Question

Read the excerpt from a passage about wind turbines.

Answer 1

Answer:

B

Explanation:

Showing that the turbines have been associated with sleeplessness and fatigue is demonstrating that they are more than just annoying, they actually interrupt people's sleep.

Answer 2

Answer:

The correct answer is letter "B".

The line from the excerpt that best supports the idea that the sound from wind turbines is more than just annoying is:

"It has been associated with fatigue, sleeplessness, and irritability."

Explanation:

Scientific studies have shown that wind turbines cause harm to humans and animals, especially when the facilities are too close to inhabited areas. Wind turbines produce very low frequency sounds below 20 Hz called infrasounds. The infrasound cannot be heard but they are captured and detected without our feeling, by our auditory system. The electrical power is detected by the low frequency zone of the ear, which is extremely sensitive.

Some symptoms suffered by people living near the wind turbine's location areas are: fatigue, sleeplessness, irritability, instability, imbalance, vertigo, nausea, dizziness, sensation of pressure in the ear or possible hearing loss induced by low frequency sound.