Q7 - Conservation officers justified their decision

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7. (E)
Question Type: Explain the Result

The passage states that since coyotes prey on wild cats and plover, it was expected that the removal of the coyote pack would increase the plover population. The unexpected result was that the plover population plummeted after the coyotes were removed. Answer (E) explains this strange result by presenting another predator that could have thrived in the absence of the coyote.

(A) provides further evidence for the expected result. We are supposed to find evidence for the unexpected result.
(B) is irrelevant to the discrepancy presented since we know nothing about the wild cat population.
(C) is irrelevant to the discrepancy presented since the statement does not discuss disease.
(D) is irrelevant to the discrepancy presented since the discrepancy involves an expected result involving the coyotes and plover, not wildcats.


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