Question

Peter and Rosemary Grant have studied finches in the Galapagos Islands for over 40 years. During their studies, they observed that drought years yield larger plant seed sizes. Rainy years yield smaller seed sizes. These seeds are the main food source for finches. The graph below shows the average beak depth of the finch population over time. Pay particular attention to years labeled as wet or dry.



Question 1
Read the background information and look at the chart above. Use the information to complete the sentence(2 points)
Wet years result in (larger or smaller)
seeds and dry years result in (larger or smaller)
seeds.

Answer 1

Wet years result in larger seeds and dry years result in smaller seeds.