Passage II

An experiment was conducted to determine how seawater temperature and salinity affect food consumption and growth in Scophthalmus maximus (a species of fish). The table shows, for each of 8 trials, average total food consumption, CT, and average gain in body mass for S. maximus kept at various temperature and salinity combinations. Each trial involved the same number of fish and lasted the same number of months.

Table adapted from Albert K. Imsland et al., "The Interaction of Temperature and Salinity on Growth and Food Conversion in Juvenile Turbot (Scophthalmus maximus)."@2001 by Elsevier Science B. V.

11. Suppose Trail 1 lasted 3 months. How many months did Trail 8 last?

Answer and Explanation

Your Answer is

Correct Answer is A

Explanation

According to the last sentence of the text description above the chart, we can know that each trial contains the same number of fish and lasts for the same time, so if Trial 1 lasted for 3 months according to the title, then Trial 8 should also be 3 months.