Question

If you are developing an argument in favor of a city ordinance that allows home owners to convert front lawns into vegetable gardens, which combination of resources would be most helpful in supporting your position?
a. A study showing increased social connection in neighborhoods with front-lawn gardens
b. A study comparing the effects of vegetable gardens to the effects of lawns on wildlife
c. A study comparing the costs of vegetables in several communities around the world
d. A study showing the average yield of home gardens by region

Answer 1

The correct option is B.

In the question given above, you are to develop an essay that is in favor of vegetable farming. The two objects that are been compared here are vegetables and lawns. Thus, any resource that will be used in supporting your argument must be one that deals with the relationships, benefits and the demerits that exist between keeping a front lawn and keeping a vegetable garden. Looking at all the options given above, it is only option B that expresses the relationship between the two.

Answer 2

The right answer for the question that is being asked and shown above is that: "b. A study comparing the effects of vegetable gardens to the effects of lawns on wildlife" The combination of resources would be most helpful in supporting your position is that b. A study comparing the effects of vegetable gardens to the effects of lawns on wildlife