PrepTest 23, Section 2, Question 1
Anita: Since 1960 the spotted owl population has declined alarmingly. Timber companies that have been clearing the old-growth forests where the spotted owl lives are responsible for this.
Anita: Since 1960 the spotted owl population has declined alarmingly. Timber companies that have been clearing the old-growth forests where the spotted owl lives are responsible for this.
Jean: No, the spotted owl's decline is due not to the timber companies but to a rival species. For the past three decades, the more prolific barred owl has been moving steadily into the spotted owl's habitat and replacing the spotted owl.
Anita: Since 1960 the spotted owl population has declined alarmingly. Timber companies that have been clearing the old-growth forests where the spotted owl lives are responsible for this.
Jean: No, the spotted owl's decline is due not to the timber companies but to a rival species. For the past three decades, the more prolific barred owl has been moving steadily into the spotted owl's habitat and replacing the spotted owl.
Anita: Since 1960 the spotted owl population has declined alarmingly. Timber companies that have been clearing the old-growth forests where the spotted owl lives are responsible for this.
Jean does which one of the following in her response to Anita?
denies the truth of Anita's premise that timber companies have been clearing old-growth forests
challenges Anita's assumption that the decline in the population of the spotted owl poses a threat to the species' continued survival
proposes an alternative explanation for the decline in the spotted owl population
argues that Anita's conclusion is not valid because she has failed to consider the spotted owl population over a long enough time period
suggests that Anita overlooked the possibility that spotted owls are able to live in forests that are not old-growth forests
0 Comments