Exquisitely adapted for life in one of Earths harshest environments,

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Exquisitely adapted for life in one of Earth’s harshest environments, polar bears can survive for 20 years or more on the Arctic Circle’s glacial ice. At home in a waste where temperatures reach minus 50 degrees Fahrenheit, these largest members of the bear family are a striking example of natural selection at work. With two layers of fur over a subcutaneous layer of blubber, polar bears are well adapted to resist heat loss. Their broad, snowshoe-like paws and sharp, curved claws enable them to traverse the ice with ease. Formidable hunters, these monarchs of the icy waste even possess the capacity to scent prey from a distance of 20 miles.    1 
 In the context of the passage’s final sentence, “capacity” most nearly means  
 
A. faculty
B. stature
C. dimensions
D. spaciousness
E. intelligence

Sajjad1994 · Answer

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The capacity of polar bears to scent prey at a great distance is their  faculty  or ability to do so. Note that  faculty  here is being used with a secondary meaning. 
 
  Answer: A

Exquisitely adapted for life in one of Earths harshest environments,

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