Passage II
In the python (Python molurus), a species of snake, organ mass and metabolic rate may decrease between meals, conserving energy. Figure 1 shows, for a group of juvenile pythons (Group V), the average mass of the small intestine before and after each python ingested a single meal that had a mass equal to 25% of the python’s body mass. Figure 2 shows, for 4 groups of juvenile pythons (Groups W−Z), the average oxygen consumption rate, in milliliters of oxygen consumed per gram of body mass per hour (mL/g/hr), before and after each python ingested a single meal. Table 1 shows the relative mass of the meal ingested by the pythons in each group.
11. A juvenile python in one of the groups listed in Table 1 had a body mass of 1,000 g and ingested a meal that had a mass of 50 g. That python was most likely in Group:
Your Answer is
Correct Answer is D
Explanation
50/1000=5%, according to Table 1 and Group Z, choose D