Information and IdeasEasy–MediumEvidence for a claim about a fertiliser
Information and Ideas practice question
A gardener claims that seaweed fertiliser makes her tomato plants produce more fruit.
Which finding, if true, would most directly support the claim?
- A. Plants she fed with seaweed fertiliser produced an average of 30 tomatoes each, while identical plants without it produced 18.Correct
- B. Seaweed fertiliser smells strongly of the sea.
- C. Her tomatoes are red.
- D. She buys the fertiliser from a shop by the harbour.
Answer: A. Plants she fed with seaweed fertiliser produced an average of 30 tomatoes each, while identical plants without it produced 18.
A comparison of fed and unfed plants.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Seaweed fertiliser smells strongly of the sea.
- Smell.
- C. Her tomatoes are red.
- Colour.
- D. She buys the fertiliser from a shop by the harbour.
- Where she buys it.
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