PT102.S4.Q6

PrepTest 102 - Section 4 - Question 6

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The male sage grouse has air sacs that, when not inflated, lie hidden beneath the grouse's neck feathers. ██████ ███ ██████ █████████ ███████ ███ ████ ████ ██████ ████████ █████ ███ ████ ███ ████████ ████ ██ ███ ██████ ████ ███████ ████ ██████████ ███████████ ████ ████ █████████ ██████ ██████ ██ █ █████ ███ ██████ ████ ██████ ██ ██████ ███████ ██████

Summarize Argument: Phenomenon-Hypothesis

Scientists hypothesize male sage grouse inflate their air sacs during a courting ritual so that female sage grouse can select healthy mates. They provide no evidence for this claim.

Notable Assumptions

The scientists assume that there's some way for female sage grouse to determine which males are healthy based on their inflated air sacs. The scientists also assume the female sage grouse are more likely to choose the healthy males.

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6.

Which one of the following, ██ █████ ████ ████████ ████████ ███ ███████████ ███████████

a

Some female sage ██████ ████ ████ █████████ ████ ████ ███████

b

When diseased male ████ ██████ ████ ███████ ████ ████████████ ████ ████ ███ ████████ ██ ██████ ████ ██████ ██████ ███ █████████ ███████

c

Some healthy male ████ ██████ ██ ███ ███████ █████ ███ ████ ██ ████ ██ ███ █████████ ███████

d

Male sage grouse ███ █████ ██ █████████ ██████████ ████ ███████ ████████ ███████ ██ ███ ██████ ███ █████

e

The sage grouse ██ ████████ █████████ ████ █ ██████ ██ ███████ ████ █████ ██ ██████ ██ ███ ████████ ████ ██████ ██ █████████ █████████

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