Experts anticipate that global atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2) will have doubled by the end of the twenty-first century. ██ ██ █████ ████ ███ ███ ██████████ ██ ██████ ███████ ██ ████████ █████ ██████ ████ ██ █████ ██████████ ██ ████ ████ ███ ███████ ████████ ███
This is an inference question about Patterson and Flint’s view. Note that their research shows that when CO2 levels rise, some crops might have lower yields because of the increased growth rate of certain weeds.
a
They will not ████████ ███ ██████ █████ ██ ████ ███████ ██ ███████
Unsupported— too strong. We don’t know whether increased CO2 levels will increase the growth rates of most plants. Patterson and Flint just show that CO2 levels will increase the growth rate of some weeds, but may reduce the growth rates of some crops.
b
They will inhibit ███ ██████ ██ ████ ██████ ████ ███████ ███████████ █████████ ██ ████████████ ███████
Unsupported— too strong. Patterson and Flint don’t suggest that CO2 levels will inhibit the growth of most crops. They only mention “certain important crops such as corn and sugar cane” which “may experience yield reductions.”
c
They are unlikely ██ ████████ ███ ██████ █████ ██ ██████ ████ █████ ██████████████ █████████████
Unsupported. We see here that increased CO2 levels are unlikely to increase the growth rates of certain crops with higher photosynthetic efficiencies.
Supported. Patterson and Flint are likely to agree with this. Their research shows that increased CO2 levels may reduce the growth rates of some crops and increase the growth rates of some weeds.
e
They will not ██████ ███ ██████████████ █████ ██ ██████ ████ █████████ ████ ███ ███████ ██████████████ █████████████
Unsupported. We don’t know which plants have the highest photosynthetic efficiencies. Corn and sugarcane have higher photosynthetic efficiencies, but this suggests that increased CO2 levels will affect their photosynthetic rates.
Difficulty
88% of people who answer get this correct
This is a moderately difficult question.
It is somewhat easier than other questions in this passage.
CURVE
Score of students with a 50% chance of getting this right
25%141
149
75%157
Analysis
Implied
Critique or debate
Science
Answer Popularity
PopularityAvg. score
a
0%
153
b
9%
158
c
1%
158
d
88%
167
e
1%
160
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