SAT Practice 12/2

In large quantities, which one would expect to see when it is collected for an entire municipality), compost can be converted into a natural gas that can be used as fuel for transportation or heating and cooling systems.

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• quantities (which

• quantities which

• quantities; (which

Most people think of banana peels, eggshells, and dead leaves as “waste,” but compost is actually a valuable resource with multiple practical uses...In spite of all compost’s potential uses, however, most of this so-called waste is wasted. According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), over 13 million tons of metal ended up in US landfills in 2009, along with over 13 million tons of yard debris.

The writer wants to include information from the graph that is consistent with the description of compost in the passage. Which choice most effectively accomplishes this goal?

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• 6 million tons of rubber and leather

• 10 million tons of textiles

• 33 million tons of food waste

Even worse, then the squandering of this useful resource is the fact that compost in landfills cannot break down due to the lack of necessary air and moisture.

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• worse than

• worse, than

• worse then