Because most agricultural practices in North America produce row after row of only a few, genetically identical, varieties of crops, the continent's food system rests precariously on a rapidly eroding genetic base, increasingly susceptible to pests and disease. βββ
Call to Action Β·Must preserve indigenous knowledge
Passage Style
Problem-analysis
Single position
6.
According to the passage, which βββ ββ βββ βββββββββ ββ β βββββ ββ βββ βββββββββ βββββ ββ ββββββββ ββββ βββββββββ ββββββββββ ββ ββββββββββ ββββββββ
Question Type
Stated
What does the passage state is a cause of the shrinking stock of heirloom crops among indigenous farmers? The answer will be found in the last paragraph: there are fewer small farmers, fewer farmers planting heirloom crops, and a breakdown of community/regional exchange networks.
a
North American farmers βββ βββββββββββ βββ ββββββββββ ββββ βββββββββ ββββ βββββββ ββββββ βββββββ
βExclusivelyβ is too strong. The author never states North American farmers only use commercial varieties.
b
The loss of ββββ βββββββ βββββββββ βββ βββ ββ β ββββ ββ ββββββββ βββββββββ βββ ββ βββββββ βββ ββββββββ
The author never states that disease and insects of killed off some heirloom varieties.
The author never states that researchers have anything to do with causing the shrinking stock of heirloom crops. Although the author does suggest that heirloom crops produce lower yields, the author never connects researchersβ consideration of that lower yield to causing fewer farmers to plant heirloom crops.
The author never states that difficulty of adaptation to large-scale production has caused shrinking stock of heirloom crops.
e
There are fewer βββββββ ββββββββ βββ βββββββ ββ βββββββββββ βββββ ββββββββ ββββ ββββββββββ
Stated in the last paragraph. There are fewer small farmers, and many of those farmers plant non-heirloom crops. In addition, thereβs a breakdown in the community and regional exchange networks that transfer information about heirloom crops.
Difficulty
55% of people who answer get this correct
This is a difficult question.
It is significantly harder than the average question in this passage.
CURVE
Score of students with a 50% chance of getting this right
25%142
157
75%172
Analysis
Stated
Problem-analysis
Science
Single position
Answer Popularity
PopularityAvg. score
a
13%
153
b
2%
150
c
5%
154
d
25%
159
e
55%
163
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