Question #1967

Question 7

Started by amajerus · started 2022-10-25 01:38 · last activity 2022-11-01 22:07 · 2 replies

Could someone walk me through why B is correct? I thought that B was wrong because the climate change was not mentioned in the last paragraph, so I thought that although the theory in the last paragraph is part of the larger theory in the third and fourth paragraphs, the answer would only be about the aspect presented in the fourth. So I was looking for something that called into question the causal relationship between diapir eruptions and sea level changes, as well as sea level changes and extinction. Should I have assumed that by "theory in the last paragraph" they meant the theory as a whole? If so, how would I know to look outside of the paragraph mentioned?

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  1. Emil-Kunkin · 2022-10-26 02:50

    Hi, I think this hinges on how one defines climate change. While I generally would be unsure of whether to put sea level changes under the umbrella of climate change, this passage clearly does. In the first paragraph, the author tells us that the drop in sea levels caused the change in climate that impacted the dinosaurs. So, while the final paragraph does not use the words climate change, it does reference that concept, since is talks about sea level changes.

  2. amajerus · 2022-11-01 22:07

    That makes sense, thank you!

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