Temple's proposed causal mechanism ·CM seeds in fruit adapted to dodo
Dodos ate CM fruits. Seeds in fruit became thick to withstand passing through dodos' stomachs. But seeds were so thick they couldn't germinate without passing through dodos' stomachs. When dodos went extinct, seeds couldn't germinate.
Other hypotheses ·CM decline could be due to disease or introduction of non-native animals
Passage Style
Critique or debate
Phenomenon-hypothesis
23.
The author indicates that Temple's ████████ ██ █████ ██ ███ ██████ ██ █████████
Question Type
Stated
This is a Stated question that asks what the author states about Temple’s research on birds in Mauritius. We can see information about Temple’s research on birds in P1.
a
was largely concerned ████ ███████ ██████ ███ ██████ ██ ██████████
This is stated in P1––Temple researched endangered birds in Mauritius.
b
furnished him with ███ █████ ███ ███ ██████ ████████ █████████ ██ ███ ███████████████ ████████ ██ ████████ █████ ████
Unsupported. We see that his estimates of the crush-resistant strength of the Calvaria major pits came from test results, but the author doesn’t say that these test results yielded highly accurate estimates. Also, P3 doesn’t specify that these test results came from Temple’s research on birds from Mauritius specifically. Remember, for this question, we are looking for something that the author states about Temple’s research on birds from Mauritius.
Unsupported. We see that Temple estimated the abrasive force generated by the dodo’s gizzard from studies of other birds. However, direct proof was unattainable, so we don’t know the actual abrasive force generated by the dodo’s gizzard. Because of this, there is not support for the claim that modern birds’ gizzards exert roughly the same amount of abrasive force as the dodos’ gizzards did––the author says that Temple made estimates, but we don’t know if these estimates were accurate.
d
was comprehensive in █████ ███ █████████ ████ ██████████████ █████████
Unsupported. The author doesn’t provide any judgement on how comprehensive or precise Temple’s research on the birds of Mauritius was.
e
was originally inspired ██ ███ ███████████ ████ ██████████ ███████ ████████ █████ ████ ████ ████████████ ██ ██████ ████ ██ █████████
Unsupported. We know that Temple’s investigation of Calvaria major was a sidelight to his research on the endangered birds of Mauritius; the author doesn’t say that his research on the birds of Mauritus was inspired by observations of the Calvaria major pits.
Difficulty
57% of people who answer get this correct
This is a very difficult question.
It is similar in difficulty to other questions in this passage.
CURVE
Score of students with a 50% chance of getting this right
25%154
162
75%171
Analysis
Stated
Critique or debate
Phenomenon-hypothesis
Science
Answer Popularity
PopularityAvg. score
a
57%
167
b
6%
161
c
14%
161
d
3%
157
e
20%
162
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