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. There are three familiar states of matter: solid, liquid and gas. Solid objects ordinarily maintain their shape
and volume regardless of their location. A liquid occupies a definite volume, but assumes the shape of the occupied portion of its container. A gas maintains neither shape nor volume. It expands to fill completely whatever container it is in. John W. Hill and Dorris K Kolb, Chemistry for Changing Times
A) Nonargument.
B) Argument; conclusion: Solid objects ordinarily maintain ... their location.
C) Argument; conclusion: There are three familiar ... solid, liquid, and gas.
D) Argument; conclusion: A gas maintains neither shape nor volume.
E) Argument; conclusion: A gas expands to fill completely whatever container it is in.
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