Question

Investigating Life 1.4: Applying the scientific method Review the section investigating Life: The Orchid and the Moth." Insects of species A, B, and C and flowers of species 1, 2, 3, and 4 live in your backyard. You hypothesize that insect A pollinates flower #4, so you remove all other flowers from your yard to see what happens to the insect populations. What data would support your hypothesis? Multiple Choice ) After 6 months, you count all the insects in the yard and find that all 3 insect populations A, B, and have increased C) After 6 months, you count all the insects in the yard and find that all 3 insect populations A. B, and have decreased to almost none. () After 6 months, you count all the insects in the yard and find that insect B and C populations have increased, while there are very few of insect A left. 0 After 6 months, you count all the insects in the yard and find that insect A population has increased, while there are very few insects B and Cleft.

Answer 1

Since your hypothesis is that insect A pollinates flower 4, if all the other flowers 1,2,3 are removed then other species which pollinates other flowers will disappear.

In case of option 1, we do not know whether B and C also pollinates flower number 4. If B and C does not pollinate flower 4 they will not increase in number.

In case of option 2, if A pollinates 4 then A cannot decrease to almost none.

In case of option 3, insect A cannot get decreased. If the number of insect A decreases then hypothesis is false

In case of option 4, insect A if pollinates flower 4 then the number will increase and if B and C feed on other plants as there are no plants their numbers will decrease.

Thus most probable reasons are option 1 and 4, if we consider if only A pollinates flower 4, then it should have increased and thus option 4 is likely to be the cotrt answer.