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 ozone layer filters out harmful ultraviolet rays from sunlight before they can reach the surface of our
planet and cause damage to humans and other life forms. Any substantial reduction in the amount of this ozone would threaten life as we know it. Consequently, the appearance of a large "hole" in the ozone layer over Antarctica represents a major environmental crisis. Colin Baird and Michael Cann, Environmental Chemistry, 3rd edition
A) Argument; conclusion: Any substantial reduction ... life as we know it.
B) Argument; conclusion: The appearance of a large ... environmental crisis.
C) Argument; conclusion: The ozone layer ... surface of our planet.
D) Argument; conclusion: The ozone layer ... and other life forms.
E) Nonargument.
B
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