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The current theory about earthquakes holds that they are caused by adjoining plates of rock sliding past each other; the plates are pressed together until powerful forces overcome the resistance. ██ █████████ ██ ████ ███ ██████ ██ █████ ███ █████ ███████ ██████████ ██ ████ ███████ ███ ██████████ ██ ████ ██████████ ██████ ██████ ████████ ███████ ██ █████ ███ ██ ███ ██ █████████ ██ ███████████ █████████ ██ ███████ ████ ████ ████████ █████████ ████████████
Summarize Argument: Phenomenon-Hypothesis
The current theory about earthquakes contains an unsolved mystery. What’s the mystery? The theory predicts that earthquakes should generate a lot of heat, but no earthquake-related temperature increases have been observed.
Identify Conclusion
The author’s conclusion is that the current theory leaves at least one aspect of earthquakes mysterious, in that the theory’s predictions don’t match the data: “at least one thing remains mysterious on this theory.”
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