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Poppy petals function to attract pollinating insects. The pollination of a poppy flower triggers the release into that flower of a substance that causes its petals to wilt within one or two days. If the flower is not pollinated, the substance will not be released and the petals will remain fresh for a week or longer, as long as the plant can nourish them. Cutting an unpollinated poppy flower from the plant triggers the release into the flower of the same substance whose release is triggered by pollination.
The statements above, if true, most strongly support which one of the following?
(A) Pollinating insects are not attracted to wilted poppy flowers.
(B) Even if cut poppies are given all necessary nutrients, their petals will tend to wilt within a few days.
(C) Flowers of all plants release the substance that causes wilting when they are cut, although the amount released may vary.
(D) The pollen on pollinated poppy flowers prevents their petals from absorbing the nutrients carried to them by their stems.
(E) Poppy plants are unable to draw nutrients from soil or water after the substance that causes wilting has been released
The statements above, if true, most strongly support which one of the following?
(A) Pollinating insects are not attracted to wilted poppy flowers.
(B) Even if cut poppies are given all necessary nutrients, their petals will tend to wilt within a few days.
(C) Flowers of all plants release the substance that causes wilting when they are cut, although the amount released may vary.
(D) The pollen on pollinated poppy flowers prevents their petals from absorbing the nutrients carried to them by their stems.
(E) Poppy plants are unable to draw nutrients from soil or water after the substance that causes wilting has been released
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The stimulus for this Inference question, like many others, presents not an argument but a set of facts. This one lists three
conditions or applications that can affect a poppy flower.
(1) When a poppy is pollinated, its petals wilt in a day or two because of some substance released into the flower.
(2) If a poppy’s not pollinated, then as long as it’s fed, its petals won’t wilt for a week or so.
(3) If the unpollinated flower is cut from the plant, the same substance is released as in pollination. We can infer that the cut
flower’s petals will therefore wilt because it gets that substance . . . but if you didn’t see this right away, all you needed to do
was attack the choices in search of the one that must be true.
(A) The behaviour of insects, and what influences it, are outside the scope of this discussion of what happens to the plants
after (or instead of) pollination.
(B) is what we want. A cut flower, according to the last sentence, will have its mystery substance released, and according to
sentence 2, its petals will therefore wilt in a matter of days. (Incidentally, notice that (B)’s reference to nutrients is a red
herring since nourishment is only mentioned in terms of unpollinated flowers. Nourishment notwithstanding, cut flower petals
will wilt fast. Period.)
(C) Since this passage is wholly about poppy plants, there’s no conceivable way to use it to make an inference about “all
plants.” This choice should have given you a little pause.
(D) , (E) Each of these goes far beyond the stimulus’ scope to focus on issues that might be relevant to the poppy but not to
the author’s set of facts. Each choice is too technical and unsupported by hard evidence to qualify as an inference here— we
simply don’t know enough about the biological mechanisms involved to affirm either one.
The stimulus for this Inference question, like many others, presents not an argument but a set of facts. This one lists three
conditions or applications that can affect a poppy flower.
(1) When a poppy is pollinated, its petals wilt in a day or two because of some substance released into the flower.
(2) If a poppy’s not pollinated, then as long as it’s fed, its petals won’t wilt for a week or so.
(3) If the unpollinated flower is cut from the plant, the same substance is released as in pollination. We can infer that the cut
flower’s petals will therefore wilt because it gets that substance . . . but if you didn’t see this right away, all you needed to do
was attack the choices in search of the one that must be true.
(A) The behaviour of insects, and what influences it, are outside the scope of this discussion of what happens to the plants
after (or instead of) pollination.
(B) is what we want. A cut flower, according to the last sentence, will have its mystery substance released, and according to
sentence 2, its petals will therefore wilt in a matter of days. (Incidentally, notice that (B)’s reference to nutrients is a red
herring since nourishment is only mentioned in terms of unpollinated flowers. Nourishment notwithstanding, cut flower petals
will wilt fast. Period.)
(C) Since this passage is wholly about poppy plants, there’s no conceivable way to use it to make an inference about “all
plants.” This choice should have given you a little pause.
(D) , (E) Each of these goes far beyond the stimulus’ scope to focus on issues that might be relevant to the poppy but not to
the author’s set of facts. Each choice is too technical and unsupported by hard evidence to qualify as an inference here— we
simply don’t know enough about the biological mechanisms involved to affirm either one.
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Poppy petals function to attract pollinating insects. The pollination of a poppy flower triggers the release into that flower of a substance that causes its petals to wilt within one or two days. If the flower is not pollinated, the substance will not be released and the petals will remain fresh for a week or longer, as long as the plant can nourish them. Cutting an unpollinated poppy flower from the plant triggers the release into the flower of the same substance whose release is triggered by pollination.
The statements above, if true, most strongly support which one of the following?
(A) Pollinating insects are not attracted to wilted poppy flowers. - WRONG. Not necessarily true.
(B) Even if cut poppies are given all necessary nutrients, their petals will tend to wilt within a few days. - CORRECT. - Unless plants nourish it it will wilt. Since poppies are cut nourishment isn't possible.
(C) Flowers of all plants release the substance that causes wilting when they are cut, although the amount released may vary. - WRONG. For all plants it can't be said so.
(D) The pollen on pollinated poppy flowers prevents their petals from absorbing the nutrients carried to them by their stems. - WRONG. Not a surity.
(E) Poppy plants are unable to draw nutrients from soil or water after the substance that causes wilting has been released - WRONG. Had it been poppy flowers instread of poppy plants then things would have been different.
Answer B.
The statements above, if true, most strongly support which one of the following?
(A) Pollinating insects are not attracted to wilted poppy flowers. - WRONG. Not necessarily true.
(B) Even if cut poppies are given all necessary nutrients, their petals will tend to wilt within a few days. - CORRECT. - Unless plants nourish it it will wilt. Since poppies are cut nourishment isn't possible.
(C) Flowers of all plants release the substance that causes wilting when they are cut, although the amount released may vary. - WRONG. For all plants it can't be said so.
(D) The pollen on pollinated poppy flowers prevents their petals from absorbing the nutrients carried to them by their stems. - WRONG. Not a surity.
(E) Poppy plants are unable to draw nutrients from soil or water after the substance that causes wilting has been released - WRONG. Had it been poppy flowers instread of poppy plants then things would have been different.
Answer B.
