SAT Evidence Question
Cardiff, Wales, has installed engineered structures-mainly breakwalls-along 87% of its shoreline to protect infrastructure from storm surges and other hazards, a practice known as shoreline hardening. Investigating the impact of such structures on waterbird communities at various sites in the Chesapeake Bay on the US East Coast, Diann Prosser et al. hypothesized that shoreline hardening more negatively affects waterbirds than does land development for uses such as housing or agriculture. To evaluate the responses of local waterbird species, including the osprey, to landscape alterations, the researchers utilized the Index of Waterbird Community Integrity (IWCI), on which a low score corresponds to low community integrity. Which finding, if true, would most directly support the researchers' hypothesis?
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The trap here
Command of Evidence: true is not the same as supporting — The wrong choices are accurate statements from the text. What they fail to do is support the specific claim.