Self-study
It is well known that many species adapt to their environment, but it is usually assumed that only the most highly evolved species alter their environment in ways that aid their own survival. ████████ ████ ██████████████ ██ ████████ █████ ███████ ███████ ███████ ██ █████████ ███ ████████ ████████ █ ███ ████ ██ █████████ ██ ███ ██████████ ████ █████████ ██ ████████ █████ █████████ █████ █████ █████ ██ █████████ ████ ███████ ███████ ███████ ███ █████████ ██ ██████ ████ ███ █████ ███████ ███████ ██ ███ ████████ ██ █████ ██████████ ████ █████ █████ █████ ████ ████████ ██ ██████████ ███ ██ ███ █████ ███████ ████ █████ ████ ████████ █████ ███ ███████ ██ ███ █████ ██ ██ ██████ ███ ████ ████████ ███ █████████
Summarize Argument: Counter-Position
The author claims that different species commonly change their environment in ways that aid their survival, contrary to the assumption that only very intelligent species do so. To support this claim, the author gives an example of plankton, whose gas emissions lead to clouds forming over the ocean, which cools the Earth and benefits the plankton.
Identify Conclusion
The conclusion is the author’s broad statement that the characteristic of species altering their environment to assist their own survival “is actually quite common.”
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a
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b
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c
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d
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e
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