Question

Attic Dwellers Sometimes, animals like rats, mice, and squirrels will climb into an attic. They like to chew on things. It is not good if they decide to chew on electrical wires. If they do, this can cause a fire. So, it is important to make it hard for these animals to get under your roof. Some people try to get rid of these unwanted house guests by putting out mouse traps in the attic. Others might call an exterminator. This is a person who comes to someone's house to get rid of these animals. 2 An exterminator is a person who goes to someone's house to get rid of rats and mice. Why would someone want to call an exterminator to go into the attic? A. to tell the rats and mice to leave the attic B. to feed the rats and mice in the attic C. to keep the house from catching on fire D. to cut the electrical wires in the house

Answer 1

C. to keep the house from catching on fire

Step-by-step explanation:

Rats pose a problem when they enter into a house. Apart from damage they cause by eating food and chewing furniture and other items, a particularly dangerous activity is chewing of wires.

When rats chew wires the negative and positive wires can touch and cause fire.

An exterminator is a person that gets rid of unwanted pests in a house.

In this scenario the exterminator is called to get rid of the rats that chew wires. This is a way to prevent fire outbreak.

So the main reason the home owner calls the exterminator is to keep the house from catching on fire