Passage II

Meerkats (Suricata suricatta) are mammals that typically live in groups of 2 to 30 individuals. Some group members called helpers, help parents care for their pups. Figure 1 shows how the percent contribution to babysitting and to pupfeeding by helpers varied with the age of the helpers, as categorized in Table 1.

A helper's food intake, as measured by daily weight gain (average number of grams gained by a helper per hour during a 24 hr day), can affect its contribution to pup care. Figure 2 shows how the percent contribution to babysitting and to pupfeeding by helpers older than 1 yr varied with daily weight gain.

6. According to Table 1 and Figure 1, across the 4 age categories, as the age of the helpers increased, the percent contribution to pupfeeding:

Answer and Explanation

Your Answer is

Correct Answer is H

Explanation

First of all, through table 1 and figure 1, you can see that the abscissa of figure 1 is arranged in order of increasing age of the helper, and then you can see that whether it is a male or a female helper, the ordinate percent contribution to pupfeeding is the first Decrease after increase