kooltrainer
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im confused over sum types of section 1 umat questions. Some question tells u to infer, (like why this occurs) while others asks to find the fact ( no reasons to state why).eg, look at this question.
1)Botanists studied a rainforest in Nicaragua that had been ravaged by hurrican in 1998. They found that in the following 10 years, the number of tree species had increased by at least 200% in eight storm affected plots. Other plots not affected by hurrican showed little if any such increase. From this information, it can be concluded:
a)hurricans play an important role in ensuring the long term survival of tropical rainforests
b)when the dominant trees in an area of tropical rainforest are destroyed, other species are given chance to flourish
c)overall life of tropical rainforest is increased if larged areas are occasionally levelled to ground
d)the productivity of a tropical rainforest will be maximised if large areas are occasionally levelled to the ground
The answer is b).. and this question tells us to infer and why this happens.. but consider also this question:
2)A yearlong study reported that dieters who weigh themselves daily lose more weight than those who don't. After reading the report, Jane started to weigh herself daily inorder to lose weight. She did not change her diet or physical activity.Which of the following conclusions from the report misguided jane in believing that she will lose weight if she weighted herself everyday?
a)with combination of healthy diet and regular exercise, monitoring your weight everyday help you lose more weight.
b)dieters who weigh themselves daily are more aware of their weights and hence will try more actively to lose it.
c)dieters often acoid the scale because they fear their weight would not go down despite various effects
d)Dieters lose weight by weighing themselves daily.
the answer is d) which is stated by the article and gives no reason why this occurs.. how do u no that the answer is not b) which gives an logical reason why weighing daily causes weight loss like first question does. Do you understand what i mean.................. =/
1)Botanists studied a rainforest in Nicaragua that had been ravaged by hurrican in 1998. They found that in the following 10 years, the number of tree species had increased by at least 200% in eight storm affected plots. Other plots not affected by hurrican showed little if any such increase. From this information, it can be concluded:
a)hurricans play an important role in ensuring the long term survival of tropical rainforests
b)when the dominant trees in an area of tropical rainforest are destroyed, other species are given chance to flourish
c)overall life of tropical rainforest is increased if larged areas are occasionally levelled to ground
d)the productivity of a tropical rainforest will be maximised if large areas are occasionally levelled to the ground
The answer is b).. and this question tells us to infer and why this happens.. but consider also this question:
2)A yearlong study reported that dieters who weigh themselves daily lose more weight than those who don't. After reading the report, Jane started to weigh herself daily inorder to lose weight. She did not change her diet or physical activity.Which of the following conclusions from the report misguided jane in believing that she will lose weight if she weighted herself everyday?
a)with combination of healthy diet and regular exercise, monitoring your weight everyday help you lose more weight.
b)dieters who weigh themselves daily are more aware of their weights and hence will try more actively to lose it.
c)dieters often acoid the scale because they fear their weight would not go down despite various effects
d)Dieters lose weight by weighing themselves daily.
the answer is d) which is stated by the article and gives no reason why this occurs.. how do u no that the answer is not b) which gives an logical reason why weighing daily causes weight loss like first question does. Do you understand what i mean.................. =/
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