by Vicky Stein
More than 25 percent of adults in the United States identify as having a disability—some physical or cognitive condition that limits their movements, senses or activities.
That’s a huge group of people who are underrepresented in scientific breakthroughs and technological development at the professional level, said volcano geophysicist and geoscience education researcher Anita Marshall of the University of Florida.
And that lack of representation leaves science as a whole worse off.
As the world faces a climate crisis and a growing global population, we’ll need all hands on deck, Marshall said. “People with disabilities are incredible innovators. We have to figure things out on a daily basis in a world that is not built for us—that kind of innovation, in science, could be amazing. And it is amazing.”
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Question
Use the excerpt from “This young scientist studies wild animals. Bias against disability won’t stop her” to answer the question.
Which of the following quotations from the excerpt most clearly expresses a claim?(1 point)
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“We have to figure things out on a daily basis in a world that is not built for us“
“We have to figure things out on a daily basis in a world that is not built for us“
“the world faces a climate crisis and a growing global population”
“the world faces a climate crisis and a growing global population”
“a disability—some physical or cognitive condition that limits their movements, senses or activities”
“a disability—some physical or cognitive condition that limits their movements, senses or activities”
“And that lack of representation leaves science as a whole worse off.”
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The quotation that most clearly expresses a claim is:
“And that lack of representation leaves science as a whole worse off.”
This statement asserts a specific point about the impact of underrepresentation in science, making it a clear claim within the context of the argument.
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