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More selective than most chemical pesticides in that they ordinarily destroy only unwanted species, biocontrol agents (such as insects, fungi, and viruses) eat, infect, or parasitize targeted plant or animal pests. However, biocontrol agents can negatively affect nontarget species by, for example, competing with them for resources: a biocontrol agent might reduce the benefits conferred by a desirable animal species by consuming a plant on which the animal prefers to lay its eggs. Another example of indirect negative consequcnces occurred in England when a virus introduced to control rabbits reduced the amount of open ground (because large rabbit populations reduce the ground cover), in turn reducing underground ant nests and triggering the extinction of a blue butterfly that had depended on the nests to shelter its offspring. The paucity of known extinctions or disruptions resulting from indirect interactions may reflect not the infrequency of such mishaps but rather the failure to look for or to detect them: most organisms likely to be adversely affected by indirect interactions are of little or no known commercial value and the events linking a biocontrol agent with an adverse effect are often unclear. Moreover, determining the potential risks of biocontrol agents before they are used is difficult, especially when a nonnative agent is introduced, because, unlike a chemical pesticide, a biocontrol agent may adapt in unpredictable ways so that it can feed on or otherwise harm new hosts.
1. The passage is primarily concerned with
(A) explaining why until recently scientists failed to recognize the risks presented by biocontrol agents.
(B) emphasizing that biocontrol agents and chemical pesticides have more similarties than differences.
(C) suggesting that only certain biocontrol agents should be used to control plant or animal pasts.
(D) arguing that biocontrol agents involve risks, some of which may not be readily discerned.
(E) suggesting that mishaps involving biocontrol agents are relatively commonplace.
(A) explaining why until recently scientists failed to recognize the risks presented by biocontrol agents.
(B) emphasizing that biocontrol agents and chemical pesticides have more similarties than differences.
(C) suggesting that only certain biocontrol agents should be used to control plant or animal pasts.
(D) arguing that biocontrol agents involve risks, some of which may not be readily discerned.
(E) suggesting that mishaps involving biocontrol agents are relatively commonplace.
2. The passage suggests that the author would be most likely to agree with which of the following statements about the use of biocontrol agents?
(A) Biocontrol agent should be used only in cases where chemical pesticides have proven ineffective or overly dangerous.
(B) Extinctions and disruptions resulting from the use of biocontrol agents are likely to have increasingly severe commercial consequences.
(C) The use of biocontrol agents does not require regulation as stringent as that required by the use of chemical pesticides.
(D) The use of biocontrol agents may even-finally supersede the use of chemical pesticides in controlling unwanted species.
(E) The risks of using native biocontrol agents may be easier to predict than the risks of using nonnative biocontrol agents.
(A) Biocontrol agent should be used only in cases where chemical pesticides have proven ineffective or overly dangerous.
(B) Extinctions and disruptions resulting from the use of biocontrol agents are likely to have increasingly severe commercial consequences.
(C) The use of biocontrol agents does not require regulation as stringent as that required by the use of chemical pesticides.
(D) The use of biocontrol agents may even-finally supersede the use of chemical pesticides in controlling unwanted species.
(E) The risks of using native biocontrol agents may be easier to predict than the risks of using nonnative biocontrol agents.
3. Which of the following is mentioned in the passage as an indirect effect of using a biocontrol agent?
(A) Reduction of the commercial value of a desirable animal species
(B) An unintended proliferation of a nontarget animal species
(C) An unforeseen mutation in a target species
(D) Diminution of the positive effects conferred by a nontarget animal species
(E) Competition for resources with a larger species
(A) Reduction of the commercial value of a desirable animal species
(B) An unintended proliferation of a nontarget animal species
(C) An unforeseen mutation in a target species
(D) Diminution of the positive effects conferred by a nontarget animal species
(E) Competition for resources with a larger species
4. The example presented by the author in highlight text most clearly serves to illustrate
(A) a situation in which a species is less vulnerable to biocontrol agents than it would have been to chemical pesticides.
(B) a way in which the introduction of a biocontrol agent can affect a nontarget species.
