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 earth is divided into the crust, the mantle, and the core. The crust is the solid portion on which we stand

The mantle is a plastic but solid material under the crust that can flow and move about. And finally, the core is the innermost part of the earth made of solid and molten iron. Pam Walker and Elaine Wood, Hands-On General Science Activities

A) Argument; conclusion: The mantle ... flow and move about.

B) Argument; conclusion: The crust is the solid portion on which we stand.

C) Nonargument.

D) Argument; conclusion: The core is the innermost part ... molten iron.

E) Argument; conclusion: The earth is divided into the crust, the mantle, and the core.


C

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