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William's science class staked out plots of soil throughout the school yard. The plots were all the same size, 1 meter X 1 meter square. Each morning, for one week, they counted the earthworms they found in each plot. Once their data had been collected the teacher asked for a reasonable explanation for the count in plot C. Which explanation is the MOST reasonable based on the students data?
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A The students counted wrong each time they collected the data.The students counted wrong each time they collected the data.
B Plot C was much smaller than the other plots.Plot C was much smaller than the other plots.
C Plot C was filled with dry, sandy soil.Plot C was filled with dry, sandy soil.
D Plot C was in a shady, damp spot.
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Earthworms prefer cool, moist, shaded soil, so a shady, damp spot would explain a consistently higher worm count in plot C. (B is wrong because plots were the same size; A is unlikely if counts were consistent; C would explain low counts, not high.)
Earthworms prefer cool, moist, shaded soil, so a shady, damp spot would explain a consistently higher worm count in plot C. (B is wrong because plots were the same size; A is unlikely if counts were consistent; C would explain low counts, not high.)
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