Robust crops not only withstand

Answer choices

1. A

   Too Strong2% picked this

   The application of nutrients and organic matter to farmland improves the

   An adequate microbial level could reached by some other means. This relationship describes how a set of conditions are achieved that describe good soil. However, the argument does not rely on determining how those conditions are achieved, but whether those conditions achieve a specific result—robust crops.

   2%
2. B

   Too Strong9% picked this

   Insects never attack crops grown in soil containing adequate nutrients, organic matter,

   The argument is relative in nature and does not go so far as assuming that insects never attack crops grown in good soil.

   9%
3. C

   Weakens6% picked this

   The application of pesticides to weak crops fails to reduce the extent to which they are

   Pesticides do kill insect pests. So pesticides do limit the damage caused by insect pests.

   6%
4. D

   Correct82% picked this

   Crops that are grown in good soil tend to be more robust

   Why this is right

   This bridges the gap between good soil and robust crops.

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

   82%
5. E

   Weakens2% picked this

   Growing crops without the use of pesticides generally produces less robust plants than when

   This undermines the assertion that growing crops in good soil is a better way to mitigate damage from insect pests than using pesticides.

   2%