QUESTION TEXT: Scientists generally believe that no deep-sea creature…
QUESTION TYPE: Identify The Conclusion
CONCLUSION: Scientists should reassess the view that no deep sea creatures can detect red light.
REASONING: There is a deep sea creature that has red lights that probably act as lures.
ANALYSIS: Identifying conclusions is a very important part of arguments.
Anytime the author gives a recommendation (should, need to, ought to), that’s almost certainly the conclusion. Especially here, where ‘need to’ comes after ‘but’, a word that indicates the author’s own opinion.
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- This is evidence that scientists ought to change their opinion.
- This is evidence that those red lights are lures.
- This is just a fact. For this to be the conclusion, the whole argument would have had to be devoted to proving that this creature had been discovered.
- This is a belief that the author argues is mistaken.
- CORRECT. The red light lures are evidence that some deep sea creatures can see red light.
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