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The scientist confidently claims that the ice ages were caused by widespread, unusually rich growth of vegetation. His reasoning is that vegetation converts oxygen into CO2. CO2 retains heat. Excess vegetation caused a reduction in CO2, causing the earth to cool due to a lack of heat retention. This cooling caused the ice ages.

The conclusion is the scientist’s explanation for the ice ages: “There is little doubt that the ice ages were caused by the unusually rich growth of vegetation worldwide.”

This is too weak to match the conclusion. The scientist claims that the excessive growth of vegetation almost definitely caused all of the ice ages.

This is part of the causal explanation that shows how excessive vegetation would cause an ice age.

This is also part of the chained explanation showing the process of how excessive vegetation would cause an ice age.

This “if” statement does not match the conclusion. The author definitively states that the phenomenon did happen, and it happened by this process.

This accurately matches the strength and content of the conclusion. “Almost certainly” matches the author’s “there is little doubt” that this unusual vegetation growth caused the ice ages.

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