LSAT 106 – Section 1 – Question 16

LSAT 106 - Section 1 - Question 16

June 1999

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Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
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PT106 S1 Q16
+LR
Most strongly supported +MSS
Conditional Reasoning +CondR
Causal Reasoning +CausR
A
7%
165
B
75%
168
C
2%
158
D
7%
161
E
9%
163
146
156
166
 +Harder 152.148 +SubsectionHarder

Poppy petals function to attract pollinating insects. The pollination of a poppy flower triggers the release into that flower of a substance that causes its petals to wilt within one or two days. If the flower is not pollinated, the substance will not be released and the petals will remain fresh for a week or longer, as long as the plant can nourish them. Cutting an unpollinated poppy flower from the plant triggers the release into the flower of the same substance whose release is triggered by pollination.

Summary
Poppy petals attract pollinating insects. When a poppy flower is pollinated, a substance is released that causes the petals to wilt in one to two days. If a flower is not pollinated then if the plant can nourish the petals, they will remain fresh for a week or more and the substance is not released. Cutting an unpollinated poppy flower from the plant causes the same substance to be released that is released by pollination.

Strongly Supported Conclusions
Cutting a poppy flower from the plant can cause it to wilt even if it was not pollinated.

A
Pollinating insects are not attracted to wilted poppy flowers.
This is unsupported because the stimulus fails to provide us with any indication of what pollinating insects are drawn to or how the wilting flowers affect pollinators’ behavior.
B
Even if cut poppies are given all necessary nutrients, their petals will tend to wilt within a few days.
This is strongly supported because cutting poppy flowers triggers the release of the substance that causes wilting in pollinated flowers. Since the substance causes wilting in one to two days, we can expect this same outcome.
C
Flowers of all plants release the substance that causes wilting when they are cut, although the amount released may vary.
This is unsupported because the stimulus only discusses poppy plants, so we don’t know if other plants have this same substance.
D
The pollen on pollinated poppy flowers prevents their petals from absorbing the nutrients carried to them by their stems.
This is unsupported because the stimulus states nothing about the relationship between pollination and nutrients. Even though the petals wilt after pollination, they may still receive nutrients.
E
Poppy plants are unable to draw nutrients from soil or water after the substance that causes wilting has been released.
This is unsupported because while we know that poppy seeds wilt after the substance is released, they may still be drawing nutrients from the soil. We don’t know the connection between wilting and nutrients.

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