Refer to the Table

question 43

Multiple Choice

Refer to the table.
The table represents the result of a survey of 39 lakes, some with and some without introduced rainbow or brook trout. The values are averages of the number of frogs present along a 10-meter piece of shoreline in lakes with and without trout. Given these results, one can conclude that

• A) introducing trout into a lake seriously depletes the number of frogs present.
• B) introducing trout into a lake has little or no effect on the number of frogs present.
• C) introduced rainbow trout decrease frog populations but introduced brook trout do not.
• D) introduced brook trout decrease frog populations but introduced rainbow trout do not.

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