LSAT 155 – Section 2 – Question 06

LSAT 155 - Section 2 - Question 06

November 2019

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PT155 S2 Q06
+LR
Main conclusion or main point +MC
Critique or Debate +CritDeb
Problem-Analysis +Prob
A
0%
147
B
89%
160
C
0%
140
D
1%
145
E
9%
150
133
141
148
 +Easier 145.934 +SubsectionMedium

Saturn’s moon Enceladus has a rocky core and an icy surface. Between these two layers, there must be a lake of liquid water. The Cassini space probe was used to measure the density of matter composing Enceladus. These measurements revealed something denser than ice between the core and surface of Enceladus, and that could only be liquid water.

Summarize Argument
The author concludes that there must be a lake of liquid water between Enceladus’s rocky core and icy surface. This is because a space probe discovered something denser than ice between the core and the surface, and that denser substance can only be liquid water.

Identify Conclusion
The conclusion is the assertion that there’s a lake of liquid water between Enceladus’s rocky core and icy surface: “Between these two layers, there must be a lake of liquid water.”

A
Saturn’s moon Enceladus has a rocky core and an icy surface.
This is context. The author’s conclusion concerns what must be in between those two layers.
B
There must be a lake of liquid water between the rocky core and the icy surface of Enceladus.
This is a restatement of the second sentence, which is the conclusion.
C
The Cassini space probe was used to measure the density of Enceladus.
This is part of the support. The author concludes that there must be a lake of liquid water based on what this probe found.
D
Density measurements reveal something denser than ice between the core and surface of Enceladus.
This is part of the support. The author concludes that there must be a lake of liquid water based on these measurements.
E
Anything denser than ice between the core and surface of Enceladus would have to be liquid water.
This is part of the support. Because the denser substance could only be water, the author concludes that a lake of liquid water must exist between the rocky core and icy surface.

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