Information and IdeasEasy–MediumEvidence for a claim about a bird feeder
Information and Ideas practice question
A gardener claims that hanging a bird feeder in winter increases the number of bird species that visit her garden.
Which finding, if true, would most directly support the claim?
- A. In the two winters since the feeder was hung, she has recorded fourteen species in the garden, compared with seven in the winters before.Correct
- B. The feeder holds two kilograms of seed.
- C. Birds eat more in winter than in summer.
- D. Her neighbour also has a bird feeder.
Answer: A. In the two winters since the feeder was hung, she has recorded fourteen species in the garden, compared with seven in the winters before.
More species after the feeder than before.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. The feeder holds two kilograms of seed.
- Capacity is not species.
- C. Birds eat more in winter than in summer.
- Appetite is not species.
- D. Her neighbour also has a bird feeder.
- The neighbour's feeder says nothing about her garden.
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