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SAT Reading: Noting the Impact of a Specific Paragraph on an Entire Scientific Text 6 Views
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How does anthropogenic noise impact predator-prey interactions? Watch the SAT Reading video to find out.
Transcript
- 00:03
all right last one huzzah the last paragraph functions primarily to do what
- 00:10
okay the correct answers got to be C predator-prey the authors say that noise
- 00:14
interferes with predator-prey interactions they actually say that so [Green arrow points to sentence]
- 00:18
it should be really clear here they're talking about anthropogenic noise they
- 00:22
give two examples of predator-prey relationships gleaning bats preying on
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- 00:26
insects and squirrels alerted to potential predators through alarm calls
- 00:30
the last paragraph presents new research not previously mentioned in the passage
- 00:35
like a new episode of shark week rather than summing up what has preceded it oh [Shark eats a smaller shark]
- 00:39
yeah get rid of a like the rest of the article that explains how noise disturbs
- 00:43
animals but doesn't offer solutions to annoying problems there so get rid of B [Birds flying by a bridge]
- 00:48
and it also focuses on anthropogenic noise not the noise made by animals per
- 00:53
se so get rid of that the answer is C and for predator-prey relationships well
- 00:57
we're just waiting for a Megalodon nado that's going to be big [Megalodon shark appears]
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