Determine Whether the Following Passage Is (Or Contains) an Argument

question 94

Short Answer

Determine whether the following passage is (or contains) an argument.
"The argument advanced at a recent government hearing-that because we will not be dependent on plutonium for more than a few hundred years it 'will not be an important problem indefinitely'-entirely misses the point. Though we may rely on plutonium for only a relatively brief period, the plutonium produced during that period may be with us indefinitely, and it may jeopardize the lives of many times the number of generations that profit from its use."
-Ronald M. Green, "International Justice and Environmental Responsibility"

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Definitions:

Falsifiable

A characteristic of a hypothesis or theory that suggests it can be proven wrong by observation or experiment.

Prokaryotic Cells

Cells without a nucleus or other membrane-bound organelles, including bacteria and archaea.

Eukaryotic Cells

Cells that contain a nucleus enclosed within membranes, distinguishing them from prokaryotic cells. They make up all complex organisms, including humans, plants, and fungi.

Nucleus

(1) The central region of an atom that contains the protons and neutrons. (2) A cell organelle in eukaryotes that contains the DNA and serves as the control center of the cell. (3) A mass of nerve cell bodies in the central nervous system. Compare with ganglion.