I would say the central idea is a thank you to those who inspired, believed in and helped the author publish their new book. To pay homage means to "give respect to."
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16. What’s your favorite animal?
Answer:
3. by studying plants and animals
Explanation:
Bringing harmful plants causes harm to the other species living there.
Destroying a lot of trees takes away a lot of homes from animals.
If you're just studying them no harm is being done.
Using pesticides can cause negative effects to the plants and animals who eat them.
Answer:
D. to which we do not pay attention.
Explanation:
Based on the scenario being described within the question it can be said that this is mainly due to the fact that individuals tend to not remember facts that they do not pay any attention to. This is because all of the individuals senses are gathering and storing information of everything that you are focusing on and blocking out everything else so that the focuses information is completely stored.
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