TPO39 TASK1
Both reading and lecture are about possible contributing factors to 200 million years ago mass-extinction allowing dinosaurs turns to dominant species at the end of the Triassic period. However, the lecture finds all the idea implausible and present some evidence to refute them.
First, the author argues that decrease sea level has a negative impact on the species that resided in coastal and shallow ocean space by destroying them and make a disturbance in the food chain globally. On the contrary, the professor highlighted the fact that habitats of coastal areas had adaption strategies in order to offset the fluctuation level of water which happened gradually. Indeed, the annihilation of these species could be considered as sudden phenomenon rather than a gradual declination that takes millions of years.
Secondly, the reading holds the view that there is a reverse correlation between the concentration of sulfur dioxide in the atmosphere which releases from volcanic activity and the temperature of the earth leading to the annihilation of species. In contrast, the lectures dismiss the point of view to the fact that dwindle in atmospheric temperature due to So2 occurs in a relatively short time. However, volcanic activity and sulfur dioxide still present in the atmosphere. Moreover, the excessive amount of SO2 remove from the atmosphere by making a combination of water and fall back as rain.
Finally, the passage asserts that asteroids collided with earth releasing huge amounts of soil and crushed rock onto the atmosphere. These asteroidal remnants prohibit sunlight from reaching the earth for long period and gave rise to the devastation of plants and animals consequently. Conversely, the speaker brings up the fact that there is no site were located that could attribute to this collision. In addition, the founded location of other asteroids has been dated 12 million years before the mass extinction.
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- Do you agree or disagree with the following statement The best way to truly relax and reduce stress is to spend time alone Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer 70
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- Do you agree or disagree with the following statement In the past it was easier to identify what type of career or job would lead to a secure successful future Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer 73
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No. of Words: 305 250
Write the essay in 20 minutes.
Attribute Value Ideal
Final score: 24 in 30
Category: Good Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 0 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 0 2
No. of Sentences: 13 12
No. of Words: 305 250
No. of Characters: 1598 1200
No. of Different Words: 184 150
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 4.179 4.2
Average Word Length: 5.239 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.79 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 122 80
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 103 60
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 67 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 38 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 23.462 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 7.239 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.846 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.322 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.322 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.078 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 1 4