In an Experiment Involving Two Annual Plants That Grow in Disturbed

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Multiple Choice

In an experiment involving two annual plants that grow in disturbed habitats, equal numbers of seedlings of the two species were grown together.Plant A grew much larger than plant B during the same time period.Would this interaction be considered asymmetrical? Why or why not?

• A) Yes; plant A grew larger than plant B.
• B) Yes; they were growing in a disturbed habitat.
• C) No; both plants remained healthy and continued to grow.
• D) No; reproductive fitness, not size, determines symmetry.
• E) It is not clear what caused the difference in growth.

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