Hypothesis 2 Β·"LHB" is just a part of an even longer period of bombardment
"LHB" is part of a continuous bombardment that lasted billions of years. "LHB" just happened to be last and hence obliterated evidence of earlier impacts.
Further Research Β·To decide between the different hypotheses
Passage Style
Critique or debate
Phenomenon-hypothesis
11.
The author implies that all βββββββββββ ββββββββββ ββ βββ βββ βββββ βββββ ββ βββββ βββ ββ βββ ββββββββββ
Question Type
Implied
This is an Inference question about what the author implies all theoretical approaches to the LHB would agree on. We are looking for something that, from the authorβs perspective, all three hypotheses discussed in P2 would agree on.
a
the approximate duration ββ βββ βββ
The three hypotheses do not agree about the approximate duration of the LHB. Hypothesis 1 is silent on the topic of duration, Hypothesis 2 claims that the LHB would have lasted billions of years, and according to Hypothesis 3, the duration was relatively brief.
b
the origin of βββ ββββββ ββββββββ ββ βββ βββ
Hypothesis 1 says that the origin of the debris was an asteroid or comet orbiting the Sun, Hypothesis 3 says that the debris came from a body specifically within the Earth-Moon system, and Hypothesis 2 denies that there was some sort of cataclysmic event that triggered the debris, instead citing a period of billions of years of continuing heavy bombardment throughout the inner solar system.
c
the idea that βββββββββ βββββββββ βββββββββββββ βββββ βββ βββ
All three hypotheses agree that the LHB eventually ended. The LHB is what caused the major craters, so since all of the hypotheses discussed by the author agree that the LHB ended, they would agree that cratering decreased significantly after the LHB.
d
the idea that βββ βββ βββββββββ βββ ββββ ββββ βββββββ ββ βββββ ββββ βββββββ βββββ βββ
We know that life could not have survived until after the LHB. The passage is silent on what happened with regards to life before the LHB. Thus, the passage does not suggest that the author believes that all three hypotheses agree with (D), because we just donβt know what the hypotheses say about this claim.
e
the approximate amount ββ ββββββ ββββββββ ββ βββ βββ
We canβt say that the author implies that all three hypotheses agree with this claim. The hypotheses donβt specifically talk about the amount of debris involved. We do know that Hypothesis 3 says that the debris from the LHB would have been swept up quickly, and Hypothesis 2 says that the LHB would have lasted billions of years, so at least these two hypotheses likely disagree on the amount of debris involved.
Difficulty
61% of people who answer get this correct
This is a difficult question.
It is similar in difficulty to other questions in this passage.
CURVE
Score of students with a 50% chance of getting this right
25%145
159
75%173
Analysis
Implied
Critique or debate
Phenomenon-hypothesis
Science
Answer Popularity
PopularityAvg. score
a
7%
160
b
11%
161
c
61%
167
d
14%
163
e
7%
162
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