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Verbal·Expression of Ideas·Rhetorical Synthesis

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While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:

• In a 2012 study, Dybzinski and Tilman tested the effect of plant litter on seedling emergence in a grassland setting.
• Plant litter includes dead leaves and other plant material.
• The test site was a flooded grassland in the United States.
• It was in a temperate midlatitude climate.
• The researchers found that in these environmental conditions the presence of plant litter had a negative effect on seedling emergence.

The student wants to specify the test site’s climate. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

A

Dybzinski and Tilman tested the effect of dead leaves and other plant material on seedling emergence in the United States.

B

In a 2012 study, Dybzinski and Tilman found that the presence of plant litter had a negative effect on seedling emergence.

C

Dybzinski and Tilman’s study was conducted in a temperate midlatitude climate.

D

A test was conducted in the United States to study the effect of plant litter on seedling emergence in a given climate.