(C) a nonnative agent's adapting in an unpredictable way that results in damage to a new host.
(D) The contention that biocontrol agents can harm nontarget species by competing with them for resources.
(E) the way in which indirect consequences from the use of biocontrol agents are most likely to occur.
(A) a situation in which a species is less vulnerable to biocontrol agents than it would have been to chemical pesticides.
(B) a way in which the introduction of a biocontrol agent can affect a nontarget species.
(C) a nonnative agent's adapting in an unpredictable way that results in damage to a new host.
(D) The contention that biocontrol agents can harm nontarget species by competing with them for resources.
(E) the way in which indirect consequences from the use of biocontrol agents are most likely to occur.
5. According to the passage, which of the following is a concern that arises with biocontrol agents but not with chemical pesticides?
(A) Biocontrol agents are likely to destroy desirable species as well as undesirable ones.
(B) Biocontrol agents are likely to have indirect as well as direct adverse effects on nontarget species.
(C) Biocontrol agents may change in unforeseen ways and thus be able to damage new hosts.
(D) Biocontrol agents may be ineffective in destroying targeted species.
(E) Biocontrol agents may be effective for only a short period of time.
(A) Biocontrol agents are likely to destroy desirable species as well as undesirable ones.
(B) Biocontrol agents are likely to have indirect as well as direct adverse effects on nontarget species.
(C) Biocontrol agents may change in unforeseen ways and thus be able to damage new hosts.
(D) Biocontrol agents may be ineffective in destroying targeted species.
(E) Biocontrol agents may be effective for only a short period of time.
6. The passage suggests which of the following about the blue butterfly mentioned in the highlighted text?
(A) The blue butterfly's survival was indirectly dependent on sustaining a rabbit population of a particular size.
(B) The blue butterfly's survival was indirectly dependent on sustaining large amounts of vegetation in its habitat.
(C) The blue butterfly's survival was threatened when the ants began preying on its offspring.
(D) The blue butterfly was infected by the virus that had been intended to control rabbit populations.
(E) The blue butterfly was adversely affected by a biocontrol agent that competed with it for resources.
(A) The blue butterfly's survival was indirectly dependent on sustaining a rabbit population of a particular size.
(B) The blue butterfly's survival was indirectly dependent on sustaining large amounts of vegetation in its habitat.
(C) The blue butterfly's survival was threatened when the ants began preying on its offspring.
(D) The blue butterfly was infected by the virus that had been intended to control rabbit populations.
(E) The blue butterfly was adversely affected by a biocontrol agent that competed with it for resources.
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1. The passage is primarily concerned with
A. explaining why until recently scientists failed to recognize the risks presented by biocontrol agents.
Nope.Nothing like that has been mentioned.
B. emphasizing that biocontrol agents and chemical pesticides have more similarties than differences.
>>Nope.Nothing like that has been mentioned.
C. suggesting that only certain biocontrol agents should be used to control plant or animal pasts.
>>Nope,no preferance regarding any particular agent has been mentioned.
D. arguing that biocontrol agents involve risks, some of which may not be readily discerned.
"The paucity of known extinctions or disruptions resulting from indirect interactions may reflect not the infrequency of such mishaps but rather the failure to look for or to detect them: most organisms likely to be adversely affected by indirect interactions are of little or no known commercial value and the events linking a biocontrol agent with an adverse effect are often unclear"
E. suggesting that mishaps involving biocontroll agents are relatively commonplace.
Nope.
2. The passage suggests that the author would be most likely to agree with which of the following statements about the use of biocontrol agents?
E. The risks of using native biocontrol agents may be easier to predict than the risks of using nonnative biocontrol agents.
"determining the potential risks of biocontrol agents before they are used is difficult, especially when a nonnative agent is introduced, because, unlike a chemical pesticide, a biocontrol agent may adapt in unpredictable ways. so that it can feed on or otherwise harm new hosts."
3. Which of the following is mentioned in the passage as an indirect effect of using a biocontrol agent?
D. Diminution of the positive effects conferred by a nontarget animal species.
"competing with them for resources: a biocontrol agent might reduce the benefits conferred by a desirable animal species by consuming a plant on which the animal prefers to lay its eggs."
