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Weaken—CE. The correct answer choice is (E)
The causality in this question links sea turtles’ sense of smell (cause) to their ability to return to their exact place of birth after many years and from great distances (effect). To weaken this relationship you simply need to disrupt the linkage between smell and their return home (alt cause, effect without the cause, etc.).
Answer choice (A): The fact that the beaches are in secluded places does not attack the turtles’ returning by sense of smell.
Answer choice (B): This answer choice likely supports the argument that the smell of their birthplaces stimulates the turtles to return. If they prefer sand from their birthplaces perhaps it is due to the smell of that sand.
Answer choice (C): Electronic tags cannot be thought to have any impact of the turtles’ sense of smell.
Answer choice (D): This answer strongly supports the idea that turtles can return to their birthplaces via sense of smell.
Answer choice (E): This is the correct answer choice. Sea turtles with no sense of smell (destroyed by petroleum) still returned to their birthplaces, so an alternate cause must exist that allows the turtles to navigate as they do.
Weaken—CE. The correct answer choice is (E)
The causality in this question links sea turtles’ sense of smell (cause) to their ability to return to their exact place of birth after many years and from great distances (effect). To weaken this relationship you simply need to disrupt the linkage between smell and their return home (alt cause, effect without the cause, etc.).
Answer choice (A): The fact that the beaches are in secluded places does not attack the turtles’ returning by sense of smell.
Answer choice (B): This answer choice likely supports the argument that the smell of their birthplaces stimulates the turtles to return. If they prefer sand from their birthplaces perhaps it is due to the smell of that sand.
Answer choice (C): Electronic tags cannot be thought to have any impact of the turtles’ sense of smell.
Answer choice (D): This answer strongly supports the idea that turtles can return to their birthplaces via sense of smell.
Answer choice (E): This is the correct answer choice. Sea turtles with no sense of smell (destroyed by petroleum) still returned to their birthplaces, so an alternate cause must exist that allows the turtles to navigate as they do.
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