A farmer has grown strawberries successfully for years in field A. He recently expanded the crop into previously unused land in fields B and C. The yield from field B is comparable to A, but the yield from field C is inexplicably low. As a microbiome expert, what might you predict
about the soil of fields A, B, and C?

Ascientist is investigating the effects of salinity on fish development. he places fertilized fish eggs in an aquarium that contains low salinity and observes their development. what factor would improve experimental design the most? place the fish eggs in the open ocean because that is the natural habitat include another aquarium that has normal salinity to compare to the low salinity aquarium include an aquarium that replaces salt with sugar to confirm that the effects are specific to salt grow algae with the fish eggs in order to provide adequate nutrients to the developing embryos