Self-study
Support Farmers who use genetically engineered plants on a large scale are at great financial risk because Support at any time a study could be published that would undermine what little confidence consumers have in genetically engineered foods. ██ ██ ██████ ███ ███████ ██ ████ ████ ██████ ████ ██ ███ █████ █ ████ ██████ █████ ██ ██████████ ███ ███ █████
It’s not a good idea for farmers to grow genetically engineered crops, because studies that are critical of those foods could be published, increasing public distrust. This leads to great financial risk, and crop prices don’t compensate for that risk.
Identify Conclusion
The conclusion is a judgment against large-scale genetically engineered crops: “It is unwise for farmers to grow such crops.”
11.
Which one of the following ████ ██████████ █████████ ███ ██████████ ██ ███ ████████ ██ █ ██████
a
A farmer who █████ ███████████ ██████████ █████ ██ █ █████ █████ ██ ██████ █ █████████ █████
This is a sub-conclusion. It is supported by the premise that at any time a study could be published that would reduce consumer confidence in genetically engineered foods. The sub-conclusion in turn supports the conclusion that farmers are unwise to grow such crops.
b
It is not ███████ ███ █ ██████ ██ ████ ███████████ ██████████ ██████
This rephrases the conclusion.
c
The price paid ███ ███████████ ██████████ █████ ████ ███ ██████████ ███ ███ █████████ ████ ███████ █████ ██ ███████ █████
This is a premise: the rewards of growing genetically engineered crops do not outweigh the risks, which supports the conclusion that it is unwise for farmers to grow them.
d
A study could ████ ███ ██ ███ ████ ████ █████ ███████ █████████ ██████ ██████████ ██ ███████████ ██████████ ██████
This is a premise. It supports the sub-conclusion that there is great financial risk associated with growing genetically engineered crops.
e
Consumers have very ██████ ██████████ ██ ███████████ ██████████ ██████
This is a premise. Consumers having little confidence in these foods (and the possibility of a study diminishing this confidence further) supports the sub-conclusion that there is great financial risk associated with growing genetically engineered crops.