Refer to the Figure

question 2

Multiple Choice

Refer to the figure.
If the data collected for the graph were not gathered simply to describe the hearing abilities of the fly, then (for the biologists who did the research) the graph constitutes a

• A) hypothesis on why the fly species has been able to survive to the present.
• B) test of a prediction on fly hearing ability, based on the kind of sound frequencies produced by crickets.
• C) check on the prediction that crickets should have evolved the ability to avoid their fly parasites.
• D) test of the hypothesis that fly hearing abilities are designed to help the species maintain a stable or growing population.

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Definitions:

Temperature

A physical quantity that expresses hot and cold, representing the average kinetic energy of particles in a matter.

Atm

A unit of pressure defined as being equal to the atmospheric pressure at sea level, approximately 101.325 kPa or 760 mmHg.

Temperature

A measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in a system, indicating how hot or cold the system is.

°C

A scale and unit of measurement for temperature where 0°C is the freezing point of water and 100°C is its boiling point at 1 atmosphere of pressure.