21. Suppose it were found that the presence of the purple pigment in some plant tissues protects those tissues from being damaged by sunlight. Would this finding better support the explanation of Student 1 or the explanation of Student 2 ?
Your Answer is
Correct Answer is A
Explanation
First of all, student 2 said that the color has nothing to do with sunlight, and CD was excluded, while student 1 said that only plants with a lot of light will have purple pigment, so it is further consistent that purple pigment is used to prevent sunlight from harming plants