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While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:
* In North America, woodlands have expanded into areas that were once grasslands.
* Thomas Rogers and F. Leland Russell of Wichita State University investigated whether woodland expansion is related to changes in climate.
* Rogers and Russell analyzed core samples from oak trees on a site that was not wooded in the past and indexed the age of the trees with historical climate data to see if tree populations and climate were correlated.
* Tree population growth was associated with dry intervals.
* Droughts may have played a role in woodland expansion.
The student wants to emphasize the aim of the research study. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?
Thomas Rogers and F. Leland Russell, researchers at Wichita State University, wanted to know if woodland expansion is related to changes in climate.
Thanks to the work done by Thomas Rogers and F. Leland Russell, we now know that droughts may have played a role in woodland expansion.
Wichita State University researchers have determined that tree population growth was associated with dry intervals.
Thomas Rogers and F. Leland Russell analyzed core samples from oak trees on a site that was not wooded in the past, indexing the age of the trees with historical climate data.
A firefly uses specialized muscles to draw oxygen into its lower abdomen through narrow tubes, triggering a chemical reaction whereby the oxygen combines with chemicals in the firefly's abdomen to produce a glow. _______ when the firefly stops drawing in oxygen, the reaction--and the glow--cease.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?
For instance,
By contrast,
Specifically,
In conclusion,
With her room-sized installation The Interstitium, Iranian American artist Laleh Mehran succeeded in creating a space that felt, as intended, both "familiar and distant." ________ with a video screen placed at the far end of the coal slag-encrusted room, her installation was reminiscent of a typical movie theater--albeit one found in a subterranean coal mine.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?
Next,
Nevertheless,
Indeed,
Instead,
While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:
* Pinnipeds, which include seals, sea lions, and walruses, live in and around water.
* Pinnipeds are descended not from sea animals but from four-legged, land-dwelling carnivores.
* Canadian paleobiological Natalia Rybczynski recently found a fossil with four legs, webbed toes, and the skull and teeth of a seal.
* Rybczynski refers to her rare find as a "transitional fossil."
* The fossil illustrates an early stage in the evolution of pinnipeds from their land-dwelling ancestors.
The student wants to emphasize the fossil's significance. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?
Canadian paleobiological Natalia Rybczynski's fossil has the skull and teeth of a seal, which, like sea lions and walruses, is a pinniped.
Pinnipeds are descended from four-legged, land-dwelling carnivores; a fossil that resembles both was recently found.
Having four legs but the skull and teeth of a seal, the rare fossil illustrates an early stage in the evolution of pinnipeds from their land-dwelling ancestors.
A "transitional fossil" was recently found by paleobiological Natalia Rybczynski.
With its cliched imagery of suburban lawns and power lines, John Ashbery's 2004 poem "ignorance of the Law Is No Excuse" may seem barren terrain for critical analysis. _________ cultural critic Lauren Berlant finds fertile ground in just its first two stanzas, devoting most of a book chapter to deciphering the "weight of the default space" Ashbery creates in this poem.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?
Likewise,
Nonetheless,
In turn,
That is,
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