As part of your research project, you travel to an island to learn more about the habitats and relationships of flies, spiders, and centipedes. You and your assistant plot out five different areas on the island and count the numbers of flies, spiders, and centipedes living in each plot. Your results show the following: Plot Flies Spiders Centipedes1300254242617103147152147397805791393Based in the information provided, the best explanation for the low numbers of spiders and flies in plot 5 is:
A. centipedes prefer spiders to flies.
B. there were not enough flies to support a large centipede population.
C. centipedes are actively consuming flies and spiders.
D. there were not enough spiders to catch and consume all the flies.
Answer: C
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