PT140.S1.Q13

PrepTest 140 - Section 1 - Question 13

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Conclusion Animal feed should not include genetically modified plants. █ █████ █████ ████ ██████████ ████ ███ ███████████ ████████ ████████ ███ ██ ████ ██████ ██ ███████ ██████████ ███████████ ███ █ ████████ ██████ ███████ ███████ ████ ███ █ ██████ ████ ██ █████ ████ ████ ███ ███████████ ████████ ███ ███ ███████ █████ █████████

Summarize Argument

The author concludes that animal food should not contain genetically modified plants. He supports this by citing a study where rats fed genetically modified potatoes for 30 days developed intestinal issues and a weakened immune system, while rats fed a normal diet of non-genetically modified food did not have these problems.

Notable Assumptions

The author assumes that the study was representative and that the results observed in lab rats can be applied to all animals. Similarly, he assumes that the study on genetically modified potatoes can be generalized to all genetically modified plants, without considering differences between plant types.

He also assumes that the problems in the rats were caused solely by the genetic modification of the potatoes, without considering other factors or variables between the groups that could have influenced the results.

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13.

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a

Potatoes are not ████████ █ ████ ██ ███ ████ ██ ██████████ █████

b

The rats tended ██ ███ ████ ██ ███ ███████████ ████████ ████████ ██ ███ █████████ ██ ███ ██ ████ ████ ████ ███ ██████ ███ ███ ██ ███ ██ █████

c

Intestinal deformities at █████ ███ ███ ████████ █████ ████ ████ ██ ██████████ ███████████

d

Genetically modified potatoes ████ ███ ████ ███████████ █████ ██ ████ ██ ██ ████████ ████ ███ ███ ███████████ █████████

e

The researchers conducting ███ █████ ████ ██████ ██ ███████ ███ ███ ███████ █████████████ ██ ███ ████████ █████ ████ ██████ ███ ██████████ ███████████ ██ █ ████████ ██████ ██████ ██ ███ █████

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