[Video] Q27: The passage identifies which of the following as a factor that facilitated the baby chukars’ traction on steep ramps?

Explanation for Question 27 From the Reading Section on the Official Sat Practice Test 3

Question 27 says the passage identifies which of the following as a factor that 2 facilitated the baby. Two cars is traction on steep ramps. 3 So it says the passage is identifying something. 4 So we know that the answer to this is going to come pretty directly 5 from text evidence. So let's look into the passage and figure out what we're 6 supposed to be looking at in here. So we'll 7 get to the highlighted portion in a second, which is going to prove our 8 answer, but we know that we're supposed to be looking at this piece of 9 evidence because the question is asking us about the facilitation of 10 the baby birds traction and starting in, 11 well, not starting, but in line 47, 12 it's referencing the textured ramps. 13 And so we can associate that piece with the traction that they're asking about 14 in the question. And that's how we know that the highlighted piece of evidence 15 is what we're supposed to be referencing here. So then this says, 16 as the incline increased, the partridges began to flap, 17 but they angle their wings differently from birds in flight, 18 they in their flopping down and backward using the force, 19 not for lift, but to keep their feet firmly pressed against the ramp. 20 So this pretty clearly states that the angle of their flapping wings is 21 what is facilitating their traction on these ramps. 22 So let's see which answer choice best matches that. 23 Okay. So if we start with answer choice a, 24 it says the speed with which they climbed, 25 so...