Three years ago, because of flooding at the Western Palean Wildlife Preserve, 100 lions and 100 western gazelles were moved to the East Palean Preserve, an area that is home to most of the same species that are found in the western preserve, though in larger numbers, and to the eastern gazelle, a close relative of the western gazelle. The only difference in climate is that the eastern preserve typically has slightly less rainfall. Unfortunately, after three years in the eastern preserve, the imported western gazelle population has been virtually eliminated. Since the slight reduction in rainfall cannot be the cause of the virtual elimination of western gazelle, their disappearance must have been caused by the larger number of predators in the eastern preserve.
Write a response in which you discuss what specific evidence is needed to evaluate the argument and explain how the evidence would weaken or strengthen the argument.
The author of the statement above believes that gazelles, which were transferred to East Palean Preserve, has been nearly eliminated because of the larger number of predators in the eastern preserve. This conclusion is based on the premise that the only rival explanation would be rain, which as the difference is not significantly different, it should be the gazelles outnumbered by the predators, as the author thinks. The statement needs several vital evidences to become tenable.
First, the author needs to provide evidence that difference in rainfalls is not significantly important. The pri...
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Please inform me about how
Please inform me about how this argument can get 5, or more. What are the flaws?
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Argument 1 has
Argument 3 has issues:
Suggested:
'From the passage, we can only know that the amount of water supply between eastern and western areas is close to each other. However, we have no idea on the specific water demand on the western preserve because the arguer totally overlooks such a crucial factor. If the number of native animals in the east area is far more than that in the western, water resources would be extremely demanding for the settlers in this area. As a result, even a slight reduction may lead to water shortage, especially for herbivorous animals which are not so aggressive.'
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argument 2 -- OK
argument 3 -- not OK
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