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Reasoning Quick Check 2 of 52 of 5 Items Question Use the passage to answer the question. Oceans and ponds are both bodies of water. Since an ocean has a strong effect on nearby weather, a pond must have a strong effect as well. What kind of fallacy is this? (1 point) Responses slippery slope slippery slope ad hominem ad hominem false analogy false analogy straw man straw man Skip to navigation page 17 of 17

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The reasoning in the passage presents a false analogy. This is because it assumes that because an ocean affects nearby weather, a pond, being another body of water, must also have a similar strong effect on weather, which is not necessarily true.