GWD9-Q20

由 **nana** » 2004-12-14 18:20

20.
Which of the following most logically completes the reasoning?
Either food scarcity or excessive hunting can threaten a population of animals. If the
group faces food scarcity, individuals in the group will reach reproductive maturity later
than otherwise. If the group faces excessive hunting, individuals that reach reproductive
maturity earlier will come to predominate. Therefore, it should be possible to determine
whether prehistoric mastodons became extinct because of food scarcity or human hunting,
since there are fossilized mastodon remains from both before and after mastodon
populations declined, and ______.
A. there are more fossilized mastodon remains from the period before mastodon
populations began to decline than from after that period
B. the average age at which mastodons from a given period reached reproductive
maturity can be established from their fossilized remains
C. it can be accurately estimated from fossilized remains when mastodons became
extinct
D. it is not known when humans first began hunting mastodons
E. climate changes may have gradually reduced the food available to mastodons

答案是B
不是很懂最後半句since there are fossilized mastodon remains from both before and after mastodon
populations declined, and ______.
和怎麼選選項
求助~~~
感激不盡 :)

由 **odinhsu** » 2004-12-15 01:18

會造成動物族群減少的原因有兩個
一個是缺少食物一各是人類的獵殺
缺少食物的話...動物會比較晚熟
人類獵殺的話...動物則會比較早熟
所以應該有各方法可以知道某種動物的滅絕是為什麼
因為有動物族群減少前後的化石
並且可以從化石殘骸中推得動物成熟的年紀

如果可以推得動物成熟的年紀那麼我們當然就可以知道
動物是為什麼滅亡
晚熟的....缺食物
早熟的...被人類獵殺

由 **nana** » 2004-12-15 10:57

odinhsu \$m[1]:會造成動物族群減少的原因有兩個
一個是缺少食物一各是人類的獵殺
缺少食物的話...動物會比較晚熟
人類獵殺的話...動物則會比較早熟
所以應該有各方法可以知道某種動物的滅絕是為什麼
因為有動物族群減少前後的化石
並且可以從化石殘骸中推得動物成熟的年紀

如果可以推得動物成熟的年紀那麼我們當然就可以知道
動物是為什麼滅亡
晚熟的....缺食物
早熟的...被人類獵殺

謝謝odin大大講解的這麼詳細
我知道怎麼下手了
但還是不太懂"因為有動物族群減少前後的化石"這句的意思耶 :-$

網站 · 由 **agk99** » 2004-12-15 15:16

since there are fossilized mastodon remains from both before and after mastodon
populations declined, and ______.

it means that there are many fossiles remain, some existed in before the mastodon declined, while others existed after the declined. if so, and you also can get the idea about when they die, that will make sense.

由 **nana** » 2004-12-16 12:00

多謝agk大哥指點
我真是唸書念到死腦筋了
連中文都打結........
好好面壁思過去...

btw每次瀏覽網頁
看到大嫂美麗的照片
我老爸都以為我在上什麼聊天網站
沒乖乖唸書呢
呵呵~~~~ :P

由 **sf_wang** » 2005-08-05 16:15

想再問這題GWD
答案B沒有問題
可是A講到數量的變化，是不是也可以作為分辨缺食物還是被獵殺的原因?
因為提早reproduce --> 數量上升
延後reproduce --> 數量下降

感激

由 **CUGGYER** » 2005-08-30 00:12

不過A只有說在生物數量減少前的化石保存較多沒有提到如何由化石去看出他是為了什麼原因減少的

由 **Janet** » 2005-09-21 15:20

各位大大,我想請問一下,B比C好的原因,

是不是因為C的語氣較為強烈

it can be "accurately estimated" from fossilized remains,

而B.the "average age" at which .... 較為合適

還是還有其他原因?

由 **fiona** » 2005-09-21 17:17

前一句是it should be possible to determine whether prehistoric mastodons became extinct because of food scarcity or human hunting,
知道那些fossil確實時間絕種也沒辦法知道他絕種的原因囉~~

由 **Janet** » 2005-09-21 17:35

我已經知道答案了!!抱歉!!頭腦不清晰時真的不適合做CR!!

C錯!!因為題目只有說可以知道extinct的原因而沒有提到時間!!

"Therefore, it should be possible to determine
whether prehistoric mastodons became extinct because of...."

由 **Janet** » 2005-09-21 17:38

fiona \$m[1]:前一句是it should be possible to determine whether prehistoric mastodons became extinct because of food scarcity or human hunting,
知道那些fossil確實時間絕種也沒辦法知道他絕種的原因囉~~

謝謝fiona!感恩~

由 **papa** » 2005-12-02 00:48

If the group faces food scarcity, individuals in the group will reach reproductive maturity later than otherwise

笨笨問一下 later than otherwise.....這個用法好怪???我找不到例句??
誰可以解說一嚇嚇

由 **autumn713** » 2006-09-17 15:43

papa \$m[1]:If the group faces food scarcity, individuals in the group will reach reproductive maturity later than otherwise

笨笨問一下 later than otherwise.....這個用法好怪???我找不到例句??
誰可以解說一嚇嚇

如果缺食物的話達到繁殖的年紀 later than otherwise
otherwise=如果不缺食物的話

應該是這樣子吧...最近腦殘哀

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