PrepTest 153 - Section 4 - Passage 1 - Question 3

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Context / Intro · Forests are important

Forests are both economically and ecologically important.

Main Point · Policy decisions about conservation of forests require understanding arguments for and against

Author will scrutinize two specific claims: 1. that forests create oxygen; and 2. that forests preserve biodiversity

Criticize Claim 1 · Forests are "the lungs of the earth"

This is a myth. Forests neither produce nor consume oxygen in net.

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Claim 2 · Preservation of biodiversity requires stricter conservation of forests

Economic argument for preserving biodiversity: could lead to discovery of new medicines. Moral argument for preserving biodiversity: it's an intrinsic good.

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Critique of Claim 2 · Is stricter conservation of forests really required?

First, deforestation isn't occurring as much as many believe. Second, deforested land that turn into wood plantations actually relieve economic pressure on forests.

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Critique or debate

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This percentage is not given in the text, so the passage does not answer this question.

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The passage doesn’t state how many products are derived from plants grown on commercial plantations. The passage says that over 5,000 products come from forests in general, but we don’t know how many products come from commercial plantations specifically.

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This is answered in P2: trees produce oxygen through photosynthesis.

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The passage does not discuss how to help forests produce more oxygen, so this is not answered in the passage.

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The passage does not compare carbon dioxide absorption between trees and other types of vegetation.

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