Information and IdeasHardInference from an unexpected survival
Information and Ideas practice question
Seeds stored in a lakeside cellar that flooded in 1920 were recovered a century later and planted. Most did not sprout, but a few of the seeds from one species did, and their descendants now grow in the botanic garden. This suggests that ____
Which choice most logically completes the text?
- A. seeds of that species can remain viable for far longer than the others in the cellar could.Correct
- B. all seeds can survive a century underwater.
- C. the cellar never actually flooded.
- D. the botanic garden planted the seeds in 1920.
Answer: A. seeds of that species can remain viable for far longer than the others in the cellar could.
Most failed; one species sprouted after a hundred years: that species is unusually long-lived.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. all seeds can survive a century underwater.
- Most of the seeds did not sprout.
- C. the cellar never actually flooded.
- The flooding is given as fact.
- D. the botanic garden planted the seeds in 1920.
- They were planted a century later.
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