Answer:
"Going for the gold"
Explanation:
Gerund is a kind of verbal that works both like a verb and a noun.
It can function as a simple word or as a phrase.Again, phrase is the combination of words that doesn't have a subject or verb but works like a single parts of speech when used in a sentence.
Here"going for the gold"is a gerund phrase as the structure is=verb+ing
And it's a phrase because it doesn't has subject or verb.Rather it's consist of some words supporting the gerund "going"
The most important sign to recognize wether it is gerund or not is the verb following it and the verb "was" is singular.
A gerund always functions like a noun.Such as-
"Walking" is a good exercise.
Here walking has used as noun as it is a name of an exercise.as we know the name of something is considered as a noun.
"Going for the gold" was the team's motto.
In this sentence, "going for the gold"is a single task and it's also the name of the motto the team wanted to accomplish.So it's a Gerund and noun.
(Ask me in comment if u still have problem)
According to the passage, windmills aided the growth of the country of Holland J. by pumping seawater, the Dutch flooded coastal bogs in order to improve ship travel.
Answer:
Decreased shade variation of red color because no trait form is now advantageous.
Explanation:
Earlier females choose mates based on vibrant colors of male feathers, therefore, there was a selection pressure on males to evolve the trait so that they get their mate and pass their genes to the next generation.
So when females switched to other criteria other than feather color to get their mate then the importance of color trait gets reduced and the trait becomes non-advantageous for male cardinal.
Therefore due to this change, there is no longer necessity remained to evolve the color trait so the shade variation will decrease over time as now no trait form remained advantageous for this bird species.
Answer:
Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast (97)
