Self-study
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Summary
- Adult frogs are vulnerable to dehydration due to their permeable skin.
2.Small adult frogs have a low body weight to skin surface area ratio, making them unable to survive in arid climates.
3. The Yucatán peninsula has an arid climate in the north and a wet climate in the south.
4. Frogs' moisture requirements are the most important factor determining where they can live in the Yucatán peninsula.
Strongly Supported Conclusions
Large adult frogs are better suited to live in the Yucatan peninsula than small adult frogs
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a
Large adult frogs ██████ ███████ ████ █████ █████ █████ ██ ███ ███ ██████
This is too strong. The stimulus does not say that small and large frogs cannot coexist, only that large frogs are better suited to the environment.
b
Frogs living in ███ █████ █████ ████ ██ ███████ ████ █████ ██ ███ ████ ██████
There is not enough information to support this statement comparing the frogs’ weight. You need to make a lot of assumptions to make this work
c
Large adult frogs ███ ████ ██ ████ ██ ███ ████ ████ █████ █████ █████ ████
The stimulus says that small adult frogs cannot survive in an arid climate. The Yucatan has an arid climate in the north. Thus, large adult frogs can live in more of the area than small adult frogs.
d
Fewer small adult █████ ████ ██ ███ █████ ████ ██ █████ █████ ██████
There is not enough support for this comparative statement. The stimulus does not give any information on how many frogs are in each region.
e
Small adult frogs ██ ███ █████ ████ ████ █████████ █████ ████ █████ █████ █████ ██ ███ ██████
There is no information to compare the permeability of small adult frogs in the south vs. the north.