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

• The human tongue contains taste receptors for a rich, savory flavor called umami.
• Umami is triggered by the compounds in a variety of foods, including tuna and blue cheese.
• Participants in a study tasted a sample of sea palm, a type of brown seaweed.
• They rated its umami intensity as moderate.
• The participants tasted a sample of bull kelp, another type of brown seaweed.
• They rated its umami intensity as high.

The student wants to emphasize a difference between the two seaweeds. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

A

Some types of brown seaweed, like sea palm and bull kelp, trigger umami flavor in human taste buds.

B

Sea palm is a type of brown seaweed, but so is bull kelp.

C

While sea palm and bull kelp contain umami flavor, umami can also be found in tuna and blue cheese.

D

After tasting two types of brown seaweed, sea palm and bull kelp, participants in a study found bull kelp’s umami flavor to be the more intense of the two.