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 farther away we look in distance, the further back we look in time. This fact allows us to see what parts of
the universe looked like in the distant past. For example, if we look at a galaxy that is 1 billion light years away, its light has taken 1 billion years to reach us-which means we are seeing it as it looked 1 billion years ago. Jeffrey Bennett, et al., The Cosmic Perspective, 3rd edition
A) Argument; conclusion: This fact allows us to see ... in the distant past.
B) Argument; conclusion: The farther away ... we look in time.
C) Argument; conclusion: If we look at a galaxy ... 1 billion years to reach us.
D) Nonargument.
E) Argument; conclusion: We are seeing it as it looked 1 billion years ago.
D
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