Explanation for Question 48 From the Reading Section on the 2019 March Sat
Question number 48 reads the author implies that any water currently 2 present on the moon. 3 What, um, so we want to know what form any water currently present on 4 the moon would most likely exist in or where it came from. 5 So this is, this is a bit of a conjecture from the author's argument. 6 So the author explains the study of water on the moon over time, 7 as well as some of the leading, um, 8 explanations and ways of thinking about this issue. 9 Um, and then towards the end of the passage turns towards likely conclusions. 10 So we'll want to look at that final paragraph of the passage for our 11 answer. So the vinyl paragraph tells us, 12 um, a great deal of water must still be locked somewhere inside the moon's 13 pros and interior. And since the moon formed primarily by the wholesale excavation 14 of Earth's mantle during a collision with another massive objects, 15 our planet's deep interior likely holds prestigious amounts of unseen 16 water as well. 17 So that's the authors overall conclusion after assessing all 18 of this research over time, looking at our answer choices. 19 So choice a had its primary source on earth. 20 This is definitely a potential option given that the author 21 speaks to how a great deal of water must still be locked inside the 22 moon's frozen interior, as well as the Earth's deep interior. 23 Um, especially since this detail, 24 the moon formed primarily by the excavation of Earth's mantle. 25 So because of the connection between the ear...