4. The example presented by the author in highlight text most clearly serves to illustrate
B. a way in which the introduction of a biocontrol agent can affect a nontarget species.
"...in turn reducing underground ant nests and triggering the extinction of a blue butterfly that had depended on the nests to shelter its offspring."
5. According to the passage, which of the following is a concern that arises with biocontrol agents but not with chemical pesticides?
C. Biocontrol agents may change in unforeseen ways and thus be able to damage new hosts.
"determining the potential risks of biocontrol agents before they are used is difficult, especially when a nonnative agent is introduced, because, unlike a chemical pesticide, a biocontrol agent may adapt in unpredictable ways. so that it can feed on or otherwise harm new hosts."
6. The passage suggests which of the following about the blue butterfly (highlight) mentioned in the highlighted text?
A. The blue butterfly's survival was indirectly dependent on sustaining a rabbit population of a particular size.
1. The passage is primarily concerned with
A. explaining why until recently scientists failed to recognize the risks presented by biocontrol agents.
Nope.Nothing like that has been mentioned.
B. emphasizing that biocontrol agents and chemical pesticides have more similarties than differences.
>>Nope.Nothing like that has been mentioned.
C. suggesting that only certain biocontrol agents should be used to control plant or animal pasts.
>>Nope,no preferance regarding any particular agent has been mentioned.
D. arguing that biocontrol agents involve risks, some of which may not be readily discerned.
"The paucity of known extinctions or disruptions resulting from indirect interactions may reflect not the infrequency of such mishaps but rather the failure to look for or to detect them: most organisms likely to be adversely affected by indirect interactions are of little or no known commercial value and the events linking a biocontrol agent with an adverse effect are often unclear"
E. suggesting that mishaps involving biocontroll agents are relatively commonplace.
Nope.
2. The passage suggests that the author would be most likely to agree with which of the following statements about the use of biocontrol agents?
E. The risks of using native biocontrol agents may be easier to predict than the risks of using nonnative biocontrol agents.
"determining the potential risks of biocontrol agents before they are used is difficult, especially when a nonnative agent is introduced, because, unlike a chemical pesticide, a biocontrol agent may adapt in unpredictable ways. so that it can feed on or otherwise harm new hosts."
3. Which of the following is mentioned in the passage as an indirect effect of using a biocontrol agent?
D. Diminution of the positive effects conferred by a nontarget animal species.
"competing with them for resources: a biocontrol agent might reduce the benefits conferred by a desirable animal species by consuming a plant on which the animal prefers to lay its eggs."
4. The example presented by the author in highlight text most clearly serves to illustrate
B. a way in which the introduction of a biocontrol agent can affect a nontarget species.
"...in turn reducing underground ant nests and triggering the extinction of a blue butterfly that had depended on the nests to shelter its offspring."
5. According to the passage, which of the following is a concern that arises with biocontrol agents but not with chemical pesticides?
C. Biocontrol agents may change in unforeseen ways and thus be able to damage new hosts.
"determining the potential risks of biocontrol agents before they are used is difficult, especially when a nonnative agent is introduced, because, unlike a chemical pesticide, a biocontrol agent may adapt in unpredictable ways. so that it can feed on or otherwise harm new hosts."
6. The passage suggests which of the following about the blue butterfly (highlight) mentioned in the highlighted text?
A. The blue butterfly's survival was indirectly dependent on sustaining a rabbit population of a particular size.
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Hello, rohitmanglik
The E says that "The blue butterfly was adversely affected by a biocontrol agent that competed with it for resources."
But in the passage we don't have information about such biocontrol agent that compete with butterflies. The virus kills rabbits and as a consequence reduce open ground and as a consequence reduce the number of ants nests and butterflies need these nests for their children.
So we don't have any biological agent who competes with butterflies for resources.
A says that "The blue butterfly's survival was indirectly dependent on sustaining a rabbit population of a particular size." and this is true because we see a consequence of indirect influences from virus to butterflies.
