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A wildlife agency designates a wetland as a protected "priority stopover" under this principle: a wetland qualifies only if it is used by a migratory species classified as declining and it provides that species' food during the migration months; a wetland used only by stable (non-declining) species, or used by a declining species but outside its migration months, does not qualify. The agency is reviewing four wetlands.

Select Principle for the statement that correctly restates the designation rule, and select Application for the one wetland that qualifies as a priority stopover. Make only two selections, one in each column.

Principle (the faithful restatement of the rule): . Application (the qualifying wetland): .

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Answer & Explanation

Correct answer

1: A wetland qualifies only if used by a declining migratory species and providing that species' food during the migration months. · 2: A wetland used during the migration months by a declining migratory species that feeds there.

The rule has two necessary conditions: a declining species and food during the migration months. B restates it faithfully. D is the wetland meeting both (declining species, feeds there during the migration months).

The pulls to resist: E swaps "and" for "or," the canonical loosening error. C is used during migration and the species feeds there, but the species is stable, not declining, so it fails the declining condition. A involves a declining species but only after the migration months have ended, so it fails the timing condition. F is "near a declining species' breeding grounds," which sounds relevant, but the species does not actually visit the wetland, so it satisfies neither use-condition; proximity to a declining species is on-theme yet misses what the rule requires, that the species use the wetland. Only D meets both genuine conditions.