Re: Bats emit sounds and generally use the echoes of these
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06 Apr 2020, 11:43
Bats emit sounds and generally use the echoes of these sounds highly efficiently to detect; locate, and catch their prey. However, it is claimed that the characteristic efficiency of this process is reduced by moths able to hear the sounds emitted by insect-eating bats.
Which of the following statements, if true, best supports the claim above?
(A) Those moths that cannot hear the sounds emitted by insect-eating bats live longer on the average than those that can hear such sounds when both kinds of moth are in an environment continuously free of such bats.
Opposite answer.
(B) Those moth species that cannot hear the sounds emitted by insect-eating bats are among the species of insects that are most likely to be caught by such bats.
This answer choice discusses the opposite group ("that cannot hear the sounds"). It also discusses "among the species of insects" which is out of scope. We're only talking about moths here. We also can't 100% confirm that the "months that cannot hear the sounds" are MOST LIKELY to be caught.
(C) When a moth changes its speed or direction of flight, there is a change in the sound pattern generated by the moth's wing movements.
Irrelevant.
(D) Moth species that can hear the sounds emitted by insect-eating bats are less likely to be caught by such bats than are moth species that cannot hear these sounds.
Correctly addresses the right group.
(E) Moths that are capable of hearing the sounds emitted by insect-eating bats differ in their abilities to use evasive action to escape capture by such bats.
This is an irrelevant distinction.