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SSAT Analogy Question - Test Your Skill or Luck
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mountainous



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PostPosted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 5:47 pm    Post subject: SSAT Analogy Question - Test Your Skill or Luck Reply with quote

Complete the analogy:

Flipper is to seal as

A) tusk is to elephant
B) gill is to fish
C) wing is to bird
D) fin is to penguin
EJ)engine is to car

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seoulsucker



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PostPosted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 5:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'd go with D?

Both are water-dwelling, warm-blooded mammals?
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khyber



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PostPosted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 6:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

C? Maybe d?

I'd not sure if a flipper is used for propulsion or "steering".
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ernie



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PostPosted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 7:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

i'd say C, because both flippers and wings are like arms... or is the flipper the seal's 'rudder'?
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billybrobby



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PostPosted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 7:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Since when do penguins have fins? I'd say C, although you could argue for other ones.

edit -- am I the only one who think's "penguin fin" is strange? If you can call that a fin, then it's D. How do seals propell themselves anyways? I think it's by their back fin, so C would be wrong.
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normalcyispasse



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PostPosted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 7:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

C, obviously, as the flipper is a direct method of locomotion.
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kiwiliz



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PostPosted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 8:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I vote C
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nateium



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PostPosted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 8:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

seoulsucker wrote:
I'd go with D?

Both are water-dwelling, warm-blooded mammals?


Since when is a penguin a mammal?


anyway....D is the best answer
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mountainous



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PostPosted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 8:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Your answer is INCORRECT.
The correct answer is: wing is to bird


This question came straight from http://www.ssat.org
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mountainous



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PostPosted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 8:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I read an article on Wikepedia about the SAT. The analogy section was outlawed in response to complaints from major universities, especially the University of California schools. The UC system threatened to no longer require SAT scores for admission, so College Board omitted the analogy section.
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 9:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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mountainous



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PostPosted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 10:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

normalcyispasse wrote:
C, obviously, as the flipper is a direct method of locomotion.


Penguins' flippers are also used for locomotion.

I think that C and D are both valid analogies.


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How do penguins swim?

Believe it or not, they "fly" through the water using their flippers, which are really wings. They "flap" them up and down like other birds and move through the water quite fast - up to 60 km/h (37 mph). They dive very deep sometimes - 16 minutes to reach 534 metres (1750 feet). The average dive is 5 to 6 minutes to around 100 metres (325 feet).

Emperor penguins swimming. http://www.dorset-lea.org.uk/projects/scottbase/question2005.htm
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nateium



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PostPosted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 10:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

[quote="mountainous"]
normalcyispasse wrote:
C, obviously, as the flipper is a direct method of locomotion.


Quote:
Penguins' flippers are also used for locomotion.

I think that C and D are both valid analogies.




I asumed that because both wings and flippers are used for locomotion, a penguins flippers are used for locomotion in water, making them more similar to seal.

I thought this situation was more analagous because in the case of a penguin, a completely different organ is used for the same type of locomotion in the same medium.

Is that really less analagous than a different organ being used for locomotion in a different medium?


Technically fin can be used to describe a penguins flippers, but it's not the best choice of words.
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fin1 /fɪn/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[fin] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation noun, verb, finned, fin�ning.
�noun 1. a membranous, winglike or paddlelike organ attached to any of various parts of the body of fishes and certain other aquatic animals, used for propulsion, steering, or balancing.
2. Nautical.
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 09, 2007 1:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

D is wrong because penguins don't have fins. It's that simple.
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Intrepid



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PostPosted: Fri Nov 09, 2007 2:50 am    Post subject: SSAT Reply with quote

But Mountainous, you confuse us with your reference to the SAT, as the SSAT is a different, uh, penguin, and still has an analogy section, far as I know.
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