While forensic scientists commonly rely on fingerprints to help identify aLine person, it is not possible to use the same kind of technology with other speciesof mammals. Recently, however, a group of researchers from Tokyo developed adevice that allows them to identify individuals of the endangered Ganges River(5) dolphin species. This underwater acoustic device measures the clicking soundsproduced by the creatures and helps with identification and tracking, since eachsound is as completely unique as a fingerprint.Ganges River dolphins are rare in that, unlike the majority of theircounterparts, they live in rivers and lakes rather than oceans. The species is blind(10) and uses clicks to send out sonar pulses for guidance and to find food. In the pastfew decades, their numbers have decreased by 50 percent, because of fishing netentanglement, human predation, pollution, construction, or a combination ofthese factors. With this new acoustic technology, scientists hope to get a betteridea of how many of these dolphins still exist, as well as their migration patterns(15) and feeding habits. In turn, this information may help scientists protect andconserve this unique species. The passage supplies information for answering which of the following questions()
A. How do the remaining Ganges River dolphins still exist
B. What is the primary use of the new underwater acoustic technology
C. Why do Ganges River dolphins make their homes in rivers and lakes
D. How does the underwater acoustic technology work
E. Can the new underwater acoustic technology be used in identifying and tracking other species of dolphins
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A receptionist typed 8 memos, each either 1 or 2 pages long. If the receptionist typed 12 pages in all, how many of the memos had 2 pages
A. (A) 1
B. (B) 2
C. (C) 3
D. (D) 4
E. (E) 5
A membership list of 720 people shows that 36 have first and last names that begin with the same letter. If a person is selected at random, what is the probability that his or her first and last name does NOT begin with the same letter()
A. (A) 0.05
B. (B) 0.25
C. (C) 0.50
D. (D) 0.75
E. (E) 0.95
Winning the party’s nomination for president signaled the ______ of the senator’s political career; he had reached his ultimate goal.
A. (A) collection
B. (B) aberration
C. (C) descent
D. (D) pinnacle
E. (E) metamorphosis
While forensic scientists commonly rely on fingerprints to help identify aLine person, it is not possible to use the same kind of technology with other speciesof mammals. Recently, however, a group of researchers from Tokyo developed adevice that allows them to identify individuals of the endangered Ganges River(5) dolphin species. This underwater acoustic device measures the clicking soundsproduced by the creatures and helps with identification and tracking, since eachsound is as completely unique as a fingerprint.Ganges River dolphins are rare in that, unlike the majority of theircounterparts, they live in rivers and lakes rather than oceans. The species is blind(10) and uses clicks to send out sonar pulses for guidance and to find food. In the pastfew decades, their numbers have decreased by 50 percent, because of fishing netentanglement, human predation, pollution, construction, or a combination ofthese factors. With this new acoustic technology, scientists hope to get a betteridea of how many of these dolphins still exist, as well as their migration patterns(15) and feeding habits. In turn, this information may help scientists protect andconserve this unique species. The author mentions that the Ganges River dolphin species is blind and uses clicks to send out sonar pulses for guidance and to find food (lines 9-10) most probably in order to()
A. support the claim that an underwater acoustic device is helpful in identifying and tracking the Ganges River dolphin
B. suggest that, because of this blindness, the Ganges River dolphin survives only in rivers and lakes
C. challenge the claim that the species’ decline in numbers is due to fishing net entanglement, human predation, pollution, or construction
D. refute the claim that the Ganges River dolphin can in fact be identified and tracked by underwater acoustic devices
E. lend credibility to the claim that the Ganges River dolphin is a rare species