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It is posited by some scientists that the near extinction of the sap-eating gray bat of northwestern America was caused by government-sponsored logging operations in the early 1920s that greatly reduced the species’ habitat.
Which of the following, if true, most strongly weakens the scientists’ claims?
(A) Logging operations in the 1920s are widely held responsible for the near extinction of other species that lived in the same area.
(B) A boom in new home construction in the early 1920s led congress to open federal lands to logging operations.
(C) A 5-year drought in the early 1920s severely reduced the output of sap in trees in northwestern America.
(D) Numbers of sightings of sap-eating gray bats fell to their lowest numbers in 1926.
(E) Sightings of sap-eating gray bats in Europe stayed roughly the same during the same period.
Which of the following, if true, most strongly weakens the scientists’ claims?
(A) Logging operations in the 1920s are widely held responsible for the near extinction of other species that lived in the same area.
(B) A boom in new home construction in the early 1920s led congress to open federal lands to logging operations.
(C) A 5-year drought in the early 1920s severely reduced the output of sap in trees in northwestern America.
(D) Numbers of sightings of sap-eating gray bats fell to their lowest numbers in 1926.
(E) Sightings of sap-eating gray bats in Europe stayed roughly the same during the same period.
Updated on: 23 Aug 2025, 01:00
Originally posted by findingmyself on 22 Aug 2025, 11:19.
Last edited by findingmyself on 23 Aug 2025, 01:00, edited 1 time in total.
Last edited by findingmyself on 23 Aug 2025, 01:00, edited 1 time in total.
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It is posited by some scientists that the near extinction of the sap-eating gray bat of northwestern America was caused by government-sponsored logging operations in the early 1920s that greatly reduced the species’ habitat.
Which of the following, if true, most strongly weakens the scientists’ claims?
(A) Logging operations in the 1920s are widely held responsible for the near extinction of other species that lived in the same area.
Irrelevant: Out of scope: other species is not going to weaken or strengthen the assumption
(B) A boom in new home construction in the early 1920s led congress to open federal lands to logging operations.
Incorrect: Gives reasoning for what lead to Govt sponsored logging operation
(C) A 5-year drought in the early 1920s severely reduced the output of sap in trees in northwestern America.
Correct: This gives us an alternate cause. It casts doubt on authors' assumption that government-sponsored logging operations were responsible for habitat destruction and thus extinction. Infact here we saw that the Sap dried up and hence bats could have died out of hunger.!!
(D) Numbers of sightings of sap-eating gray bats fell to their lowest numbers in 1926.
Irrelevant: Our conclusion was not that bats extinction happened in 1926
(E) Sightings of sap-eating gray bats in Europe stayed roughly the same during the same period.
Irrelevant: Europe and america are not interconnected.
Which of the following, if true, most strongly weakens the scientists’ claims?
(A) Logging operations in the 1920s are widely held responsible for the near extinction of other species that lived in the same area.
Irrelevant: Out of scope: other species is not going to weaken or strengthen the assumption
(B) A boom in new home construction in the early 1920s led congress to open federal lands to logging operations.
Incorrect: Gives reasoning for what lead to Govt sponsored logging operation
(C) A 5-year drought in the early 1920s severely reduced the output of sap in trees in northwestern America.
Correct: This gives us an alternate cause. It casts doubt on authors' assumption that government-sponsored logging operations were responsible for habitat destruction and thus extinction. Infact here we saw that the Sap dried up and hence bats could have died out of hunger.!!
(D) Numbers of sightings of sap-eating gray bats fell to their lowest numbers in 1926.
Irrelevant: Our conclusion was not that bats extinction happened in 1926
(E) Sightings of sap-eating gray bats in Europe stayed roughly the same during the same period.
Irrelevant: Europe and america are not interconnected.
22 Aug 2025, 11:31
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I believe it has to be C as in C only they option that presents a different view about that the extinction of species.
Hence it should be C
Hence it should be C
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