Environmental models – mathematical representations designed to simulate natural systems – are regularly used by litigants in legal disputes over environmental issues. Unfortunately, the (i)____________ scientific model is (ii)____________ in environmental tort litigation. Because of the adversarial nature of litigation, models are often used by one side to (iii)____________ empirical evidence presented by the other. And because modeling is a particularly technical field, the task of assessing a given model's relevance and reliability may exceed the abilities of judges and juries. A. evidentiary value of B. avoided C. adduce D. uncertainty inherent in E. predictive F. obfuscate G. increasing reliance on H. exacerbated I. replicate