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 power that modifies, influences, and controls climate originates with the sun. The amount of sunlight
striking a particular area of the globe determines the level of warmth and ultimately the movement of air and the amount of precipitation. Because the earth is a globe that rotates about a tilted axis, the amount of sunlight striking the earth varies by region and time. Gary S. Moore, Living with the Earth, 3rd ed.
A) Argument; conclusion: The power that modifies ... originates with the sun.
B) Argument; conclusion: The earth is a globe that rotates about a tilted axis.
C) Argument; conclusion: The amount of sunlight ... varies by region and time.
D) Nonargument.
E) Argument; conclusion: The amount of sunlight ... the amount of precipitation.
C
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