Self-study
P1
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Biologists' old perspective ·
"Schools" of invertebrates are are not really schools
Example: groups of jelly fish are not cohesive social units that are evenly spaced from each other and face the same way. (Seems like we get a definition of "schools" here.)
New perspective ·
Some invertebrates do form schools
Example: krill (a type of invertebrate crustacean) sometimes group together in schools.
P2
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Support for new perspective ·
Groups of invertebrates can position themselves in a way that meets the definition of "school"
The way each member swims is consistent relative to other members, and they don't swim directly above or below a neighbor. (This sounds similar to the "evenly spaced" requirement.)
P3
Researchers' assumption ·
Researchers assume schooling has benefits
Concession ·
Schooling seems like it'd make animals more visible and attractive to predators
Benefits of schooling ·
Reduces chance of being eaten
School is harder to find, can scare away predators, and an individual member is more likely to get away, since there are a lot of other school members to eat.
P4
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Additional benefits ·
Active defense mechanisms
These are more active defenses, whereas the last paragraph described passive benefits. Schools have different approaches based on the size of predators and whether they are attacking.
P5
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Another benefit ·
Helps with finding food
When one member finds food, other members can follow.
Cost of schooling ·
Schools can get too big
Too many members may hurt ability to get food and mates. If school's too big, some members will join another school.
Passage Style
Phenomenon-hypothesis (RC)
Single position
3.
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Question Type
Meaning in context (of word, phrase, or idea)
Structure
To help us understand the meaning, make sure to read the sentence before the one that uses “resolve.” That line tells us that we’re going to learn about “more active defense mechanisms” compared to the passives ones described in the previous paragraph. So the predator’s senses being unable to “resolve” individual members of a school must be something that helps individual members survive. In addition, we know that the difficulty in “resolving” individual members occurs when the school “compacts,” or in other words, bunches up closely together.
a
control
There’s no evidence that “resolve” means “control” in context.
b
answer
There’s no evidence that “resolve” means “answer” in context.
c
reconcile
There’s no evidence that “resolve” means “reconcile” in context. Although “resolve” can mean “reconcile” in the sense of resolving a discrepancy, that’s not the way in which “resolve” is used here.
d
distinguish
This best captures the meaning. Predators’ senses are unable to distinguish different individual members of a school, which helps those members avoid predation.
e
pacify
There’s no evidence that “resolve” means “pacify” in context.