Tent caterpillars' routes between

Answer choices

1. A

   Correct79% picked this

   A hungry tent caterpillar is more likely to follow heavily marked routes than

   Why this is right

   This makes the pheromones left by returning caterpillars more likely to be a form of communication—something that entails both a message sent and a message received.

   Skill tested: Strengthen · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

   79%
2. B

   Weakens1% picked this

   Tent caterpillars can detect the presence but not the concentration

   This makes it less likely that the difference in the amount of pheromones on caterpillar routes is meant to transmit information to other caterpillars.

   1%
3. C

   Too Weak4% picked this

   Sometimes individual tent caterpillars will not return to the nest until a food

   This is too weak to have an impact on the purpose of pheromones left by caterpillars on their routes.

   4%
4. D

   Irrelevant Comparison9% picked this

   The pheromones left by tent caterpillars are different from the pheromones left

   The issue is whether tent caterpillars are communicating with other tent caterpillars, so any difference in the pheromones between different kinds of animals is not relevant.

   9%
5. E

   Out of Scope - Other Group7% picked this

   The pheromones that tent caterpillars leave behind are detectable by certain other

   Whether other species of caterpillars can detect the pheromones left by tent caterpillars is not relevant to the purpose of those pheromones being left by tent caterpillars.

   7%