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A plant biologist observed a peculiar pattern when a tropical shrub was attacked by caterpillars. After a caterpillar ate a leaf, it would skip over nearby leaves and attack a leaf some distance away. Simply removing a leaf did not deter caterpillars from eating nearby leaves. The biologist suspected that an insectdamaged leaf sent out a chemical that signaled nearby leaves. How could the researcher test this hypothesis?

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QUESTION:

A plant biologist observed a peculiar pattern when a tropical shrub was attacked by caterpillars. After a caterpillar ate a leaf, it would skip over nearby leaves and attack a leaf some distance away. Simply removing a leaf did not deter caterpillars from eating nearby leaves. The biologist suspected that an insectdamaged leaf sent out a chemical that signaled nearby leaves. How could the researcher test this hypothesis?

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The researcher could set up a test by covering half a leaf with plastic and exposing the other half. The researcher could then place caterpillars

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