Judge the following sentence according to the criteria given below: usually a parasite does not rob enough energy to kill the host because some fish have a protective agent in the mucus that coats their bodies. a. the assertion and the reason are both correct, and the reason is invalid. b. the assertion is correct, but the reason is incorrect. c. the assertion and the reason are both correct, and the reason is valid. d. the assertion is incorrect, but the reason is correct.

C

Explanation:

The assertion and the reason are both correct, and the reason is valid.

b. The assertion is correct, but the reason is incorrect.

Explanation:

It is true that most parasites do not spend any amount of energy to kill a host, so we can say that in relation to the sentence shown in the question above, the assertion is correct.

However, the mucus that lines the fish's body does not offer any protection against attack by parasites, in this case, we can say that the reason given for the assertion is incorrect.

below i present a summary with the most relevant aspects of chapter 2, which were taken from karangan bahasa inggeris (english essays) spm: argumentative essays.

tuna wira

credit to mohana ram murugiah.

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teacher smiles at the students who wait for his signal to sit down. he nods briefly and the students sit down and get ready for the lesson to start. there is an air of quiet expectancy when teacher refers to the unusual things found underneath their houses that morning. whispers of bags of rice ran among the students and a student muttered reluctantly that the rice is rent for the landlord. this starts off the discussion on the issue of paying rent for the use of the landowner’s land. da wan raises the question of why the landlord owns the land rather than the farmer although they have spent a lot of time farming it. the three reasons of labour, need and inheritance are listed as reasons for the landlord’s ownership of the land. they are discussed and dismissed as inadequate reasons. they suggested a system of collective farming to the farmers. the headmaster comes down the corridor to observe the lesson. teacher very quickly changed the lesson to a geography wesson. the students followed his cue and no one gave the slightest notice < of the headmaster ‘s presence. when the headmaster leaves, teacher explains the implications of winning the scholarship. it involves bearing respontsibilities and the scholarship holder should master what is useful and return to the village. he should understand the injustices in the present system and change it to a fairer system. then, he announces the wiimnuir of the scholarship to be dawan.

the answer to the blank is recite