Prep test 31 section 3 - Necessary assumption - Asteroids and extinction of dinosaurs
The answers to this question are as follows:
A) any collision of an asteroid with the Earth would have occurred on a land area rather than an ocean
B) dinosaurs in the neighborhood of an asteroid impact but not within the zone of direct impact would have survived such an impact
C) any event that takes place over a long period of time has many different causes
D) dust from the impact of an asteroid on the Earth would not have had any cooling effect on the climate
E) no more than one large asteroid struck the Earth during the period when the dinosaurs were becoming extinct
Why in AC "D" do we not get to make the assumption that the cooling effect on the climate could lead to the extinction of dinosaurs, but in AC "E" (the correct answer) we are supposed to make the assumption that more asteroid impacts could lead to the requisite amount of dust, rendering the dinosaurs extinct?
Any help on this would be great. Thanks.
Im in the same boat. LR and LG have clicked but RC is beast. I feel like it cannot be done. Im undecided on whether i should do kind of okay on 4 passages (skipping lots of questions) or slamdunking 3 (but probably still getting 1 or 2 wrong).