Researchers have found that some

Answer choices

1. A

   Correct84% picked this

   Moose are much more prevalent inside the park, where hunting is prohibited, than outside the park, and moose eat much of the food

   Why this is right

   This gives us something BAD about inside the park (more moose, who steal the birds' food), which allows us to explain why birds seem to be doing better outside the park.

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

   84%
2. B

   Restates Paradox3% picked this

   The researchers also found that some unprotected areas outside of the park have substantially higher numbers of certain reptile species than

   This reinforces the idea that animals are mysteriously doing better outside this park than inside it, but it doesn't help us to explain why that is.

   3%
3. C

   Weaker Impact6% picked this

   Researchers tagged a large number of birds inside the park; three months later some of these birds were

   We might say that this answer allows us to say, "there are more birds outside the park than inside because some of the birds are moving from inside the park to outside the park", but that still doesn't give us any reason WHY those birds are moving, the way the correct answer does.

   6%
4. D

   No Distinction4% picked this

   Both inside the park and just outside of it, there are riverside areas containing willows and other waterside growth that

   Since this presents something true for both outside/inside, it's useless for our purposes of explaining a difference between them.

   4%
5. E

   No Distinction3% picked this

   The park was designed to protect endangered bird species, but some of the bird species that are present in higher numbers in

   Since this presents something true for both outside/inside (both endangered species), it's useless for our purposes of explaining a difference between them.

   3%