ACT Science 3.3 Data Representation Passage

Well, lucky for you, there’s no need to interpret any graphs to get the right answer on this one.

We’re looking for the reason and individual could have higher carbon-14 content.

We know, the JFK presidency answer looks tempting.

But all we really need to do is read the passage carefully to find the answer.

To be more specific, there’s actually one line in the entire passage

that pretty much gives you the answer to this one.

Have you found it yet? OK, we’ll read it for you.

It’s the line that reads,

“Nuclear bomb tests during 1955-63 produced large amounts of 14C...”.

The answer lies within that one sentence.

Nuclear bomb testing didn’t start till 1955,

so how could people born before then have more 14C than people born after?

They couldn’t.

Which means, our answer is (B).

And if you chose answers C) or D),

we just want to let you know that we, here at Shmoop, don’t support ageism.