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The eyes of the mantis shrimp have more types of photoreceptors, or co
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The eyes of the mantis shrimp have more types of photoreceptors, or color-detecting cells, than those of any other animal on the planet. While one would think that this would allow the mantis shrimp to better (i) ________ colors, researchers have found this to be (ii) ________.
| Blank (i) | Blank (ii) |
|---|---|
| A. improve | D. baseless |
| B. discriminate | E. obvious |
| C. distort | F. illiberal |
Re: The eyes of the mantis shrimp have more types of photoreceptors, or co
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09 Oct 2024, 03:38
09 Oct 2024, 03:38
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(i) "discriminate" fits because it means to differentiate between colors, which one would expect the mantis shrimp to do better given its many photoreceptors.
(ii) "baseless" is appropriate because the researchers found that the assumption was unfounded or incorrect—despite the photoreceptors, the mantis shrimp doesn't discriminate colors better than expected.
(ii) "baseless" is appropriate because the researchers found that the assumption was unfounded or incorrect—despite the photoreceptors, the mantis shrimp doesn't discriminate colors better than expected.
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