How are electromagnetic waves different from mechanical waves? Question 1 options:

Electromagnetic waves can travel through empty space; mechanical waves can not

Electromagnetic waves travel through water; mechanical waves can only travel through solid matter

Electromagnetic waves are long chains of vibrating molecules; mechanical waves aren't

Electromagnetic waves need a medium to travel through; mechanical waves do not

Electromagnetic waves can travel through empty space; mechanical waves can not  

Explanation:

The salient differences between electromagnetic waves and mechanical waves is that electromagnetic waves can travel through empty spaces but mechanical waves cannot.

Mechanical waves always requires a material medium for their propagation. No known mechanical waves can pass through an empty vacuum.

Electromagnetic waves on the other hand can pass through vacuum. They do not require a material medium for propagation.

This makes them unlimited in their form and mode of propagation.

1. the question asks the most appropriate, which seems to rule out "all of the above." your choice appears to be the correct one.

2. the protocol described is good for identifying correlation, but not cause and effect. for cause/effect, you need to devise a protocol that will assign the treatment (or not) to groups that have essentially the same "demographics" with respect to all the other variables. your choice regarding control group seems appropriate. random assignment of treatment (choice d) may be appropriate also. (i think you can argue that b and d are just different descriptions of the same method.)

3. d will randomize the birds, but may not guarantee there are 10 in each group. e will do both, so seems the better choice.

comment on question 2

based on the problem statement, it seems clear that confident, attentive drivers are more likely to use daytime running lights. so, the protocol might need to be devised in such a way that the lights would be turned on or off without the driver's knowledge. (an attentive driver will figure it out.) assigning a confident, attentive driver to a group required to drive without running lights might mess with his/her confidence and attentiveness. you don't want your experiment to do that. (nor do you want the experiment to subject a driver to greater risk of accident as a consequence of driving without running lights.) experiments involving human safety are always problematic.