A Biologist Wants to Test the Effectiveness of a New

question 23

Multiple Choice

A biologist wants to test the effectiveness of a new food additive on causing growth in mice.An effective control group would be one that:

• A)ate a higher concentration of food additive
• B)was kept in different conditions across the city
• C)was fed the same ration without the food additive
• D)ate a lower concentration of the food additive

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