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.
9. A student claimed that for male helpers and also for female helpers, the percent contribution to pupfeeding varies with daily weight gain. Are the results shown in Figure 2 consistent with this claim?
Your Answer is
Correct Answer is C
Explanation
In the figure of pupfeeding in figure 2, it can be seen that as the abscissa increases, the ordinate of the male remains unchanged, so it does not match the title.