The distance that animals travel

Answer choices

1. A

   Unsupported3% picked this

   Animals that eat meat travel in relatively small groups and across relatively small ranges compared to

   The stimulus says travel and group size are correlated with diet, but it never tells us which way meat eaters fall — bigger or smaller groups, longer or shorter ranges. This answer commits to a specific direction (meat eaters in smaller groups, smaller ranges) that the stimulus doesn't support.

   3%
2. B

   Unsupported5% picked this

   Animals that have varied diets can be expected to be larger and more robust than animals that eat only one

   The stimulus says nothing about how varied an animal's diet is, or about body size and robustness. It only links diet to travel distance and group size. This answer brings in a new variable (diet variety) and a new outcome (body size/robustness) that the stimulus never connects.

   5%
3. C

   Unsupported0% picked this

   When individual herd animals lose their teeth through age or injury, those animals are likely to travel at

   This is a very specific claim about within-herd positioning when a herd animal loses teeth — that it's likely to travel at the rear. The stimulus says daily travel distance and group size are correlated with diet, not anything about position within a herd, and not anything about what happens when an individual loses teeth. The answer is far too specific for what the stimulus supports.

   0%
4. D

   Too Strong2% picked this

   Information about the size and shape of an animal’s face is all that is needed to identify the species

   "Is all that is needed to identify the species" — that's a much stronger claim than the stimulus supports. The stimulus says diet depends "in large part" on teeth and face, and travel and group size are "correlated with" diet. None of that gets us to species-level identification, and certainly not from face information alone. Many species share similar facial structure.

   2%
5. E

   Correct89% picked this

   Information about the size and shape of an extinct animal’s teeth and face can establish whether that animal is likely to

   Why this is right

   This walks the chain in the stimulus. Teeth and face shape -> diet (premise 2). Diet -> group size (premise 1). So teeth and face information can establish whether the animal is likely to have been a herd animal. The answer says exactly that, and it carefully says "can establish whether... is likely to" — appropriately hedged language matching the strength of the stimulus's "correlated with" and "in large part."

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

   89%