Information and IdeasHardInference from two agreeing sources
Information and Ideas practice question
Tree rings from the region show a run of unusually narrow rings — slow growth — through the 1690s. Written records from the same decade describe repeated failed harvests and famine. Taken together, these sources suggest that ____
Which choice most logically completes the text?
- A. the 1690s brought conditions harsh enough to affect both wild trees and farmed crops.Correct
- B. the trees' slow growth caused the harvests to fail.
- C. the written records exaggerated the severity of the famine.
- D. tree rings are an unreliable guide to past climate.
Answer: A. the 1690s brought conditions harsh enough to affect both wild trees and farmed crops.
Two independent records point the same way: trees grew slowly and crops failed. A shared cause — harsh conditions — fits both.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. the trees' slow growth caused the harvests to fail.
- Trees don't cause crop failures; both are effects.
- C. the written records exaggerated the severity of the famine.
- The tree rings CONFIRM the records rather than contradicting them.
- D. tree rings are an unreliable guide to past climate.
- The agreement between rings and records supports the rings' reliability.
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