Module I: Reading and Writing

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Text 1
With a shell that measured 1.7 meters, the extinct mollusk Parapuozsia seppenradensis is the largest ammonite in the fossil record. Ever since fossilized remains of this large ammonite were first discovered in 1895, scientists have been perplexed by its size. After examining 154 ammonite fossils including P. seppenradensis fossils from England and Parapuozsia leptophylla (a smaller ammonite species) fossils from Mexico, paleontologist Christina Ifrim, Nils Schorndorf, and colleagues concluded that P. seppenradensis may have evolved from P. leptophylla and gradually increased in size as larger ammonites were better able to escape being preyed on by mosasaurs.
Text 2
Christina Ifrim and her team have expanded our understanding of the evolutionary history of ammonites in general, but their study has some gaps that will require additional research to fill. For instance, there’s evidence that mosasaurs preyed on ammonites, but there’s no direct evidence that they interacted specifically with P. seppenradensis
Based on the texts, how would the author of Text 2 most likely characterize the study conducted by Ifrim, Schorndorf, and colleagues in Text 1?
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It is useful for the field as a whole, but a portion of it might be unfounded.
It is likely to become outdated quickly, but it features an impressive amount of data.
It is correct with regard to P. seppenradensis, but its claims about P. leptophylla are likely overstated.
It is relevant to the study of ammonites, but it overlooks the evolutionary history of mosasaurs.
Home Console and Computer Games of the 1980s
TitleApproximate number of units sold worldwideGenreDeveloper
Super Mario Land18,140,000platformerNintendo R&D1
Baseball3,200,000sportsNintendo R&D1
Tetris43,000,000puzzleNintendo R&D1
Kung Fu3,500,000actionNintendo R&D1
A student is writing a paper on the global rise of the home video game industry during the 1980s. The student is researching the relative popularity of various genres of console and computer games. Looking at the information in the table, the student finds that the games in the genres of ______
Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to complete the statement?
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puzzle and platformer outsold the games in the other genres.
puzzle and sports sold nearly the same number of units.
platformer and sports outsold the games in the other genres.
platformer and action sold nearly the same number of units.
Museums sometimes make parts of their collections available online. The New Orleans Museum of Art in New Orleans, Louisiana, and the National Gallery in Prague, Czechia, have both shared digital images of some of their artworks in online collections. Online collections make it much easier for people to experience art belonging to museums that aren’t located close to them.
Which quotation from a student best illustrates the underlined claim?
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“The New Orleans Museum of Art is far away from where I live, but I was able to look at some of its art online today.”
“I probably won’t visit the New Orleans Museum of Art because I don’t like art museums very much.”
“The last time I went to a museum, I spent the whole day looking at different things on display.”
“My family members enjoy going to museums when they travel.”
The Man in the Brown Suit is a 1924 novel by Agatha Christie. In the novel, the protagonist, Anne Beddingfeld, talks about how much her father disliked living in the present era, saying, ______
Which quotation from The Man in the Brown Suit most effectively illustrates the claim?
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"Papa looked pained."
"[Papa] returned late that evening, and, to my dismay, I saw his overcoat was missing."
"[Papa's] mind dwelt in Palaeolithic times, and the inconvenience of life for him was that his body inhabited the modern world."
"Although [Papa] was a fellow of almost every important society, and had rows of letters after his name, the general public scarcely knew of his existence."
Bird Species by Average Mass
Common nameAverage mass (kg)Capable of flight?
Kori bustard11.4Yes
Emperor penguin31.5No
Somali ostrich90.0No
Wandering albatross11.9Yes
Most bird species that are capable of flight weigh less than a kilogram (kg), which is not surprising considering the burden that extra body weight puts on a flying animal. But not all flying birds are so light, as we can see most clearly in the example of the ______
Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to complete the example?
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kori bustard, which has an average mass below 10 kg.
wandering albatross, which has an average mass of 11.9 kg.
Somali ostrich, which has an average mass of 90.0 kg.
Somali ostrich, which has a higher average mass than the emperor penguin.
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