WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTSWHEN RIDING ROLLER COASTERSABOUT...

38. Which of the following statements

when riding roller coasters

about vegetation patterns in the

(B)

Determining the specific cause

Andean cordillera is most strongly

of death in the case of each of

supported by the passage?

the four roller-coaster accidents

(A)

Local vegetation patterns are

(C)

Comparing industry-wide safety

determined by the same factors

records for “standing” roller

as regional vegetation patterns.

coasters to safety records for

(B)

Vegetation patterns vary more

coasters in which riders sit

(D) Scrutinizing the repair and

widely at the macroscale level

than at the mesoscale level.

maintenance records for the

(C)

Vegetation patterns are affected

roller coasters involved in the

fatal accidents

by more factors at the meso-

(E)

Determining the incidence of non-

scale level than at the local

level.

fatal accidents involving all roller

(D) Some factors affecting vegeta-

coasters at the company’s parks

tion patterns have only a local

that are currently in operation

impact, whereas others have a

broader impact.

(E)

Human intervention has a

greater effect than either

altitude or latitude upon

vegetation patterns.

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