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ACT Science: Conflicting Viewpoint Passage Drill 1, Problem 4. Which of the following pieces of evidence strongly supports the idea that plant patterning is caused by mechanical stress?

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Here's an unshmoopy question you may find on the ACT Science exam...

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Time to pause and review.

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No, not your sister's diary. This passage, s'il vous plait.

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Which of the following pieces of evidence strongly supports the idea that plant patterning

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is caused by mechanical stress?

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And here are the potential answers...

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This problem is asking us to find some solid evidence to support the idea of mechanical

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stress causing patterning.

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Well, we could read the passage yet again...or, we can use our awesome deducing skills to

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figure out the answer by just looking at the choices.

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So how do we deduce the answer?

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Well, we're looking for evidence. Evidence means that it's something that we have observed.

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Option A is true, but it doesn't provide us with how we have

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observed it, or how it affects patterning.

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Same with Option C. We know that auxin causes plants to grow,

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but it doesn't provide evidence of mechanical stress causing patterning.

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Option B. Those adorable patterns on raccoons do not have anything to do with PLANT pattering.

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That leaves us with D.

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"Scientists can injure a plant, and the plant patterning responds to this action

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by taking on a pattern dependent on the size of the injury."

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Sounds like pretty solid evidence to us.

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Thorough, and it explains the effect of observation on patterning.

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So D is the best answer.

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