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Expression of Ideas practice question

While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes: - Several animals navigate using the Earth's magnetic field. - Loggerhead turtles use it to find their way across the Atlantic. - European robins sense it with a protein in their eyes. - Some bacteria contain magnetic crystals that align them with the field.

The student wants to illustrate the first note with a single example. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

  1. A. Loggerhead turtles, for instance, use the Earth's magnetic field to navigate across the Atlantic.Correct
  2. B. Several animals navigate magnetically.
  3. C. Turtles, robins, and bacteria are living things.
  4. D. The Earth has a magnetic field.

Answer: A. Loggerhead turtles, for instance, use the Earth's magnetic field to navigate across the Atlantic.

One animal, one feat.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. Several animals navigate magnetically.
Restates the claim.
C. Turtles, robins, and bacteria are living things.
Names organisms without the navigation.
D. The Earth has a magnetic field.
A generality.

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