[Video] Q26: After ken dial had his “‘aha’ moment” (line 41), he

Answer Choices

  • tried to train the birds to fly to their perches.

  • studied videos to determine why the birds no longer hopped.

  • observed how the birds dealt with gradually steeper inclines.

  • consulted with other researchers who had studied Chukar Partridges.

Explanation for Question 26 From the Reading Section on the Official Sat Practice Test 3

Question 26 says after Kevin dial had his aha moment in line 41, 2 he did well. So let's look back into the passage for some context here. 3 If we look at kind of the words and sentences and ideas around 4 this aha moment, we can get some information here to help us answer the 5 question. So starting in line 38, 6 it says time. And again, Terry had watched them run right up the side 7 of a hay bale flapping all the while can bash out to see for 8 himself. And that was the aha moment. 9 The birds were using their like wings and legs cooperatively. 10 He told me and that single observation opened up a world of possibilities. 11 So now what follows after this is going to be the result of this 12 aha moment. So this is going to give us the answer to our question. 13 It says working together with Terry who has since gone on to study animal 14 locomotion, Ken came up with a series of ingenious experiments, 15 filming the birds as they raced up textured ramps, 16 tilted as at increasing angles. 17 And then it goes on to say, as the incline increased, the cartridges began 18 to flat, but they angle their wings differently from birds in flight. 19 So let's see which answer choices best match or which answer choice best matches 20 the fact that after this aha moment, he came up with an experiment and 21 he was testing birds, running on different inclines. 22 So answer choice a says, 23 he trained, he tried to train the birds to fly to their purchase. 24 So that's incorrect here. He's n...

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