• Based on the information in the introduction, what was the motivation behind doing this research?
• What hypothesis is the paper testing? Where can you find this information?
• As you are reading, keep a list of words that you are not familiar with. If the words are used frequently and/or seem important, look them up. As your answer to this question, record at least 5 words and their definitions.
• Describe what is being shown in Figures 1 and 2. Explain whether these figures support the hypothesis you wrote for (3).
• Describe what is being shown in Fig. 4. Explain whether or not it supports the hypothesis you wrote for (3).
• Based on the discussion (p. 5477-5479), do you think we should be worried about the effects of atrazine on (1) aquatic life and (2) humans? Explain why.
• The paper contains this sentence on p. 5478: “Disruption of steroidogenesis by atrazine has been reported in mammals (20–26) and reptiles (27), however.” Find the paper that is being referenced about how atrazine affects reptiles and write the citation as it appears in the references section at the end of the paper.