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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 sardines and mushrooms.
• Participants in a study tasted a sample of wakame, a type of brown seaweed.
• They rated its umami intensity as moderate.
• The participants tasted a sample of ma-kombu, 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

Unlike other umami-rich foods such as sardines and mushrooms, wakame and ma-kombu are types of brown seaweed.

B

Wakame and ma-kombu are similar in that participants in a study found that both triggered a sensation of umami.

C

Participants in a study rated the umami intensity of ma-kombu as high and that of wakame as moderate, finding ma-kombu the more intense of the two.

D

Wakame and ma-kombu are both types of brown seaweed.