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. Each element and compound is a pure substance. However, most materials are neither single elements nor single

compounds. Instead, they are mixtures of these simple substances, with one substance mingled with another. Thus, gasoline is a mixture of hydrocarbons and additives blended together to achieve efficient combustion. Loretta Jones and Peter Atkins, Chemistry: Molecules, Matter, and Change, 4th ed.

A) Nonargument.

B) Argument, conclusion: They are mixtures ... one substance mingled with another.

C) Argument, conclusion: Most materials are neither ... nor single compounds.

D) Argument, conclusion: Each element and compound is a pure substance.

E) Argument, conclusion: Gasoline is a mixture ... achieve efficient combustion.


A

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