The mean biodiversity for The first day that we The most common areas where Japanese collected data it was raining. biodiversity that we found Knotweed was found was 6.3 The next day, it was sunny. was 8. The mean biodiversity for Three of the areas that we Giant knotweed is similar to areas where Japanese sampled had Japanese Japanese knotweed but has knotweed was not found was knotweed. Three of the areas much larger, heart-shaped 6.9. had no Japanese knotweed. leaves. One of the areas that we The range of the data was Japanese knotweed has sampled had a biodiversity biodiversity of 0 to hollow stems with swollen count of 0 because it was in a biodiversity of 12. joints and looks like bamboo. parking lot and nothing was growing there. Japanese knotweed has a Japanese knotweed grows in Three people commented on very strong root system and dense thickets that can block the observation of Japanese grows rapidly. out light. knotweed that we posted on Vital Signs relevant evidence irrelevant evidence Question: Does the presence (evidence that helps answer (evidence that does NOT of Japanese knotweed the question) help to answer the question) impact biodiversity in my area? Alternative evidence cards: In 1995, tan M&Ms were In a blind taste test, the The colors in bag of regular replaced by blue M&Ms mode was 3/5 correct M&Ms are red, orange, identifications of the colors yellow, green, blue, and the M&Ms. brown. In a blind taste test, the We conducted our blind When we observed the bags average person correctly taste test with 10 different of regular M&Ms, brown was identified the colors of 2/5 people. Each person tasted 5 the most common color. M$Ms. M&Ms. There was a large range of The different colors of M&Ms On average, each M&M the results of the blind taste are created by artificial dyes. weighed .9 grams. test. Some people correctly Otherwise the ingredients identified 0/5 M&M colors. are the same. Some people got 5/5 correct. relevant evidence irrelevant evidence Question: Does the color of (evidence that helps answer (evidence that does NOT an M&M affect how it the question) help to answer the question) tastes?
The mean biodiversity for areas where Japanese Knotweed was found was 6.3 The first day that we collected data it was raining. The next day, it was sunny. The most common biodiversity that we found was 8. The mean biodiversity for areas where Japanese knotweed was not found was 6.9. Three of the areas that we sampled had Japanese knotweed. Three of the areas had no Japanese knotweed. Giant knotweed is similar to Japanese knotweed but has much larger, heart-shaped leaves. One of the areas that we sampled had a biodiversity count of 0 because it was in a parking lot and nothing was growing there. The range of the data was biodiversity of 0 to biodiversity of 12. Japanese knotweed has hollow stems with swollen joints and looks like bamboo. Japanese knotweed has a very strong root system and grows rapidly. Japanese knotweed grows in dense thickets that can block out light. Three people commented on the observation of Japanese knotweed that we posted on Vital Signs relevant evidence (evidence that helps answer the question) irrelevant evidence (evidence that does NOT help to answer the question) Question: Does the presence of Japanese knotweed impact biodiversity in my area? Alternative evidence cards: In 1995, tan M&Ms were replaced by blue M&Ms In a blind taste test, the mode was 3/5 correct identifications of the colors the M&Ms. The colors in bag of regular M&Ms are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and brown. In a blind taste test, the average person correctly identified the colors of 2/5 M$Ms. We conducted our blind taste test with 10 different people. Each person tasted 5 M&Ms. When we observed the bags of regular M&Ms, brown was the most common color. There was a large range of the results of the blind taste test. Some people correctly identified 0/5 M&M colors. Some people got 5/5 correct. The different colors of M&Ms are created by artificial dyes. Otherwise the ingredients are the same. On average, each M&M weighed .9 grams. relevant evidence (evidence that helps answer the question) irrelevant evidence (evidence that does NOT help to answer the question) Question: Does the color of an M&M affect how it tastes?
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