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Paleontologist: About 2.8 millions years ago ,many species that lived near the ocean floor suffered substantial population declines. These declines coincided with the onset of an ice age. The notion that cold killed those bottom-dwelling creatures outright is misguided. However, temperature near the ocean floor would have changed very little. Nevertheless, the cold probably did cause the population declines though indirectly. Many bottom-dwellers depended for food on plankton, small organism that lived closed to the surface & sank to the bottom when they died. Most probably, the plankton suffered a severe population decline as a result of sharply lower temperatures at the surface depriving many bottom dwellers of food.
In the Paleontologist’s reasoning, the two portions in BOLDFACE play which of the following roles.
(A) The 1st introduce the hypothesis proposed by the Paleontologist, the 2nd is a judgment offer in spelling out the hypothesis.
(B) The 1st introduced the hypothesis proposed by the Paleontologist, the 2nd is a position that the Paleontologist opposes.
(C) The 1st is an explanation challenged by the Paleontologist, the 2nd is an explanation proposed by the Paleontologist.
(D) The 1st is a judgment advanced in support of a conclusion reached by the Paleontologist, the 2nd is that conclusion.
(E) The 1st is a generalization put forward by the Paleontologist, the 2nd presents certain exceptional cases in which that generalization does not hold.
Guys, I faced this Qs and chose E. But the OA is A. May be I am missing something. Can u guys tell me why A and how?
Paleontologist: About 2.8 millions years ago ,many species that lived near the ocean floor suffered substantial population declines. These declines coincided with the onset of an ice age. The notion that cold killed those bottom-dwelling creatures outright is misguided. However, temperature near the ocean floor would have changed very little. Nevertheless, the cold probably did cause the population declines though indirectly. Many bottom-dwellers depended for food on plankton, small organism that lived closed to the surface & sank to the bottom when they died. Most probably, the plankton suffered a severe population decline as a result of sharply lower temperatures at the surface depriving many bottom dwellers of food.
In the Paleontologist’s reasoning, the two portions in BOLDFACE play which of the following roles.
(A) The 1st introduce the hypothesis proposed by the Paleontologist, the 2nd is a judgment offer in spelling out the hypothesis.
(B) The 1st introduced the hypothesis proposed by the Paleontologist, the 2nd is a position that the Paleontologist opposes.
(C) The 1st is an explanation challenged by the Paleontologist, the 2nd is an explanation proposed by the Paleontologist.
(D) The 1st is a judgment advanced in support of a conclusion reached by the Paleontologist, the 2nd is that conclusion.
(E) The 1st is a generalization put forward by the Paleontologist, the 2nd presents certain exceptional cases in which that generalization does not hold.
Guys, I faced this Qs and chose E. But the OA is A. May be I am missing something. Can u guys tell me why A and how?
Correct me If I am wrong
Regards,
Amitava
Regards,
Amitava
