SAT boundaries questions: how to answer them

The hikers reached the summit just before noon ______ they stopped to eat lunch and enjoy the view.

The town's oldest building, a stone mill built in ______ now houses a small museum of local history.

The committee expected the new policy to save money ______ it cost the city nearly twice as much as the old one in its first year.

The study's authors note that their sample was small. Their findings ______ are consistent with those of three larger studies conducted in other countries.

Engineers proposed two ways to protect the harbor from rising seas. The first was a movable barrier that would close only during storms. ______ a series of artificial reefs that would weaken waves before they reached the shore.

Shortbread, a traditional Scottish cookie, is one of the simplest things a beginner can bake. The recipe calls for three ______ flour, sugar, and butter.

Many desert plants open their pores only at ______ they lose far less water in the cool night air than they would in the heat of the day.

Octopuses can change the color and texture of their skin in a fraction of a second. Marine biologist ______ has spent a decade studying how they use this camouflage to hunt.

The researchers tested three types of soil: sandy soil from the coast, which drained ______ clay soil from the river valley, which held water for days; and loam from the hills, which fell somewhere in between.

Only one feature distinguished the forged painting from the ______ the signature, which was slightly too large.

Some species of bamboo flower only once every several decades. When they ______ every plant of the species, across entire regions, blooms at the same time and then dies.

The architect's designs are admired for their ______ every window is placed to frame a particular view of the surrounding hills.

The novel's ______ a lighthouse keeper who has not spoken to another person in eleven years, narrates the entire book in the form of entries in his logbook.

The bridge was closed for repairs for six ______ commuters who usually crossed it had to take a ferry or drive an extra forty minutes.

Ethnobotanist Ravi Iyer documented more than two hundred medicinal plants used by healers in the region. Many of ______ had never been described in any scientific publication.

The festival's organizers faced a difficult ______ cancel the outdoor concerts because of the storm or move them indoors to a hall that held only half as many people.

The sculptor carved the statue from a single block of ______ a material so heavy that the finished work had to be lifted into the gallery by crane.

In her 2019 essay ______ the historian argues that the city's famous canals were dug as much for defense as for trade.

The first transatlantic telegraph cable, completed in 1858, worked for only three weeks. ______ messages took so long to send that a single 98-word greeting required more than sixteen hours.