Explanation for Question 44 From the Reading Section on the 2017 April Sat
Turning to question number 44 as presented in the passage. 2 The conclusion that lignin is present can best be described as what? 3 So we want to look back at the passage and generally just assess how 4 strong our support is for this idea and where that support is coming from. 5 So the finding is presented to 6 us in the first column of the passage. 7 Um, the passage describes how, 8 um, uh, university of British Columbia botanist, 9 and some highly specialized chemists have strong evidence for lignin and 10 route algae called C Cielo spool rides. 11 Um, so this is kind of what we're drawing on strong evidence for this 12 finding. Um, so it is actually a finding, 13 um, it's something that was actually discovered. It's not just simply theorized or conjecture, 14 um, but it was actually found even though they didn't set out to find 15 it, um, they did find, 16 um, the secondary cell walls that led them to 17 seek out these experts and understand that LinkedIn was present. 18 So answer choice a says theorize previously within larger scientific community. 19 Um, this is incorrect because theorized previously would suggest that this finding was expected. 20 Um, however, the passage mentioned several times that, 21 um, there's still a lot of uncertainty around this and it's, 22 it's unclear that this was actually going to happen. 23 It was kind of a surprise. So we wouldn't say that it was theorized 24 previously, um, answered twice, be founded on empirical evidence and thus persu...