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. All algae photosynthesize their own food, as plants do. Algae are also widely distributed in bodies of fresh
water and in oceans. Because they are so numerous and because they capture energy from sunlight in the food they make, algae are an important source of food for other organisms. Jacquelyn C. Black, Microbiology: Principles and Explorations
A) Argument; conclusion: They capture energy from sunlight in the food they make
B) Nonargument.
C) Argument; conclusion: All algae photosynthesize their own food, as plants do.
D) Argument; conclusion: They are so numerous
E) Argument; conclusion: Algae are an important source of food for other organisms.
E
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