The blue-eared slider dwells only in slow-moving brooks where organic debris settles and accumulates. In almost all places in Guwahati where blue-eared sliders used to thrive, suburban development has cleared uplands and put down asphalt. As a result, rainwater now runs directly into brooks, resulting in an increased flow that slows the amassment of organic sediments. Hence, it is probably the increased flow caused by suburban development that is responsible for the blue-eared slider's virtual disappearance from Guwahati.
Which of the following, if true, most strongly supports the argument?
A. The green-eared slider, a species that lives in both slow and swift moving waters, continues to thrive in streams in Guwahati from which blue-eared sliders have disappeared.
B. Since 1980 the suburban population of Guwahati has grown ten times faster than urban population.
C. Blue-eared sliders have disappeared in the past ten years from some suburban areas of another city, Leh, that were
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Which of the following, if true, most strongly supports the argument?
A. The green-eared slider, a species that lives in both slow and swift moving waters, continues to thrive in streams in Guwahati from which blue-eared sliders have disappeared.
B. Since 1980 the suburban population of Guwahati has grown ten times faster than urban population.
C. Blue-eared sliders have disappeared in the past ten years from some suburban areas of another city, Leh, that were
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Statistics : Posted by b_sudharsan • on 04 Jul 2024, 21:55 • Replies 0 • Views 154
