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embers of the tropical tree genus Ceiba currently grow in the rainforests of the

ID: 3312724 • Letter: E

Question

embers of the tropical tree genus Ceiba currently grow in the rainforests of the Amazon. A paleontologist discovers several fossils that she attributes to this genus in the Pampas region of Argentina. This region is not currently covered with tropical rainforests. She concludes based on these fossils that this region of Argentina was covered with tropical rainforests in the past. This form of reasoning is known as?

Deduction.

Induction.

Abduction.

A random guess.

A.

Deduction.

B.

Induction.

C.

Abduction.

D.

A random guess.

Explanation / Answer

here as reasoning is based on predefined knowledge and assuming these are true ;

option A is correct.