As part of your research project, you travel to an island to…
As part of your research project, you travel to an island to learn more about the habitats and relationships of spiders, centipedes, and flies. The published research suggests the following relationships:Flies—are prey for spidersSpiders—are prey for centipedes and predators of fliesCentipedes—are predators of flies and spidersYou and your assistant plot out five different areas of the island and count the numbers of spiders, centipedes, and flies living in each plot. Your results show the following:Plot 1: Flies 300, Spiders 25, Centipedes 4Plot 2: Flies 226, Spiders 17, Centipedes 10Plot 3: Flies 147, Spiders 15, Centipedes 21Plot 4: Flies 739, Spiders 78, Centipedes 0Plot 5: Flies 79, Spiders 13, Centipedes 93The hypothesis that closely matches the data provided is