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Here's your Shmoop du jour, brought to you by geology. I miss my old geology class.

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Sorry, I'm being sedimental. Here's a passage followed by the viewpoints of 2 scientists.

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Which of the following is the most important

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piece of evidence to Scientist 2's argument?

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And here are the possible answers:

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So, what's this question asking? We're here to find which of these 4 options is most supportive of Scientist 2's viewpoint.

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Scientist 2 seems to be pretty concerned with modeling.

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So which answer has something to do with modeling? Option A says locations of python habitats

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are overestimated which doesn't really jive with how Scientist 2 just said the models

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are very accurate. B says modeling is an important predictor,

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and goes on to sell it by saying the study took into account both rainfall and temperature changes.

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That sounds a whole lot like what Scientist 2 just said.

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Let's hang onto this one, but we'll check the others.

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Option C says his team's predictions show a decrease in python habitat but wait, that

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sounds more like Scientist 1 talking!

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Option D says snakes need a marsh-like habitat to thrive in new areas. That may be technically

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true, but it's not the answer we're looking for in the context of the question.

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So, it looks like B is our answer. B as in beware of snakes.

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A it is! A, as in Aaaaaah, snakes!

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