agnostids behaviors
The passage presents possible theories of how agnostids-a type of marine animal that have been extinct since 450 million years ago-behavioral atributes of living. The lecturer disregards all of these theories and believes none of them are plausible. Her further demonstrations are as follows.
Firstly, the free-swimming predator populations of primitive arthropods have been proven to possess large and highly developed eyes which were used as the means to track prey. In contrast, there is evidence that agnostids had small poorly developed eyes. Besides, some of them were even blind. Additionally, there is no evidence in the fossils suggestive of other types of sensory tools present in agnostides. Without the required characteristics of a proficient predator, the hypothesis of this behavior in agnostids is not very convincing.
Secondly, the seafloor dweller populations usually consist of animals which cannot move fast and long, and therefore, are only present in a localized area in which they originated. The agnostids, however, had the ability to swim rapidly and for long distances, as there is fossil evidence of their presence in numerous areas. Hence, the theory of agnostids being seafloor dwellers is not very likely.
Finally, parasites often have to live in small populations, otherwise they can overrun and kill their host animal. On the contrary, agnostids remains in fossils demonstrates a great number of animals. This massive community is highly unlikely in parasites, and thus, the extensive population of agnostids refutes the argument that they could have been parasites.
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Essay evaluations by e-grader
Transition Words or Phrases used:
besides, but, finally, first, firstly, hence, however, second, secondly, so, therefore, thus, well, in contrast, on the contrary
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 15.0 10.4613686534 143% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 3.0 5.04856512141 59% => OK
Conjunction : 7.0 7.30242825607 96% => OK
Relative clauses : 6.0 12.0772626932 50% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 14.0 22.412803532 62% => OK
Preposition: 33.0 30.3222958057 109% => OK
Nominalization: 6.0 5.01324503311 120% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1365.0 1373.03311258 99% => OK
No of words: 246.0 270.72406181 91% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.5487804878 5.08290768461 109% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.96035189615 4.04702891845 98% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.95872692904 2.5805825403 115% => OK
Unique words: 155.0 145.348785872 107% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.630081300813 0.540411800872 117% => OK
syllable_count: 437.4 419.366225166 104% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.8 1.55342163355 116% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 2.0 3.25607064018 61% => OK
Article: 8.0 8.23620309051 97% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.51434878587 132% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 2.5761589404 116% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 14.0 13.0662251656 107% => OK
Sentence length: 17.0 21.2450331126 80% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 45.7105467221 49.2860985944 93% => OK
Chars per sentence: 97.5 110.228320801 88% => OK
Words per sentence: 17.5714285714 21.698381199 81% => OK
Discourse Markers: 9.14285714286 7.06452816374 129% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 4.19205298013 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 3.0 4.33554083885 69% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 4.45695364238 157% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 4.27373068433 94% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.24085658117 0.272083759551 89% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0783087162441 0.0996497079465 79% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.102022762602 0.0662205650399 154% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.135762348601 0.162205337803 84% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0515510135933 0.0443174109184 116% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.5 13.3589403974 101% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 37.3 53.8541721854 69% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.3 11.0289183223 112% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.61 12.2367328918 119% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.81 8.42419426049 116% => OK
difficult_words: 83.0 63.6247240618 130% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 7.0 10.7273730684 65% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.8 10.498013245 84% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.2008830022 80% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 90.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 27.0 Out of 30
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.
Transition Words or Phrases used:
besides, but, finally, first, firstly, hence, however, second, secondly, so, therefore, thus, well, in contrast, on the contrary
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 15.0 10.4613686534 143% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 3.0 5.04856512141 59% => OK
Conjunction : 7.0 7.30242825607 96% => OK
Relative clauses : 6.0 12.0772626932 50% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 14.0 22.412803532 62% => OK
Preposition: 33.0 30.3222958057 109% => OK
Nominalization: 6.0 5.01324503311 120% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1365.0 1373.03311258 99% => OK
No of words: 246.0 270.72406181 91% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.5487804878 5.08290768461 109% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.96035189615 4.04702891845 98% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.95872692904 2.5805825403 115% => OK
Unique words: 155.0 145.348785872 107% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.630081300813 0.540411800872 117% => OK
syllable_count: 437.4 419.366225166 104% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.8 1.55342163355 116% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 2.0 3.25607064018 61% => OK
Article: 8.0 8.23620309051 97% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.51434878587 132% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 2.5761589404 116% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 14.0 13.0662251656 107% => OK
Sentence length: 17.0 21.2450331126 80% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 45.7105467221 49.2860985944 93% => OK
Chars per sentence: 97.5 110.228320801 88% => OK
Words per sentence: 17.5714285714 21.698381199 81% => OK
Discourse Markers: 9.14285714286 7.06452816374 129% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 4.19205298013 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 3.0 4.33554083885 69% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 4.45695364238 157% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 4.27373068433 94% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.24085658117 0.272083759551 89% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0783087162441 0.0996497079465 79% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.102022762602 0.0662205650399 154% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.135762348601 0.162205337803 84% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0515510135933 0.0443174109184 116% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.5 13.3589403974 101% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 37.3 53.8541721854 69% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.3 11.0289183223 112% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.61 12.2367328918 119% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.81 8.42419426049 116% => OK
difficult_words: 83.0 63.6247240618 130% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 7.0 10.7273730684 65% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.8 10.498013245 84% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.2008830022 80% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 90.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 27.0 Out of 30
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.