Question

Recycling paper is the best way to protect trees. Recycling prevents trees from being cut down and used for paper and other products. According to the Green Center, recycling one ton of paper helps save 17 trees. If everyone in the United States recycled just a small portion of their newspapers, we could save 25 million trees. People should recycle paper and use recycled products whenever they can to save our forests.

Which excerpts provide evidence to support the claim? Select two choices.

“Recycling paper is the best way to protect trees.”
“Recycling prevents trees from being cut down.”
“If everyone in the United States recycled…we could save 25 million trees.”
“People should recycle paper and use recycled products.”
“According to the Green Center, recycling one ton of paper helps save 17 trees.”

Answer 1

Sentences 2 and 3

Step-by-step explanation:

“Recycling paper is the best way to protect trees” is the claim.

“Recycling prevents trees from being cut down” gives reason to support the claim.

“People should recycle paper and use recycled products” is a claim.

“According to the Green Center, recycling one ton of paper helps save 17 trees” uses logos to support the claim.

Answer 2

Answer: Its #3 and #5

“If everyone in the United States recycled…we could save 25 million trees.”

“According to the Green Center, recycling one ton of paper helps save 17 trees.”

Explanation: #2 was wrong