A student does an experiment for a science fair to study whether temperature affects the timing of a cricket's chirps. The student keeps a cricket in an enclosed box that is heated to different temperatures each day for
twelve days. The student records the cricket's chirps by using a sound-activated microphone so that the timing
of the chirps can be measured. The student records the results of the experiment in the table below.
4
5
6
Day
1
Temperature (°C) 21
Average time between 2.5
chirps (sec)
2.
22
2.6
3
23
2.2
7
27
24
2.3
25
2.0
8
28
1.8
26
1.8
9
29
1.4
12
32
10
30
1.2
11
31
1.5
1.9
1.1
Which conclusion can be made from the data in the table?
O The higher the temperature, the fewer chirps there will be in 10 seconds.
The chirps occur closer together as the temperature increases.
O The chirps become farther apart as the temperature increases.
O There is no relationship between temperature and the time between chirps.