Use the Graph to Answer the Following Question

question 3

Multiple Choice

Use the graph to answer the following question.

Which of the following factors, when used to label the horizontal axis of the graph, would account most directly for the shape of the plot?

• A) rate of cribrostatin synthesis (molecules/unit time)
• B) number of pores per sponge
• C) number of spicules per sponge
• D) number of choanocytes per sponge

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