Explanation for Question 20 From the Writing Section on the 2017 April Sat
Looking at question number 20, which choice best reflects the information provided in figures 2 one and two. So let's take a look at our sentence first, 3 furthermore, a group of ponds that had not been req recolonized by beavers showed 4 a what an area of open water over the same period. 5 So increase, decrease, big, 6 increase, big decrease. That's kind of what we're looking for. 7 So looking at figures one and two, um, 8 they should be further in the passage. 9 It looks like, um, we see that years where there were beavers 10 absent saw, um, 11 what were area of open water, 12 whereas areas with lots of beavers present had much 13 higher amounts. So the trend shows a huge 14 difference between area of open-water when beavers are, 15 and aren't present, um, with much more being present when beavers are. 16 So looking at our answer choices, we should select here, 17 answer choice a, um, 18 a smaller increase in area of open water when ponds are 19 not recolonized by beavers. So the beavers are causing a greater increase in the 20 area of open water. So areas that are not recognized by leavers would have 21 a smaller increase in that area of open water. 22 Um, so for that reason, 23 we're going to select the no change option.