If a seed is a hitchhiker, it needs to attach to something to be carried around. If creating a model that mimics an animal that helps with this process, it must have the necessary features. Fish live underwater and are unlikely to come across these seeds. Scales are slick, so the seed would not attach as well to an alligator. Bald eagles primarily live in trees or high nests and eat meat. Fur or hair would be a more critical feature because it gives the seed something to get stuck to so it can be carried around so a bear would be the best animal to mimic.

The statement in the question is false. There are more ways animals can disperse seeds than just eating them. Examples of animals dispersing seeds without eating them include seeds getting stuck to an animal's fur and carried around, animals may bury seeds and plant new trees accidentally, or pollinators carry pollen from flower to flower. Animals do spread seeds by eating them and then excreting them in a new location in their poo, but it isn't the only way.

Pollination is the transfer of pollen to new plants for fertilization. Bees, hummingbirds, and butterflies are just a few animals that help the pollination process. The animals go from plant to plant, spreading the pollen.

If Miranda is drawing an animal that pollinates plants, she could draw any from the list; they are all pollinators! Bats, bees, and butterflies all move from flower to flower, spreading pollen to help fertilize plants so new ones can grow.

The best tool to use for mimicking a hummingbird's beak would be a straw. It is thin and can fit inside the tubular flowers to collect pollen or nectar. It could be moved easily from plant to plant for fertilization.

Michael should select felt as the material to make his animal. Felt is soft, textured, and made of cloth so the pollen dust would stick to the fabric. Plastic wrap, tinfoil, and paper are all flat and slippery, so the pollen would not stick so it can be carried around.

The body of a bumblebee gets covered in pollen as it moves from flower to flower. The dust sticks to their soft, fuzzy hair. A cotton ball would be the best choice for a material that mimics the body of a bee. It is also fuzzy and soft, so dust will stick to it. A golf ball, rock, and magnet are smooth, and pollen dust would be less likely to hold.

To mimic means to copy, impersonate, or imitate something or someone. If I want to mimic the behavior of a hummingbird and model a tool that is similar to its beak, the straw would be a good fit. It is a similar shape, size, and has the same function. I could copy or mimic a hummingbird's actions and collect liquid.

If Andy is drawing an animal that pollinates plants, he could model a hummingbird to represent the pollinator! Squirrels and frogs are not pollinators, and sunflowers are not an animal! Hummingbirds move from flower to flower, spreading pollen to help fertilize plants so new ones can grow.