PT107.S4.Q20

PrepTest 107 - Section 4 - Question 20

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Summarize Argument: Phenomenon-Hypothesis

The author hypothesizes that the main cause of the declining amphibian population is the depletion of the ozone layer. This is based on the following facts. First, the ozone layer has been continuously depleted over the last 50 years. Second, ozone blocks UV-B, to which amphibians are vulnerable due to their lack of hair/hide/feathres and because their eggs lack leathery/hard shells.

Notable Assumptions

The author assumes there’s no more significant causal factor for the declining amphibian population than the declining ozone layer.

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20.

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a

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b

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c

Atmospheric ozone has ████ █████████████ ████████ █████ ███ ███ █████ ██ ███ █████ ██ █████ █████████ ███████████ ███ ██████████

d

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e

Amphibian populations have ████████ ████████████ ███ ███ ████ ██ ██████

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