PT132.S4.Q7 > Question

SECTION 1 · rc

PASSAGE 1

Question 1 Question 2 Question 3 Question 4 Question 5 Question 6 Question 7 Question 8

PASSAGE 2

Question 9 Question 10 Question 11 Question 12 Question 13 Question 14

PASSAGE 3

Question 15 Question 16 Question 17 Question 18 Question 19 Question 20 Question 21

PASSAGE 4

Question 22 Question 23 Question 24 Question 25 Question 26 Question 27

SECTION 2 · lr

Question 1 Question 2 Question 3 Question 4 Question 5 Question 6 Question 7 Question 8 Question 9 Question 10 Question 11 Question 12 Question 13 Question 14 Question 15 Question 16 Question 17 Question 18 Question 19 Question 20 Question 21 Question 22 Question 23 Question 24 Question 25 Question 26

SECTION 3 · rc

PASSAGE 1

Question 1 Question 2 Question 3 Question 4 Question 5 Question 6 Question 7

PASSAGE 2

Question 8 Question 9 Question 10 Question 11 Question 12 Question 13

PASSAGE 3

Question 14 Question 15 Question 16 Question 17 Question 18 Question 19 Question 20

PASSAGE 4

Question 21 Question 22 Question 23 Question 24 Question 25 Question 26 Question 27 Question 28

SECTION 4 · lr

Why did the average beak size of wild birds shrink while the average beak size of captive birds stayed constant?

Any hypothesis explaining these findings must state a difference between the birds in the wild and the birds in captivity that explains why the beaks of the wild birds apparently shrunk. It may be a physical difference between the bird populations or it may be a difference in the way the birds were apprehended and measured.

This does not explain why the average beak size of wild birds decreased. It would explain why wild birds had smaller beaks than captive birds, but does not state that they became any less difficult to capture over time.

This does not explain why the average beak size of wild birds decreased. Even if more large-beaked wild birds were captured, it remains a mystery why their average beak size decreased over time.

This explains why wild birds’ beaks shrunk over the study period. Birds with smaller beaks were favored by natural selection, so they became more prominent in the wild, while captive birds did not experience that change.

This consistency among captive birds does not explain why the wild birds’ beaks decreased in size. It is possible the average body size of wild birds remained the same as well.

This does not explain why the wild birds’ beak measurements decreased. It is not implied that the birds measured repeatedly had beaks that were any larger or smaller than average.

PrepTest 132 - Section 4 - Question 7

Difficulty

Analysis

Answer Popularity

Question history

Confirm action