Answer Choices
Lines 1-3 (“About 750 . . . Ice Age”)
Lines 26-28 (“Such a . . . the cooling”)
Lines 49-54 (“The volume . . . the Holocene”)
Lines 61-64 (“It’s not . . . climate impacts”)
Explanation for Question 47 From the Reading Section on the Official Sat Practice Test 4
Question 47 says which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the 2 previous question. So the previous question being 46 says, 3 where does the author indicate the medieval volcanic eruption was most probably located and 4 the correct answer determined in an earlier video, 5 his answer choice, a near the equator in Indonesia. 6 So let's look at the lines of evidence given to us in question 47 7 and see which one implies both the equatorial element and the Indonesian element 8 of this anti-choice. So if you look at answer choice a lines one through 9 three, it says about 750 years ago, 10 a powerful volcano erupted somewhere on earth, 11 kicking off centuries long, kicking off a centuries long cold snap, 12 no announce a little ice age. So this answer choice gives us pretty much 13 no information. It just says somewhere on earth. 14 So neither specifications of editorial or Indonesian. 15 So answer choice a would be incorrect for that reason. 16 So then if we look at answer choice B lines, 17 26 through 28, it says such as sudden onset point to do a huge 18 volcano, volcanic eruption injecting sulfur into the stratosphere and starting the cooling. 19 So this also gives no specifications about location of this 20 volcanic eruption, just that it happened and kind of how it went about causing 21 the little ICIJ. But again, no specifications as to location. 22 So answer choice B would be incorrect for that reason. 23 And then if we look at answer choice C lines, 24 49...