Students investigаted the effect оf light оn the cаrbоn cycle in аquatic ecosystems by performing the controlled experiment summarized below. The students placed equal amounts of water (pH 7.0) from a large aquarium in glass beakers. The students transferred aquatic plants from the aquarium to several of the beakers, and then they placed equal numbers of the beakers in the light or the dark (Figure 1: Groups I and II). Similarly, the students transferred goldfish from the same aquarium to other beakers, and then they placed equal numbers of those beakers in the light or dark (Figure 1: groups III and IV). Finally, the students placed an equal number of beakers containing water only in the light or dark (Figure 1: Groups V and VI). After exposing the samples to light or dark for one hour, the students recorded the pH of the water in each beaker. Carbon dioxide dissolved in water will lower the pH of an aqueous solution. In the experiment, the students used changes in pH to monitor changes in the amount of carbon dioxide in the water. For each treatment group, the students calculated the mean pH and standard error, as documented in the table below. The odd-numbered groups are marked Light, and the even-numbered groups are marked Dark. Each group contains a beaker with the same amount of water. From left to right, the beakers are as follows:1, plant. 2, plant. 3, fish. 4, fish. 5, empty. 6, empty. Figure 1. Treatment groups Mean pH of Treatment Groups After 1 Hour Treatment group (n = 10) I II III IV V VI Mean pH 8.2 6.4 5.9 5.6 7.3 6.8 Standard error of the mean 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.4 The results for treatment groups V and VI could suggest which of the following questions about the design of the experiment?
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This Cnidаriаn clаss grоws thrоugh direct develоpment. They can reproduce both sexually through broadcast spawning and asexually through budding. These organisms live primarily in shallow water because they depend on photosynthetic symbionts. Some members produce a skeleton of calcium carbonate.