A High School Student Is Carrying Out a Science Project

question 65

Multiple Choice

A high school student is carrying out a science project. She plants alfalfa seeds, and encloses an area planted with one set of alfalfa seeds within a box covered in red cellophane (which reflects light of red wavelengths) . She leaves another set of planted alfalfa seeds uncovered. What do you expect she'll find in these two alfalfa populations when her science project is over?

• A)Germination rates will be the same in both seed sets.
• B)The germination rate will be lower in the uncovered seed set.
• C)The germination rate will be higher in the uncovered seed set.
• D)None of the answer options is correct.

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