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SAT Reading: Noting the Impact of a Specific Paragraph on an Entire Scientific Text 6 Views


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How does anthropogenic noise impact predator-prey interactions? Watch the SAT Reading video to find out.


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00:03

all right last one huzzah the last paragraph functions primarily to do what

00:10

okay the correct answers got to be C predator-prey the authors say that noise

00:14

interferes with predator-prey interactions they actually say that so [Green arrow points to sentence]

00:18

it should be really clear here they're talking about anthropogenic noise they

00:22

give two examples of predator-prey relationships gleaning bats preying on

00:26

insects and squirrels alerted to potential predators through alarm calls

00:30

the last paragraph presents new research not previously mentioned in the passage

00:35

like a new episode of shark week rather than summing up what has preceded it oh [Shark eats a smaller shark]

00:39

yeah get rid of a like the rest of the article that explains how noise disturbs

00:43

animals but doesn't offer solutions to annoying problems there so get rid of B [Birds flying by a bridge]

00:48

and it also focuses on anthropogenic noise not the noise made by animals per

00:53

se so get rid of that the answer is C and for predator-prey relationships well

00:57

we're just waiting for a Megalodon nado that's going to be big [Megalodon shark appears]

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