Throughout this test, write your answer on the form provided. Erasure marks may cause the grading machine to mark your answer wrong. INSTRUCTIONS: The following selections relate to distinguishing arguments from nonarguments and identifying conclusions. Select the best answer for each. The loss of arctic ice is accelerating as a result of a form of positive feedback. As arctic ice melts, the
arctic icecap reflects fewer rays from the sun. When this happens, more rays are absorbed by the surrounding ocean, which increases its temperature. As the temperature of the ocean rises, more arctic ice melts.
A) Argument; conclusion: When this happens ... which increases its temperature.
B) Argument; conclusion: As the temperature of the ocean rises ... ice melts.
C) Argument; conclusion: The loss of arctic ice ... positive feedback.
D) Nonargument.
E) Argument; conclusion: As arctic ice melts ... fewer rays from the sun.
C
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