Naturalist: The recent claims that

Answer choices

1. A

   Too Strong5% picked this

   Sheep farming drove the last Tasmanian tigers to starvation by chasing them from

   Sheep farming played a role in the tiger’s disappearance, but to specifically assert that it drove the tiger’s to starvation is more precise than the argument needs to assume.

   5%
2. B

   Weakens2% picked this

   Some scavengers in Tasmania are capable of destroying tiger carcasses without

   This weakens the argument by providing an alternative explanation for why the naturalists have not found hard evidence of the tiger’s survival.

   2%
3. C

   Too Strong6% picked this

   Every naturalist working in the Tasmanian tiger’s natural habitat has looked systematically for evidence of

   The argument does not need to assume that every naturalist working in the Tasmanian tiger’s natural habitat has looked for the tiger.

   6%
4. D

   Correct83% picked this

   The Tasmanian tiger did not move and adapt to a different region in response to

   Why this is right

   This defends the argument from a possibility that would undermine the argument’s assumption.

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

   83%
5. E

   Too Strong4% picked this

   Those who have reported sightings of the Tasmanian tiger are not

   While this weakens the opposing point, it is not necessary for the argument to be valid.

   4%