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Conflicting Viewpoints: claims, agreement, evidence and pacing quiz quiz

12questions. Pick an answer and you'll see why right away.

  1. A Conflicting Viewpoints passage presents two or more:

  2. Compared with a Data Representation passage, Conflicting Viewpoints is generally:

  3. As you read each viewpoint, you should capture its central claim:

  4. In an argument, a fact cited to back up the main position is best described as:

  5. Two scientists give different causes for the same observed pattern. They are most likely to agree on:

  6. Using the accept-or-reject test, a statement that one view accepts and the other rejects is:

  7. Scientist 1 claims a comet impact caused an extinction. The discovery of a large crater of exactly the right age would most likely:

  8. Scientist 2 claims prolonged volcanic eruptions caused an extinction. A finding of no large-scale volcanic activity at that time would most likely:

  9. A new finding that bears on neither view's claim is best described as:

  10. Because Conflicting Viewpoints reads slowly, a sound time strategy is to:

  11. Within a Conflicting Viewpoints passage, the most efficient order is usually to answer:

  12. To answer a detail question about what a specific scientist claims, you should: