You Are Watching a Pigeon Pecking a Disk in a Small

Multiple Choice

You are watching a pigeon pecking a disk in a small chamber. A cumulative recorder is connected to the disk. While you are watching, the pigeon is pecking at a slow, steady rate. Based on this information, you can predict that the line on the cumulative recorder will have a _____ slope.

A) steep, upward
B) shallow, upward
C) shallow, downward
D) steep, downward