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- agersh144
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Elle Woods
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Q25
I got this one right but I had trouble eliminating E due to lines 57-62 can someone explain why disease and damage (i.e. natural environmental forces) would not plausible abrade Calvaria major pits since the Dodo ceased to fill this role?
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- tommywallach
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Atticus Finch
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Re: Q25
Hey Agersh,
Great question. You're missing the details in the words of answer choice (E). Let's look at it:
Temple overlooked the fact that other natural environmental forces have been abrading Calvaria major pit walls since the dodo ceased to fulfill this role.
Now look at the lines you quote: "The population decline...could easily be due to other factors including disease..."
The natural environmental forces might have had an effect on the health of the trees, causing a decline in population. They would not have been abrading the walls of Calvaria fruit pits. (In fact, if they abraded the walls, that would actually help the seeds to germinate, as we learned! This would lead to an increase in population, not a decrease).
Hope that helps!
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Great question. You're missing the details in the words of answer choice (E). Let's look at it:
Temple overlooked the fact that other natural environmental forces have been abrading Calvaria major pit walls since the dodo ceased to fulfill this role.
Now look at the lines you quote: "The population decline...could easily be due to other factors including disease..."
The natural environmental forces might have had an effect on the health of the trees, causing a decline in population. They would not have been abrading the walls of Calvaria fruit pits. (In fact, if they abraded the walls, that would actually help the seeds to germinate, as we learned! This would lead to an increase in population, not a decrease).
Hope that helps!
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- agutman
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Vinny Gambini
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Re: Q25
Here's my explanation!
Question Type: Identification (56-57)
This question requires that we simply identify supporting text in the passage. If we understand the structure of the passage, the language in the question, "abrasion of CM pit walls," should lead us to lines 28, 41, and 56.
Answer choice (A) is correct, because Speke showed that (a minority of) unabraded CM seeds germinate.
(B) actually, "many of the pits were destroyed" (lines 40-41).
(C) is not supported in the text.
(D) is not supported in the text.
(E) is a trap for people who focus on lines 60-62; but those lines are not about the abrasion of CM pit walls!
Question Type: Identification (56-57)
This question requires that we simply identify supporting text in the passage. If we understand the structure of the passage, the language in the question, "abrasion of CM pit walls," should lead us to lines 28, 41, and 56.
Answer choice (A) is correct, because Speke showed that (a minority of) unabraded CM seeds germinate.
(B) actually, "many of the pits were destroyed" (lines 40-41).
(C) is not supported in the text.
(D) is not supported in the text.
(E) is a trap for people who focus on lines 60-62; but those lines are not about the abrasion of CM pit walls!
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- jackiefielding
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Vinny Gambini
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Re: Q25
To support (A), I think the key focus is the phrase found in lines 56-57: "...while only a minority of unabraded CM seeds germinate...", which shows us they yes, they indeed can germinate without abrasion!
(This also helps to explain why (E) is wrong, in that we are not certain that other natural things have been abrading CM seeds, because they don't absolutely have to be abraded.)
(This also helps to explain why (E) is wrong, in that we are not certain that other natural things have been abrading CM seeds, because they don't absolutely have to be abraded.)
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