Environmentalist Otters

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• A) NO CHANGE
• B) living along the West Coast of North America, they help
• C) that live along the West Coast of North America and help to
• D) that live along the West Coast of North America, where they help

24. Which choice offers an accurate interpretation of the data in the chart?

• A) NO CHANGE
• B) even two years or less of sea otter presence can reduce the sea urchin threat
• C) kelp density increases proportionally as sea urchin density increases
• D) even after sea otters were present for ten years or more, kelp density was still lower than sea urchin density

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• A) NO CHANGE
• B) however,
• C) hence,
• D) likewise,

26. At this point, the writer is considering adding the following information. since the start of the Industrial Revolution, resulting in a rise in global temperatures Should the writer make this addition here?

• A) Yes, because it establishes the relationship between the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and global warming.
• B) Yes, because it explains the key role sea otters, sea urchins, and kelp forests play in combating global warming.
• C) No, because it contradicts the claim made in the previous paragraph that sea otters help keep kelp forests healthy
• D) No, because it mentions the Industrial Revolution, blurring the focus of the paragraph.

27. 

• A) NO CHANGE
• B) suggests—that
• C) suggests, “that
• D) suggests that

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• A) NO CHANGE
• B) dispatch
• C) overindulge on
• D) dispose of

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• A) NO CHANGE
• B) they’re
• C) its
• D) it’s

30. 

• A) NO CHANGE
• B) how large a role that it played
• C) how large a role sea otters played
• D) that they played such a large role

31. Where is the most logical place in this paragraph to add the following sentence? What Wilmers and Estes discovered in their study, therefore, surprised them.

• A) After sentence 1
• B) After sentence 3
• C) After sentence 4
• D) After sentence 5

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• A) NO CHANGE
• B) increasing the otter population
• C) the otters multiplying
• D) having more otters than other locations