Global biomass is the total mass of living material, such as animals and plants, on Earth. A team of scientists...

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Global biomass is the total mass of living material, such as animals and plants, on Earth. A team of scientists estimated the global biomass, by species, of various wild land mammals. The team found that the species with the highest global biomass is the ______

Which choice most effectively uses data from the graph to complete the sentence?

wild boar.

eastern gray kangaroo.

African bush elephant.

white-tailed deer.

Solution

Step 1: Decode and Map All Source Material

Part A: Passage Analysis Table

Text from Passage	Analysis
"Global biomass is the total mass of living material, such as animals and plants, on Earth."	What it says: Global biomass = total mass living things on Earth What it does: Defines key term for the study What it is: Background definition
"A team of scientists estimated the global biomass, by species, of various wild land mammals."	What it says: Scientists estimated biomass by mammal species What it does: Introduces the research conducted What it is: Study description
"The team found that the species with the highest global biomass is the ______"	What it says: [BLANK] = species w/ highest biomass What it does: Sets up the finding we need to complete What it is: Missing conclusion

Visual Data Analysis

Visual Type & Title: Bar chart - "Top Four Species of Wild Land Mammals by Global Biomass"
What It Shows: Y-axis: Global biomass (millions of metric tons), X-axis: Four mammal species, Range: 0-3.0 million metric tons, Data points: African bush elephant \(\approx 1.3\), eastern gray kangaroo \(\approx 0.6\), wild boar \(\approx 1.9\), white-tailed deer \(\approx 2.7\)
Key Observations: White-tailed deer \(\gg\) all others (\(\approx 2.7\)), Wild boar = 2nd highest (\(\approx 1.9\)), African bush elephant = 3rd (\(\approx 1.3\)), Eastern gray kangaroo = lowest (\(\approx 0.6\)), Clear ranking: deer \(\gt\) boar \(\gt\) elephant \(\gt\) kangaroo
Connection to Text: The graph provides the specific data needed to complete the sentence about which species has the highest global biomass.

Step 2: Interpret the Question Precisely

This is a fill-in-the-blank question asking us to choose the best logical connector. The answer must create the right relationship between what comes before and after the blank.

Step 3: Prethink the Answer

Looking at the graph data, we need the species with the highest bar
From my visual analysis, white-tailed deer clearly has the highest global biomass at approximately 2.7 million metric tons
This is significantly higher than wild boar (\(\approx 1.9\)), African bush elephant (\(\approx 1.3\)), and eastern gray kangaroo (\(\approx 0.6\))

Answer Choices Explained

wild boar.

wild boar
✗ Incorrect

According to the graph, wild boar has approximately \(1.9\) million metric tons of biomass
While this is the second-highest amount, it's still significantly less than white-tailed deer's \(2.7\) million metric tons

eastern gray kangaroo.

eastern gray kangaroo
✗ Incorrect

The graph shows eastern gray kangaroo has the lowest biomass of all four species at approximately \(0.6\) million metric tons

African bush elephant.

African bush elephant
✗ Incorrect

The graph shows African bush elephant has approximately \(1.3\) million metric tons of biomass
This ranks third out of the four species shown

white-tailed deer.

white-tailed deer
✓ Correct

The graph clearly shows white-tailed deer has the highest bar at approximately \(2.7\) million metric tons
This is significantly higher than any other species and directly matches what the graph data shows as the species with highest global biomass

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