Explain how visible light is created through the movement of electrons. A) Electrons get "excited" through by absorbing energy and get bumped up into a higher shell As the electron moves to a higher electron shell, it reflects a wavelength that is perceived as visible light. After giving off this light, the electron drops back to its original electron shell.
B) Electrons absorb energy and get bumped up into a higher shell The atom will be "excited" and "want" the electron to drop back down to the lower shell. As the electron drops back, it can release an amount of energy with a visible wavelength.
C) Through energy release, an atom's electrons move between electron shells and absorbs photons of gy that have a wavelength that is known as visible light
D) Visible light is perceived as electrons absorb photons of energy and drop down electron shells. This energy absorption has a visible wavelength that is perceived by the viewer as a particular color.​

1. the question asks the most appropriate, which seems to rule out "all of the above." your choice appears to be the correct one.

2. the protocol described is good for identifying correlation, but not cause and effect. for cause/effect, you need to devise a protocol that will assign the treatment (or not) to groups that have essentially the same "demographics" with respect to all the other variables. your choice regarding control group seems appropriate. random assignment of treatment (choice d) may be appropriate also. (i think you can argue that b and d are just different descriptions of the same method.)

3. d will randomize the birds, but may not guarantee there are 10 in each group. e will do both, so seems the better choice.

comment on question 2

based on the problem statement, it seems clear that confident, attentive drivers are more likely to use daytime running lights. so, the protocol might need to be devised in such a way that the lights would be turned on or off without the driver's knowledge. (an attentive driver will figure it out.) assigning a confident, attentive driver to a group required to drive without running lights might mess with his/her confidence and attentiveness. you don't want your experiment to do that. (nor do you want the experiment to subject a driver to greater risk of accident as a consequence of driving without running lights.) experiments involving human safety are always problematic.