Explanation for Question 46 From the Reading Section on the Official Sat Practice Test 10
Question 46 asks what's choice best supports the idea that seeds present 2 in fields plowed at night are exposed to some amount of light. 3 So let's look back in the passage to see what these lines have to 4 offer. And just to reiterate, 5 we're looking for evidence of seeds. 6 Present in fields. Plot at night are exposed to some light. 7 So starting with answer choice it's lines 31 through 36, 8 they say more recently, Carl Hartman of her Lincoln university in Germany, 9 reason that when farmers plowed their fields during the day, 10 the buried weed seeds are briefly exploded, 11 exposed to sunlight as the soil is turnover, 12 and that stimulates stimulates their germination. 13 So it is going to be incorrect because it doesn't say anything about seeds 14 exposed to light at night. It merely talks about seeds during the day. 15 So that's why a would be incorrect. If we look at answer choice B 16 lines, 36 through 38, they say, 17 although the light exposures from plowing, maybe less than one millisecond, 18 that can be enough to induce seed germination. 19 Again, this one's going to be incorrect because it doesn't say anything about exposure 20 to light at night. It's talking about the time of light exposure, 21 but not about the time of day. 22 So that's why B would be indirect. And just to clarify, 23 it's talking about the length of time of exposure, 24 not the time of day that the seed is exposed. 25 Sorry, if that wasn't clear. So then if we look at answer choice C, 26 ...