1. The ice on the front windshield of the car had formed when moisture condensed during the night. The ice melted quickly after the car was warmed up the next morning because the defrosting vent, which blows only on the front windshield, was turned on full force.
Which of the following, if true, most seriously jeopardizes the validity of the explanation for the speed with which the ice melted?
A) The side windows had no ice condensation on them
B) Even though no attempt was made to defrost the back window, the ice there melted at the same rates as did the ice on the front windshield.
C) The speed at which ice on a window melts increases as the temperature of the air blown on the window increases.
D) The warm air from the defrosting vent for the front windshield cools rapidly as it dissipates through out the rest of the car.
E) The defrosting vent operates efficiently even when the heater, which blows warm air toward the feet or faces of the driver and passengers, is on.
2. Pandas are rapidly disappearing from the wild. Therefore, in order to preserve the species, existing pandas should be captured and placed in zoos around the world.
Which of the following, if true, casts doubt on the conclusion drawn above?
A) When in captivity, pandas typically produce more young than they do in their native habitat
B) Newborn pandas in zoos are not likely to die from infectious diseases, whereas newborn pandas in the wild are likely to die from these diseases.
C) Sufficient quantities of bamboo, the panda's only food cannot be made available outside the panda's native habitat.
D) Many zoos are eager to increase their stock of rare and exotic animals, but there are not enough pandas for all the zoos that want one.
E) Pandas in zoos have as many offspring that survive to adulthood as do pandas in the wild.