The Following Experiment Is Used for the Corresponding Question(s)

question 11

Multiple Choice

The following experiment is used for the corresponding question(s) .
-Refer to the accompanying figure. In every case, caterpillars that feed on oak flowers looked like oak flowers. In every case, caterpillars that were raised on oak leaves looked like twigs. These results support which of the following hypotheses?

• A) The longer day lengths of summer trigger the development of twiglike caterpillars.
• B) Differences in air pressure, due to elevation, trigger the development of different types of caterpillars.
• C) Differences in diet trigger the development of different types of caterpillars.
• D) The differences are genetic. A female will either produce all flowerlike caterpillars or all twiglike caterpillars.

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Definitions:

MP

An acronym for "Modus Ponens," a common form of argument that takes the structure: if P, then Q; P; therefore, Q.

Assumption

An accepted fact or statement taken for granted without proof.

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A theoretical approach in various fields that examines the evolutionary basis of behavior and traits.

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