Question

read these sentences. if overfishing continues, there will be no more fish in the ocean for people to eat. if there are no more fish in the ocean, there will be a terrible food crisis around the world. it wont be long before all of the grocery shelves are empty. which logical fallacy do these sentences demonstrate? genetic fallacy cherry picking slippery slope false cause

Explanation:

The statement assumes that if overfishing continues, it will lead in a direct - and perhaps exaggerated - chain of events to an empty ocean and a food crisis. This is characteristic of a slippery slope fallacy, which claims that a relatively small first step leads to a chain of related events culminating in some significant (usually negative) effect.

Answer:

B. slippery slope