QUESTION TEXT: Anita: Since 1960 the spotted owl population…
QUESTION TYPE: Method of Reasoning
CONCLUSION: The timber companies aren’t to blame for the spotted owl’s decline.
REASONING: The barred owl has been moving into the spotted owl’s habitat.
ANALYSIS: This is a reasonable argument. Jean proposes an alternate cause that shows that Anita’s argument may be flawed.
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- Jean never disputed that timber companies are cutting forest. She just said the companies aren’t to blame for the spotted owl’s problems.
- Neither Anita nor Jean said that the owl’s survival was threatened.
- CORRECT. The barred owl is to blame, not the timber companies.
- Jean didn’t say anything about time.
- Jean didn’t even use the word forest. She just said that the barred owl was moving into the spotted owl’s habitat.
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