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SAT Reading: Which Event Explicitly Precipitated the Tulip Bubble?
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Tulips were the Beanie Babies of the 17th Century. Find out how the tulip bubble burst!

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When is a strong military necessary? Eisenhower gives us his opinion in this SAT Reading video.

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The forces of Facism and Communism - war technology in WW2 has changed. We defeated the bad guys by working together. The times they are a changin'.

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SAT Reading: Inferring Information about Hearing in a Scientific Passage 13 Views


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This SAT Reading video has you inferring something in the first paragraph. Such life skills!


Transcript

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okay here we go three of eleven which of the following can be inferred about

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hearing from the first paragraph [text on screen]

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well the passage explains the vital importance of hearing by comparing it to

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other traits like sight in vocalization it points out that hearing continues

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during sleep and while some species lose sight through evolution because while

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they just don't need it they never lose hearing because it's so darn important

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the passage points out the many uses of hearing saying that the alerting sense

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is vital it says it right there it doesn't say that's the primary role

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of hearing those so yeah get rid of a the first line of the passage references

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noise impacts on wildlife right there as a matter of concern so we can't infer [writing on chalkboard]

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that their hearing is unaffected the passage also says in paragraph 2 that

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hearing does play a role in territory and mate selection in D there and so

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we're just saying you got a swipe right [bird using cell phone]

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