medium · Enhanced ACT reading
Two passages discuss urban trees. Passage A argues: "A city's tree canopy is best measured not by the number of trees but by the surface area of leaves, for it is leaves, not trunks, that cool the air and trap soot." Passage B counters: "Planners obsessed with leaf area plant fast-growing species that shed limbs in storms and die within decades; a city is better served by fewer trees that will still be standing in a century."
The authors of Passage A and Passage B would most likely DISAGREE about which of the following statements?
- A planting plan that maximizes present leaf area is the soundest basis for evaluating a city's canopy.
- Leaves, rather than trunks or bark, contribute far more overall to the cooling of urban air.
- The longevity of a given tree species is largely irrelevant to any sound measure of canopy value.
- Soot accumulation and rising heat are among the environmental problems an urban canopy can help address.
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