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Intro topic ·Controlling cyclamen mites using Typhlodromus mites
Reasons 3 and 4 ·Reproductive timing and alternative sources of food
Reason 3: Typhlodromus only reproduces when cyclamen prey is available.
Reason 4: Typhlodromus has other food sources, allowing it to survive when cyclamen mites are scarce.
Again, correlation between presence of Typhlodromus and lower cyclamen populations
Passage Style
Problem-analysis
Single position
20.
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Question Type
Main point
The author wants to convey the point that sometimes agricultural pests are best controlled by allowing natural predators of the pests to rein free. She expresses this point at the beginning of P1 and supports it in the rest of the passage using the example of cyclamen mites, which are best kept in check by allowing Typhlodromus mites to control their population.
This is too broad to be supported. The author never indicates that control of agricultural pests is, in general, most effectively accomplished without pesticides. Rather, the author points out that sometimes allowing natural predators to keep pests in control is most effective.
This doesn’t capture the author’s view that sometimes allowing predators to eat pests is the most effective way to keep those pests under control. In addition, the author never suggests that we need experiments to demonstrate the effectiveness of natural controls of pests. The fact the author discusses an experiment does not imply she thinks they’re necessary.
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This best captures the author’s point, which is that sometimes agricultural pests are best controlled by allowing natural predators of the pests to rein free. She expresses this point at the beginning of P1 and supports it in the rest of the passage using the example of cyclamen mites, which are best kept in check by allowing Typhlodromus mites to control their population.
The author never suggests that Typhlodromus mites are necessary to control cyclamen mites. They are more effective than pesticides, but that doesn’t imply they’re necessary. Also, the author uses the cyclamen and Typhlodromus example to support a broader point — that sometimes agricultural pests are best controlled by allowing natural predators of the pests to rein free.
This is one fact mentioned as part of the explanation for Typhlodromus’s ability to keep cyclamen in check. But it’s too narrow to be the main point of the whole passage.
Difficulty
89% of people who answer get this correct
This is a moderately difficult question.
It is significantly easier than other questions in this passage.
CURVE
Score of students with a 50% chance of getting this right
25%136
145
75%153
Analysis
Main point
Problem-analysis
Science
Single position
Answer Popularity
PopularityAvg. score
a
5%
156
b
1%
152
c
89%
165
d
4%
158
e
1%
155
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