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Certain trees, in fact, produce seeds only when heated by fire. If fire clears thick bushes and undergrowth, the water supply increases, helping other local plants and animals. Fire can also kill living predatory insects or pests and damage otherwise healthy trees.
Which set of context clues best points to the correct definition of understory in the second sentence?
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Answers
"Water, plants, animals"
"Water, plants, animals"
"Seeds, fire, animals"
"Seeds, fire, animals"
"Insects, pests, fire"
"Insects, pests, fire"
"Thick bushes, plants, trees"