Questions 10—11 are based on the following:
Antinuclear activist: The closing of the nuclear power plant is a victory
for the antinuclear cause. It also represents a belated acknowledgment by the
power industry that they cannot operate such plants safely.
Nuclear power plant manager: It represents no such thing. The availability of
cheap power from nonnuclear sources, together with the cost of mandated safety
inspections and safety repairs, made continued operation uneconomic. Thus it was
not safety considerations but economic considerations that dictated the plant’s
closing. Over the last century, paleontologists have used small differences
between fossil specimens to classify Triceratops into sixteen species. This
classification is unjustified, however, since the specimens used to distinguish
eleven of the species come from animals that lived in the same area at the same
time. Which of the following, if true, would enable the
conclusion of the argument to be properly drawn
A. Not every species that lived in a given area is preserved as a
fossil.
B. At least one individual of every true species of Triceratops has been
discovered as a fossil specimen.
C. No geographical area ever supports more than three similar species at the
same time.
D. In many species, individuals display quite marked variation.
E. Differences between fossil specimens of Triceratops that came from the
same area are no less distinctive than differences between specimens that came
from different areas.