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While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:
- Some animals have evolved to physically resemble another animal, animal, or object.
- This is known as mimicry.
- Crab spiders mimic the appearance of flowers.
- This helps crab spiders ambush their prey.
- Katydids mimic the appearance of leaves.
- This helps katydids hide from their predators.
The student wants to emphasize a difference in how katydids and crab spiders use mimicry. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?
Katydids mimic the appearance of flowers, and crab spiders mimic that of leaves.
Katydids and crab spiders are two examples of animals that use mimicry.
Unlike crab spiders, which use mimicry to ambush prey, katydids use mimicry to hide from predators.
Animals that use mimicry have evolved to resemble another animal, animal, or object.
While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes: Some animals have evolved to
Hard-difficulty · SAT Reading & Writing · Rhetorical Synthesis — Selecting a claim supported by multiple findings. Read the question above, select your answer, and check the full explanation below to understand exactly why the correct choice works.
Answer explanation
Choice C is the best answer. The sentence uses "unlike" to emphasize a difference in how katydids and crab spiders use mimicry, noting that crab spiders use mimicry to ambush prey while katydids use it to hide from predators.
Choice A is incorrect. While the sentence does contrast katydids and crab spiders, it misrepresents the information in the notes. Katydids mimic the appearance of leaves (not flowers), whereas crab spiders mimic the appearance of flowers (not leaves). Choice B is incorrect. While the sentence indies that katydids and crab spiders use mimicry, it doesn’t emphasize a difference in how they use it. Choice D is incorrect. The sentence describes what mimicry is; it doesn’t emphasize a difference in how katydids and crab spiders specifically use mimicry.
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