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ACT Science: Conflicting Viewpoint Passage Drill 1, Problem 7. Which definition of the SAM is most likely to be agreed upon by both scientists?
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ACT Science: Conflicting Viewpoint Passage Drill 1, Problem 2. What do both scientists agree about?
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ACT Science: Conflicting Viewpoint Passage Drill 2, Problem 3. Which of the following would be most interested in using modeling to predict the current areas habitable by the python, in order to test which areas may be habitable in the future?
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Here's your Shmoop du jour, brought to you by swamps and marshes.
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Did you hear the one about the guy who illegally parked in a swamp? His car
- 00:10
got toad. (towed)
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Here's a passage about pythons, and viewpoints by two scientists.
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Which of the following would be most interested in using modeling to predict the current areas
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habitable by the python, in order to test which areas may be habitable in the future?
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So, what's this question asking?
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Looks like an inference question! Wait, what is inferring again?
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Well, we can infer our grandpa likes butterscotch candy because wrappers keep falling out of
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his sleeves. But in this case, we can infer which scientist
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would be most interested in modeling by reading their passages.
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Scientist 1 doesn't seem particularly into modeling. In fact, most of his time is spent
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ranting about the USGS. It's not going to be option A.
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Scientist 2, on the other hand, is all about modeling. We didn't even have to dig very
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deep for this one his first word gave it away. Seems like he would be pretty interested in
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modeling areas to predict future habitats. OK, let's bring this to a vote. All those
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