Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT14 S2 Q6 Explanation

Some scientists believe that the relationship

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Stimulus

Some scientists believe that the relationship between mice and humans has, over time, diminished the ability of mice to survive in nature, so that now they must depend upon human civilization for their continued existence. This opinion, however, ignores significant facts. Despite numerous predators and humanity’s enmity, mice have distributed themselves more extreme to support human life, naturalists predict that mice would be able to adapt and survive.

What this question is testing

Strengthen

Your task

Find the choice that makes the argument's conclusion more likely to be true.

Common trap

Answers that are consistent with the argument but add no real support, or that strengthen a claim the argument doesn't make.

Winning move

Locate the gap between evidence and conclusion, then pick the choice that closes it.

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The question
6.

Which one of the following, if true, would most support the

Answer choices

  1. Opposite (if anything)1% picked this

    The size of the mouse population is limited by the availability

    This makes mice sound more less likely to survive if food were scarce.

  2. Too Weak4% picked this

    Under optimum conditions, mice reproduce every four weeks, with five to seven

    Too Weak: under optimum conditions Irrelevant Distinction: specific reproduction rate We don't care what their rapid reproduction rate under optimal conditions is. Will those conditions even apply in the extreme human-less world?

  3. Weaker Impact8% picked this

    Fossil remains prove that mice inhabited North America prior to the

    While this does show that in the past, mice were able to survive without humans, it doesn't show that mice still could survive without humans, since there are many who think that the process of living with humans has changed mice such that they no longer could survive without humans.

  4. Correct84% picked this

    Mice have colonized an island near Antarctica which is too bleak and harsh to

    Why this is right

    This provides data in which present day mice are able to live in a climate that is too extreme for humans.

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

  5. Opposite (if anything)3% picked this

    A significant percentage of the world’s mouse population lives in

    This makes mice sound more dependent on humans.

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