3min 23 secs and all correct. I must confess I might have seen this passage before...
1) The purpose of this passage is toA) Encourage wildlife watchers to study the river otter and mink more carefully.
Nah, not even mentionedB) Compare and contrast two closely related animals.
Yes, its all in the last sentence of the passage - cousins take different evolutionary pathsC) Question whether the river otter and mink really belong in the same biological category.
Nope, the author does not questions this - it is a factD) Argue that the river otter and mink are fundamentally different.
No they are not, they have just evolved differentlyE) Compare and contrast the Mustelidae to the "weasel" family.
TRAP - this is not correct as the two terms are interchangeable 2) The author mentions the "2-2 bounding gait" most probably in order to A) Contrast aquatic animals with terrestrial animals.
Too generalB) Emphasize the energetic efficiency of Mustelidae locomotion.
BS optionC) Compare the 2-2 gait to the 1-2-1 loping gait of Mustelidae.
Not even mentioned - the 1-2-1 partD) Describe a behavioral pattern common to the otter, the mink, and other members of the weasel family.
Correct - the author wishes to show the similarity between otter mink and other weasels on land and further show how the former two have evolved to aquatic conditionsE) specify the placement of Mustelidae forelegs and hind legs when bounding
Unrelated3) The passage suggests that Mustela vison INFERENCE TYPE - hence we must be able to show this to be 100% true and mentioned explicitely in the passageA) is a less important member of the Mustelidae than Lutra canadensis.
Wild inference - no mention in the passageB) consumes smaller prey than Lutra canadensis.
TRAP - just because the size is smaller we cannot assume that the prey consumed will be smaller - even if this could likely be the caseC) may be disturbed by the impact of human activity on the environment.
BINGO - mentioned in the first line of the passageD) has evolved delayed implantation of fertilized eggs.
DETAIL question but invertedE) is the most gracile of the Mustelidae.
Again BS optionBEst,
Gladi
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Gladi
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