Lucas M. answered • 07/23/19
*REDUCED RATE DUE TO COVID-19* 99th Pct. SAT/ACT Tutor / Homework Help
Answer Choice D is the correct answer because both Passages make the point that the Younger Dryas impact hypothesis is “controversial in the scientific community.” In Passage 1, for example, Lines 13-14 say, “Not all will be convinced. Several leading hypothesis already explain each of these three events,” while Passage 2 says in Lines 42-43 that the claims of the Younger Dryas impact hypothesis “were sharply contested by some specialists in the relevant fields [...].” Answer Choice A is incorrect because only Passage 2 makes the case that the hypothesis is founded on reliable evidence, while Passage 1 explores new evidence it presents as convincing (lines 23-34). Answer Choice B is incorrect because Passage 1 presents the hypothesis as convincing and Passage 2 doesn’t make the sympathetic case that the hypothesis is interesting but just difficult to conclusively evaluate. Answer Choice C is incorrect because only Passage 2 makes the case that the impact hypothesis is more appealing to the public than to specialists, a point that Passage 1 doesn’t address.
