PT117.S2.Q8

PrepTest 117 - Section 2 - Question 8

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Summarize Argument

The author argues that using synthetic pesticides on crops causes minimal harm to humans. As support, the author says that the average plant contains around 40 natural pesticides, and humans consume these natural pesticides safely.

Notable Assumptions

The author assumes that, because consuming natural pesticides in naturally occurring quantities is not harmful, consuming synthetic pesticides won’t be harmful. It could be that either the quantity or process of using synthetic pesticides is harmful for humans in a way that the natural pesticides are not.

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8.

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a

Humans have been █████████ ███████ █████ ██████████ ███ █████████ ███ ████ ███ ████ ██ █████ ██ █████

b

The concentrations of ███████ ██████████ ██ ██████ ███ █████████ ████ █████ ████ ███ ██████████████ ██ █████████ ██████████ ██ ███████ ████ ███████

c

Natural plant pesticides ███ █████████ ████ ██████ ████ █████████ ███████████ █████ ████████ ██ ██████ █████████████

d

Natural plant pesticides █████████ █████ ████ ██ ████████ ███████ ████████ ██████████ ███████ █████████ ██████████ ███ █████ ███████ ██ █ ████ ███████ ██ ██████████

e

The synthetic pesticides ███████ ██ ████ ██████ ██ ██████ ███████ ████ ████████ ██████████ ███████ ██ █████ ██ ███ ███████ ██████████ ████████ ██ ███ ███████

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