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.
1
2
3
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
5
25
21
23
4
24
2.3
26
27
28
29
30
Day
Temperature (°C)
Average time between
chirps (sec)
31
22
2.6
32
1.1
2.5
2.2
2.0
1.8
1.9
1.8
1.4
1.2
1.5
Which generalization can be made from the data in the table?
O The higher the temperature, the fewer chirps there will be in 10 seconds.
O 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.