D. In a study of the effect of lawn fertilizer on the health of a
backyard pond, biologists grow two colonies of duckweed in a large flask to
represent pond ecosystems.
The scientific design in which has limitations
due to oversimplification is the statement “in a study of the effect of lawn
fertilizer on the health of a backyard pond, biologists grow two colonies of
duckweed in a large flask to represent pond ecosystems”. Oversimplification is
an overview and generalization of a statement to miscomprehension,
misperception or even error. It overlaps the true statement.