Information and IdeasHardEvidence that a species has returned
Information and Ideas practice question
Conservationists claim that otters have returned to a river from which they vanished in the 1970s.
Which finding, if true, would most directly support the claim?
- A. Otter footprints and droppings have been found on the river's banks at six sites this year, and a camera trap has recorded an adult otter with two cubs.Correct
- B. Otters were common on the river in the 1950s.
- C. The river's water quality has improved since the 1970s.
- D. Otters live on several other rivers in the region.
Answer: A. Otter footprints and droppings have been found on the river's banks at six sites this year, and a camera trap has recorded an adult otter with two cubs.
Direct signs of otters now.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Otters were common on the river in the 1950s.
- The past, not the present.
- C. The river's water quality has improved since the 1970s.
- A condition for return, not evidence of it.
- D. Otters live on several other rivers in the region.
- Other rivers.
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