Read the following paragraph from the section "Studying Sea Otter Habitat.
Islands without sea otters had huge urchins that littered the barren seafloor. The underwater
forests of kelp that once grew there had disappeared. The urchins consumed every kelp plant in
sight. "Our results were eye-opening," he says.
Which word from the paragraph helps the reader to understand the meaning of "barren"
(A)
huge
(B)
littered
(C)
disappeared
(D)
eye-opening