Question

7. Increasing Extension and Decreasing Extension

Terms can be arranged in order of increasing extension or decreasing extension. In a sequence of terms with increasing extension, each term in the sequence denotes or refers to a larger set of objects. By contrast, in a sequence of terms with decreasing extension, each term in the sequence denotes or refers to a set with fewer members.

1. Arrange the following terms in order of decreasing extension.

book, textbook, philosophy book, logic book

2.Use the provided dropdown menus to arrange the following terms in order of increasing extension.

boat, vehicle, naval ship, boat

3.Arrange the following terms in order of decreasing extension.

college art teacher, college painting teacher, college teacher, teacher

4. Arrange the following terms in order of increasing extension.

science, biology, molecular biology, academic discipline

Answer 1

1 Logic book, Philosophy book, Text book, Book

Here the smaller ones are written first and it increase further

2 Vechicle, boat, boat, Naval ship

Here the biiger ones first and the smaller ones at the end

3 College painting teacher, college art teacher, college teacher, tecaher

Here the samller ones are written frist and then the bigger ones later

4 Academic discipline, science, biology, Molecular biology

here the bigger ones are written first and then the smaller ones later