Which word is best related to the underlined word in the paragraph and how do the words relate?
Dave went for a day hike in the woods with only a bottle of water and a few granola bars. When he didn’t return home after two days, his family was worried. Rescuers were sent out searching for him. Food and water is vital to our survival. The human body can exist without food for up to three weeks, but we can survive without water for only three days.
A.
concerned
Both describe how Dave’s family felt about him.
B.
required
Both describe that we need food and water to live.
These two terms are related because they both mean necessary, essential, or needed. Required means that it's plainly needed. Vital is more dramatic, more serious, and it means that without it, there is no function.
