The correct answer is B. The described experiment meets or exceeds the standards of good science.
Explanation:
In science, it is common after research scientists publish information about the process and results in scientific papers or articles. Additionally, the credibility and reliability of this documents and of the research itself depend on multiple factors and one of this is whether the paper has been review by another expert in the field which called peer-reviewed paper. Indeed papers that have gone through the peer-review process are more credible and therefore more value by other scientists as in general terms this guarantees the results can be believed as each step in the research fits with the standards of good science because the scientists who reviewed the paper approve it. Therefore, the reason a scientist value a peer-reviewed paper is that the escribed experiment meets or exceeds the standards of good science.
The correct answer is A - eventually a predatory species may utilize it as an energy source and its negative impact on the ecosystem will be decreased but until then, the pad trees will suffer the consequences.
