CRITICAL THINKING NAT REVIEWER

Endangered species are living things threatened with extinction. A tarsier is an endangered species. Therefore:

• Endangered species are extinct.
• A tarsier is threatened with extinction
• A tarsier is not an endangered specie.
• Endangered species are captured to become extinct

The essence of motherhood can be aptly expressed as this: A mother loves with her eyes and sees with her heart.
The passage expresses:

• The unconditional love of a mother
• The keenness of a mother's eyes.
• The motherhood's ordeal
• The mother's heart

A shop has 48 notebooks for sale. The number of blue notebooks is 12 less than twice the number of red notebooks. How many blue notebooks are there?

• twenty-eight
• twenty
• twenty-four
• thirty-two

Rich and poor people obtain approximately equal justice from the courts. However, this may not be true in all circumstances.
From the information, we can validly conclude that:

• No, rich people win cases most of the time
• Yes, poor people seldom know their rights.
• Yes, rich and poor people can have equal chances.
• No, rich people can hire better lawyers and pursue cases in higher courts

All students who excel in Science are aspirants for Science high school scholarships. Eugene dos not excel in science subjects.
Therefore:

• Eugene is not as aspirant for Science high school scholarship
• Not all students who excel in Science are aspirants in Science high school
• Eugene aspired to enrol in a Science high school
• All students who excel in Science aspire for Science high schools

In a fruit tray, there are thrice as many apples as oranges. There are 12 pieces of fruits together.
How many oranges, and apples are there, respectively in the tray?

• 2 and 10
• 3 and 9
• 4 and 8
• 5 and 7

According to Dean Villanueva, the law does not change our society. It is our hearts that can change society; it is our hearts that can change the law.
This information means that _____

• compassion can change both the law and the society
• compassion can be an element of law and society.
• compassion can change the society
• compassion can change the law

Each specie of plants and animals plays a part in the delicate balance of all living systems.
Therefore:

• If endangered species are protected, then there is a balance in the ecosystem
• If endangered species are not protected, then extinction of all living creatures will materialize
• If there is a continuing imbalance of large numbers of species, then the survival of creatures is threatened. 
• If there is a continuing extinction of large numbers of species, then the survival of other creatures are threatened.

Haiti, a Caribbean country with a population of more than 10 million, shares the island of Hispaniola with the Dominican Republic. Haiti has a very historical and ethnolinguistic background.
It was the first independent nation in Latin America, the fist post-colonial nation whose independence was won partly through rebellion by African slaves who had been brought in by Spanish and French colonizers. 
Therefore, it can be validly concluded that:

• Haiti is an overpopulated country
• Haiti is not an overpopulated country
• Rebellion by African slaves freed Haiti from colonialism
• Rebellion by African slaves contributed to the freedom of Haiti from colonialism.

If the electoral process is fair and the broader political system is reformed, the poor, despite their poverty, can make choices. But according to a certain study, the poor could only make good choices based on a flawed system. For our political problems, the voting poor who are much used and abused are not to be blamed.
The passage implies that if there is nothing wrong with our electoral and political system, then the poor will

• get rich
• remain poor
• have options
• be powerful