PT138.S3.Q17

PrepTest 138 - Section 3 - Question 17

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The conventional view is that asteroids strike the earth at random locations, thereby randomly affecting various aspects of the earth's evolution. ███ ████████████ ████████████ ██████ ███████ ████ █████████ ████ ██████ ███ █████ ███████ █ ██████ █████████ ███████ ████████ █████ ██ ████████ ██ ███ ███████ ███████ ██ ██████ ███████ ████ ████ █ █████████ █████ ██████ ███ ████████ ███████████ █████ ██ █ █████████ ████ █████ ███████ ████████ ██ ███ ███ ██ ███ ██████████ ███████ ████████ ██ █ ████ ██████████ ██ ████ ████ ███ █████ █████

Summarize Argument

The geophysicist concludes that asteroids strike the earth in a highly organized way, not randomly. She supports this by pointing to a unique pattern of impact craters that form a halo across the Northern Hemisphere.

Notable Assumptions

The geophysicist assumes that the unique pattern of impact craters could not have been caused by asteroids striking earth at random locations and are instead evidence of a highly organized natural process.

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17.

Which one of the following, ██ █████ █████ ████ ████ ██ ███████ ███ ████████████ ██████████████ ██████

a

Several asteroid strikes ██████ █ █████ ██████ █████ ███████ ████ ████████ ████████ ████ █████ ███ ██████ ███ ███████████ ██████ ████ ██████ █████████ ███ ████ ███████ █████ █████ ████ ████████████

b

If asteroids repeatedly ██████ ███ ████ ██████ ███ ███████ ███ ██████ ███ ████ ██ ██████ ████ ██████ ███ ██████ █████ █████ ██████ ███ ██████ ██ █████ ██████████ █████ ██████ ███ ███████ ████████

c

The impact craters ████ ████ █ █████████ █████ ██████ ███ ████████ ██████████ ████ ███ ██████ ██ █ ██████ ███████ ██ ███████ ████████ ███ ██████

d

Lumpy masses within ███ █████ █████ █████████████ ████████████ ████ ███████████ █████████ ████ █████ ████ ████ ████████ ██████ ██████ ███████

e

No similar pattern ██ ██████ ███████ ███ ███████ ██████ ███ █████ ██████ ██ ███ ███████ ████████

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