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 of interest to astronomy for many reasons. Nearly all observations must be made through the

atmosphere, and the phenomena of the upper atmosphere and the magnetosphere reflect the state of interplanetary space. The earth is also the most important object of comparison for planetologists. Hannu Karttunen, et al., Fundamental Astronomy

A) Argument; conclusion: The phenomena ... state of interplanetary space.

B) Argument; conclusion: The earth is also ... for planetologists.

C) Argument; conclusion: The earth is of interest to astronomy.

D) Nonargument.

E) Argument; conclusion: Nearly all observations ... through the atmosphere.


C

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