Logic Breakdown

Passage Summary: Frogs dry out easily, especially small ones. Since the northern Yucatán is dry and the southern part is wet, moisture is the main thing deciding where frogs can live there.

Reasoning: Frogs have permeable skin making them prone to dehydration, and small frogs specifically lack the body-mass-to-skin ratio to survive in dry areas; the Yucatán's climate varies from arid in the north to wet in the south.

Analysis: This stimulus provides a set of biological constraints and a geographical layout. We are told that small frogs cannot survive in arid climates and that the northern part of the peninsula is arid. Therefore, we should look for an answer that concludes small frogs are likely restricted to the southern, wetter regions of the Yucatán. The logic here is a straightforward application of a general rule to a specific location.

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The information above most strongly supports which one of the following conclusions about frogs in the Yucatán peninsula?

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Small adult frogs cannot survive in arid areas (the north), while large adults are not subject to that limitation. So large adult frogs can live in both wet and arid regions, meaning they can live in more of the area.
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