PT121.S4.Q12 > Analytics

SECTION 1 · lr

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SECTION 4 · lr

A decreased population of an an indicator species shouldn’t always be attributed to pollution because there is an alternative cause (the ecosystem naturally evolving).

The conclusion identifies a potential misinterpretation: “environmentalists would be misguided if they attributed the loss of a population to pollution in all cases.”

There’s no discussion of what magnitude would be appropriate or inappropriate in reaction; the author is discussing potentially faulty causal reasoning.

This rephrases the conclusion: a decrease in a specific population should not be attributed to pollution in every case.

The conclusion isn’t that this practice is inherently problematic; the author admits its usefulness. The conclusion is that environmentalists shouldn’t always attribute decreased population to pollution.

The author does not make any claim about whether population loss should be resisted.

The author makes a distinction between population loss due to environmental degradation and population loss due to natural evolution. (E) fuses these ideas incorrectly.

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