Answer:
pen, penguin, peanuts etc etcc.....
Metaphors are comparing unlike things without the words like or as.... simile is comparing thing using like and/or as
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B. bats do things to help the Earth
in that paragraph, the expression Mounting evidence could be a bit confusing, but it indicates that there's been reaserch about it before, and that it all points in the same direction, the more research proving the same point means the data is convincing. The answer is D.
