Explanation for Question 46 From the Reading Section on the 2017 May Sat
Question 46 says which choice provides the best evidence from passage to that plant 2 growth in Kimball's experimental plots and control plots was similar over the growing season. 3 So let's look at the lines of evidence given to us as answer choices 4 here and see which one best supports this idea. 5 So we're looking for the relationship between the experimental plots 6 and the control plots. And that's going to be key in answering this question 7 correctly. So as always, we'll start with answer choice a, 8 it says that the experiments of plots were sprayed weekly with insecticides 9 to eliminate insect insect. Yeah. 10 To eliminate insects that feed on plants while control plots were left. 11 Unsprayed so answer choice a does highlight a distinction between these two plots, 12 but it's not related to the growth rate over the growing season. 13 It's more related to like the methodology of the experiment. 14 So a would be incorrect. 15 Oops. Not what I wanted. There we go. 16 Okay. A, it would be incorrect if we look at B, 17 it says at the end of the growing season, Kimble determined for each plot, 18 the number of each species of plant, the number of fruits on each plant 19 and the mass of each plant. So this is telling us what measurements they're 20 taking, but it's not telling us anything about those measurements. 21 And so answer choice B would be incorrect as well. 22 If we look at, see, it says the results were not significantly different between 23 the construct, the...