IN LINE 16, THE AUTHOR COMPARES WATER TO MOLASSES, IN ORDER...
34. In line 16, the author compares water to molasses, in order to introduce which of the following
topics?
A. The bacterial content of different liquids
B. What happens when bacteria are added to molasses
C. The molecular structures of different chemicals
D. How difficult it is for bacteria to move through water
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the
correct answer to each of the questions from 35 to 42.
With its radiant color and plantlike shape, the sea anemone looks more like a flower than an
animal. More specifically, the sea anemone is formed quite like the flower for which it is
named, with a body like a stem and tentacles like petals in brilliant shades of blue, green,
pink, and red Its diameter varies from about six millimeters in some species to more than
ninety centimeters in the giant varieties of Australia. Like corals, hydras, and jellyfish, sea
anemones are coelenterates. They can move slowly, but more often they attach the lower part
of their cylindrical bodies to rocks, shells, or wharf pilings. The upper end of the sea
anemone has a mouth surrounded by tentacles that the animal uses to
capture its food.
Stinging cells in the tentacles throw out tiny poison threads that
paralyze other small sea
animals. The tentacles then drag this prey into the sea anemone's mouth. The food is digested
in the large inner body cavity. When
disturbed a sea anemone retracts its tentacles and
shortens its body so that it resembles a lump on a rock. Anemones may reproduce by
forming eggs, dividing in half or developing buds that grow and break off as independent
animals.