LSAT 126 – Section 3 – Question 05

LSAT 126 - Section 3 - Question 05

October 2008

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QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT126 S3 Q05
+LR
Most strongly supported +MSS
Link Assumption +LinkA
A
95%
163
B
2%
153
C
1%
155
D
0%
150
E
1%
155
125
134
143
 +Easiest 144.364 +SubsectionEasier

The star-nosed mole has a nose that ends in a pair of several-pointed stars, or tentacles that are crucial for hunting, as moles are poor-sighted. These tentacles contain receptors that detect electric fields produced by other animals, enabling the moles to detect and catch suitable prey such as worms and insects.

Summary
The star-nosed mole has a nose ending in tentacles that are crucial for hunting. The mole has poor eyesight. The tentacles have receptors detecting electrical fields produced by other animals. The tentacles help the moles detect and catch prey, such as worms and insects.

Strongly Supported Conclusions
Animals that don’t produce electrical fields would be hard for the star-nosed mole to detect and catch. Worms and insects are detectable by star-nosed moles’ tentacles because they produce electric fields.

A
Both worms and insects produce electric fields.
This is strongly supported because we know that star-nosed moles rely on their tentacles to detect electric fields instead of seeing, and they are able to use these tentacles to detect worms and insects.
B
The star-nosed mole does not rely at all on its eyesight for survival.
This is unsupported because while we know the star-nosed mole has poor eyesight and uses another tool for hunting prey, it may still use its limited eyesight for other purposes.
C
The star-nosed mole does not rely at all on its sense of smell when hunting.
This is unsupported because the author provides no information about the star-nosed mole’s sense of smell. It is possible that it still uses smell in conjunction with the tentacles or to hunt other prey that are not insects or worms.
D
Only animals that hunt have noses with tentacles that detect electric fields.
This is unsupported because there could be other non-hunting animals besides the star-nosed mole that have noses with tentacles that detect electric fields.
E
The star-nosed mole does not produce an electric field.
This is unsupported because for all we know, the star-nosed mole is able to detect itself or other star-nosed moles via electric fields that they produce.

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