Marcus Thinks He Can Now Ride One of the Fun-Looking

question 2

Multiple Choice

Marcus thinks he can now ride one of the fun-looking roller coasters at the carnival, but his younger sister cannot, because last year his best friend Christopher could ride it, and this year Marcus is taller than his friend, but his sister is shorter. Marcus is displaying the ability to engage in

• A) formal operations.
• B) inductive reasoning.
• C) tasks of conservation.
• D) decentration.
• E) transitive inference.

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Eudicot

A major group of flowering plants characterized by the presence of two cotyledons in their seedlings, among other structural features.

Botanist

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The growth region in plants located at the tips of roots and shoots, where cells divide actively, leading to elongation.

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