PrepTest 153 - Section 4 - Passage 1 - Question 7

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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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Some diseases that ██████ ██████ ████ ██████ █████ ███████

Unsupported. The passage does not have any information that supports a claim about diseases that affect plants. We know that some plants may help fight diseases, but this information doesn’t support the claim in (A).

24%

Deforestation can have ████████ ███████ ██ ███████████ ███████████████

P1 says that forests prevent soil erosion that clogs rivers with silt. Without forests, rivers are at risk of being clogged with silt due to soil erosion, which can have a negative effect on water-based transportation. (B) uses weak language––we just need to support that deforestation can negatively impact water-based transportation.

34%

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Unsupported. According to the author, commercial plantations make up 3% of the world’s forest area, but we don’t have enough information to make a comparison with other types of forests.

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Unsupported. The passage doesn’t indicate where endangered species are more frequently found.

28%

Commercial plantations produce █████ ████ ███ ██████ ████ ██ ███ █████████ █████ ███ ███████████ ███ ████████

Unsupported. The passage does not indicate where the goods produced by commercial plantations are used.

10%

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