PrepTest 132, Section 1, Question 2
To study centuries-old earthquakes and the geologic faults(444 more words not shown)
The passage provides information that(10 more words not shown)
- AHow do scientists(12 more words not shown)
- BHow do scientists(10 more words not shown)
- CWhat are some(15 more words not shown)
- DWhat is the(13 more words not shown)
- EWhat are some(16 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
We need a question that the information actually answers. The account explains the two methods and some of their limits, but that doesn't mean it explains every measurement procedure scientists use. Check what each answer asks us to supply.
Working the answers
- A
We learn that conditions affect growth and must be accounted for. We don't learn how scientists measure growth rates under those different conditions.
- B
Incoming radiation varies, but the procedure used to measure its intensity isn't described.
- CCorrect
The last sentence names “shade and wind” as conditions that promote faster growth. We can answer this question directly with those two examples.
- D
Working best for earthquakes within the last 500 years doesn't identify the oldest earthquake researchers have actually dated with this method. No such event is named.
- E
No separate application is described. The reference to future earthquakes may look tempting, but follow the chain: researchers date material associated with past earthquakes, then use that history to estimate future risks. The dating technique is still being used to study past earthquakes. We aren't given an additional use outside that study. Other applications might exist, but this account doesn't supply examples of them.
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