PT139.S4.Q23

PrepTest 139 - Section 4 - Question 23

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Summarize Argument

The author concludes that the trait of resistance to pesticides would be passed from domesticated crop plants to their weed relatives. This is based on an experiment in which domesticated radishes were able to pass on the trait of flower color to their weed relatives. In addition, the trait of pesticide resistance is often a genetically engineered trait.

Notable Assumptions

The author assumes that pesticide resistance would have the same ability to be transferred to relatives as does the trait of flower color. This overlooks the possibility that something about pesticide resistance — for example, the fact that it’s often genetically engineered into the plant — might prevent it from being passable to weeds. The author also assumes that observations concerning radishes are applicants to other crop plants.

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23.

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a

It is much ██████ ██ █████████ ███ ███████ ██████ ██ ██ ██████ ████ ████ ██████ ██ █████ ████████████ █████████ ████ ██ ██ ███ ████ ██████ ██ ██ ██████ ████ ███ ████████████ █████ ██ ███ ████ █████████

b

When the ratio ██ ████████████ ████████ ██ ████ ████████ ██ ███ █████ ██████████ ███ █████ ████ █████ ███ ██████ █████ ██████ ██ ███ ████ ████████ ████ ██████████

c

Radishes are not ██████████████ ██ ████ ██████ ██ ███████ ████ ███████ ██ ███ ████ ████ █████ ███████ ██████ ███ ██████ █████ ███████ ██ ███████ ███████ ████████

d

The flower color ██ ███ ████████████ ████████ ███ ███ ████ ██████████ ████ ████ ███ ███████ ████████████

e

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