Help biology key question 5 (1-5) thanks
Read the following passages and answer these questions for each one:
1. What is the phenomenon being explained?
2. What theories stated or implied are used to explain the phenomenon?
3. Which theory seems the most plausible and why? (Base your judgment on the evidence cited in the passage as well as any other information you might have on the subject, and use the criteria of adequacy.)
4. What kind of evidence would convince you to change your mind about your preferred theory?
PASSAGE:
"Trickery aside, what about reports of apparent animal ESP? Anecdotal evidence suggests some animals may have precognitive awareness of various types of natural catastrophes, becoming agitated before earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, cyclones, and other events. However, the creatares may actually be responding to subtle sensory factors like variations in air pressure and tremors in the ground -that are beyond the range of human perception.
"Something of the sort may explain some instances of apparent animal pre-science. For example, a Kentucky friend of mine insists that his dogs seem to know when he has decided to go hunting, exhibiting a marked excitement even though they are lodged some distance away from the house. However, it seems possible that they are either responding to some unintended signal (such as recognizing certain noises associated with his getting ready for a hunting trip or that he is selectively remembering those occasions when the dogs' excitement happens to coincide with his intentions. Another friend says he once had dogs who seemed to know when he was going to take them for a walk, but he decided.”
