[Video] Q52: Which scientific idea is suggested in both passages?

Explanation for Question 52 From the Reading Section on the 2021 March Sat

And looking at our final question on this 2021 March reading exam 2 question number 52, which scientific idea is suggested in both passages. 3 So now we're looking for a commonality between them. 4 Our correct answer is going to be answer choice. 5 A lower mass planets are more likely to be ejected from their stars than 6 Jupiter mass planets are. This statement is made at the very end of 7 our second passage. When they say lighter planets get tossed 8 out of their planetary systems, much easier than behemoths like Jupiter. 9 And it's also referenced in the first passage when they talk about how lower 10 mass planets like earth should be objected from their stars more often. 11 So this is clearly a commonality between the two passages, 12 um, looking at our other answer choices. However, 13 choice B says brown dwarfs do not possess enough mass for a certain source 14 of light, um, producing their own sources of light is really not the issue 15 here. 16 Um, sources of light pertains to how the measurement works. 17 Um, and brown works is not really a major focus, 18 either passage. It's really only mentioned at the end of the second passage and 19 answer twice, see free floating Jupiter, mass planets are nearly as common as planets. 20 That orbit stars. There's actually a lot of discrepancy between the passages about 21 how common these planets are. 22 So this is not a strong answer twice and answer twice day rogue planets 23 are easily confused with trooper mass field stars b...

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