Self-paced
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Summarize Argument: Counter-Position
After mentioning the well-known fact that many species adapt to their environment, the author points out a common assumption people make related to this fact: that the only species that modify their own environment to aid their survival are the most highly evolved ones. The author asserts that, contrary to this assumption, this characteristic is actually common. The rest of the stimulus offers a detailed example of certain species of plankton as support for the author's claim.
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a
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Incorrect. The argument never makes this claim.
b
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Incorrect. The main point of the argument isn't about plankton benefiting the earth as a whole. The point is that it's quite common for various species to alter their environment to aid their own survival. The plankton are just one example provided in support of this point.
c
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Correct. This is an accurate restatement of the main point.
d
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Incorrect. (D) doesn't accurately restate the main point of the argument.
e
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Incorrect. The argument never discusses how alterations of the environment by species like plankton affect the well-being of other species compared to alterations by more highly evolved species.