Zoos have served both as educational

Answer choices

1. A

   Too Strong: essential3% picked this

   Zoos have played an essential role in educating the public about

   We actually don't know for sure that zoos have played any role in educating about endangered species. We know zoos have played some educational role. That's it. These statements don't allow us to derive something as strong as the claim that they've played an essential role.

   3%
2. B

   Correct82% picked this

   Some specimens of endangered species are born and bred

   Why this is right

   This spells out the implicit logic in the Causal Difference-Maker language starting the final sentence: this makes possible If they're telling us that by breeding animals within the zoo (i.e. having two zoo pandas mate and breed so that the baby pandas can also grow up in the zoo) makes possible efforts to reestablish endangered species in the wild. If none of the animals being born and bred in zoos were endangered, then how would the zoos' practice of raising baby animals do anything to help reestablish endangered species in the wild? The implied idea in the last sentence is that at least some of the animals being born/bred in zoos are from endangered species, and once the babies are robust enough, the zoos will send those babies off into the wild, in an attempt to boost the numbers of an endangered species. If we were just rapidly guessing on this problem, we would definitely guess this answer because it has the weakest language. A) essential B) some C) No D) nearly all E) the main purpose

   Skill tested: Most Supported · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

   82%
3. C

   Out of Scope0% picked this

   No zoos exploit wild animals or endanger the survival

   Out of Scope: Exploit Wild Animals Opposite We never talk about whether zoos are exploiting animals (and many of us would certainly say, "yes, they are!"). We're also told early on in the paragraph that the practice of snatching animals from natural habitats actually endangered the survival of some species. Even though those were the early zoos and "most" zoo animals today are obtained from captive breeding, there's still plenty of room for some zoo animals to be still snatched from the wild, potentially endangering their species. This answer is just so strongly worded "Not one zoo is exploiting any wild animal or endangering the survival of any species" that it would be incredibly hard to support.

   0%
4. D

   Too Strong15% picked this

   Nearly all of the animals in zoos today were born

   Too Strong: "Nearly All" Obtained By Zoos vs. In Zoos We were told that most zoo animals nowadays are obtained through captive breeding programs. Most = more than 50%. 51% qualifies as most. Does 51% qualify as "nearly all"? If we said 51% of Senators voted for the bill, we can say most Senators voted for the bill, but we can't say nearly all the Senators voted for the bill. Nearly all doesn't have a precise definition but we're talking at least 80%. The other problem with this answer is that it's talking about the animals in zoos today, not the animals obtained by zoos today. Even though we know most zoo animals nowadays are obtained through captive breeding, that doesn't mean most animals in zoos were obtained through captive breeding. There could be tons of animals who were snatched from the wild a couple decades ago but are still alive in zoos.

   15%
5. E

   Too Strong1% picked this

   The main purpose of zoos has shifted from entertainment

   Too Strong: Main Purpose Out of Scope: Shifted We can't comment on what the main purpose of zoos is, since we weren't given any language comparing the importance of purposes. We also have no reason to believe the emphasis, whatever it is, has shifted.

   1%