Information and IdeasEasy–MediumFinding supporting a claim about a bird's return
Information and Ideas practice question
A birdwatcher claims that the same swan has returned to the mill pond every winter for six years.
Which finding, if true, would most directly support the birdwatcher's claim?
- A. The swan wears a numbered leg ring fitted six years ago, and the same number has been read each winter since.Correct
- B. Swans mate for life.
- C. The mill pond rarely freezes.
- D. Swans are large birds.
Answer: A. The swan wears a numbered leg ring fitted six years ago, and the same number has been read each winter since.
A ring number read every winter identifies the individual.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Swans mate for life.
- A general fact about swans.
- C. The mill pond rarely freezes.
- Explains why a swan might come, not that it is the same one.
- D. Swans are large birds.
- Irrelevant.
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