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
8
4
24
21
22
23
Day
Temperature (°C)
Average time between
chirps (sec)
5
25
2.0
26
1.8
7
27
1.9
28
1.8
9
29
1.4
10
30
1.2
11
31
1.5
12
32
1.1
2.5
2.6
2.2
2.3
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.