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Information and Ideas practice question
A naturalist claims that the same pair of ospreys returns to the same nest on the lake every spring.
Which finding, if true, would most directly support the claim?
- A. The female, ringed at the nest in 2019, has been identified by her ring number at the same nest in each of the five springs since.Correct
- B. Ospreys are known to build large nests.
- C. A pair of ospreys has been seen on the lake every spring.
- D. The nest is in a tall pine tree.
Answer: A. The female, ringed at the nest in 2019, has been identified by her ring number at the same nest in each of the five springs since.
A ringed individual, same nest, five years.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Ospreys are known to build large nests.
- Nest size is not identity.
- C. A pair of ospreys has been seen on the lake every spring.
- A pair each spring could be different birds.
- D. The nest is in a tall pine tree.
- Location is not identity.
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