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Para summary- Zooplankton, specialized adaptation, how it works
1. It can be inferred from the passage that which of the following is true of appendicularians? (C) They can tolerate frigid water. - Correct
Found in all the oceans of the world, including the Arctic Ocean, appendicularians tend to remain near the water's surface where the density of phytoplankton is greatest.
2. The author is primarily concerned with (A) explaining how appendicularians obtain food - Correct
3. According to the passage, all of the following are descriptive of appendicularians EXCEPT (A) tailed - incorrect, appendicularian's muscular tail
(B) vegetarian - incorrect, they eat phytoplankton (plant plankton)
(C) small-sized - incorrect, Zooplankton, tiny animals
(D) single-celled - Correct
(F) ocean-dwelling - incorrect, Found in all the oceans of the world
4. The passage suggests that appendicularians tend to remain in surface waters because they (E) eat food that grows more profusely near the surface- Correct
appendicularians tend to remain near the water's surface where the density of phytoplankton is greatest.
For question 1, though I chose the correct answer, I took a lot of time as I felt that the correct answer was a bigger leap than I would have liked. (I do understand that artic ocean--> cold water but I thought it was a real-world inference)
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