Populations of a shrimp species

Answer choices

1. A

   Irrelevant Comparison1% picked this

   The genetic differences between the shrimp populations are much less significant than those between shrimp and

   Minimizing the genetic differences between the shrimp populations does not eliminate them. Nor does it explain why those differences exist.

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2. B

   Irrelevant Comparison13% picked this

   The individual shrimp within a given population at any given Indonesian coral reef differ from one another genetically, even though there is

   The differences discussed in the stimulus are between the populations of shrimp and not between individual members of one population.

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3. C

   Correct73% picked this

   Before breeding, shrimp of the species examined migrate back to the coral reef at which

   Why this is right

   This helps to explain why the shrimp show substantial genetic differences. Since the shrimp return to the coral reef at which they were hatched they are not interbreeding with the shrimp hatched at the other coral reefs.

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

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4. D

   Too Weak5% picked this

   Most shrimp hatched at a given Indonesian coral reef are no longer present at that coral reef upon

   This could be explained by those shrimp becoming lunch for other marine animals. This does not necessarily imply that those shrimp that are no longer present at the coral reef are now somewhere else.

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5. E

   Too Weak9% picked this

   Ocean currents probably carry many of the baby shrimp hatched at a given Indonesian coral reef out into the open ocean rather

   That some shrimp are carried out into the open ocean does not imply that there are no shrimp being carried from one reef to another. Furthermore, even if it did this would only resolve the paradox by undermining one of the claims that the correct answer is supposed to reconcile.

   9%