person wants to know if the Florida Cottonmouth and Northern Cottonmouth differ in toxicity (strength of their venom). Which would be the best experimental design to answer this question?   Question 4 options:   Two snakes - one of each species - each bite a mouse. The mouse that dies more quickly tells you which snake has more toxic venom.   Venom from 60 snakes - 30 of each species - is injected into a mouse. The mouse that dies more quickly tells you which snake has more toxic venom.   Venom from two snakes - one of each species - is injected into a mouse. The mouse that dies more quickly tells you which snake has more toxic venom.   60 snakes - 30 of each species - each bite a mouse. The group of mice with the most deaths tells you which snake has more toxic venom.

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A person wants to know if the Florida Cottonmouth and Northern Cottonmouth differ in toxicity (strength of their venom). Which would be the best experimental design to answer this question?

 

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Two snakes - one of each species - each bite a mouse. The mouse that dies more quickly tells you which snake has more toxic venom.

 

Venom from 60 snakes - 30 of each species - is injected into a mouse. The mouse that dies more quickly tells you which snake has more toxic venom.

 

Venom from two snakes - one of each species - is injected into a mouse. The mouse that dies more quickly tells you which snake has more toxic venom.

 

60 snakes - 30 of each species - each bite a mouse. The group of mice with the most deaths tells you which snake has more toxic venom.

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