Question

Suppose you have made the following hypothesis:  Sharks are most common near coral reefs, because there are more fish there to eat. What prediction could you make based on this hypothesis?       A. Fish have to hide in the coral because of all the sharks.       B. Coral reefs have many forms of life because corals can gather energy from the Sun.      C. There are more sharks near Australia's Great Barrier Reef than in the open ocean near Australia.      D. Reef sharks are actually much less dangerous than open ocean sharks such as great white sharks.

Answer 1

The answer is C.

This is because you have made the hypothesis sharks are more common near coral reefs. Because Australia's great barrier reef is a coral reef, you can infer more sharks are there because they have access to the food.