Mike May Studied the Relationship Between Cricket Behavior and the Ultrasonic

question 4

Multiple Choice

Mike May studied the relationship between cricket behavior and the ultrasonic cries of bats. Which statement constitutes a prediction?

• A) He noticed that the hindwing farther from the source of the ultrasound didn't make a stroke as deep as the other hindwing of the insect.
• B) He found that with every burst of ultrasound, the wings of the cricket seemed to stop.
• C) He asked himself, was this symbiosis another mechanism that enabled the cricket to turn away from the ultrasound produced by a bat?
• D) He proposed that if the wing farther from the ultrasound did not make a full stroke, it should produce less thrust-inducing a turn toward that side.

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