Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

Research conducted by planetary scientist Katarina

Miljkovic suggests that the Moon’s surface may not accurately _______ early impact events. When the Moon was still forming, its surface was softer, and asteroid or meteoroid impacts would have left less of an impression; thus, evidence of early impacts may no longer be present.

Handedness, a preferential use of either the right or left hand, typically is easy to observe in humans. Because this trait is present but less _______ in many other animals, animal-behavior researchers often employ tasks specially designed to reveal individual animals' preferences for a certain hand or paw. Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

It is by no means _______ to recognize the influence of Dutch painter Hieronymus Bosch on Ali Banisadr's paintings; indeed, Banisadr himself cites Bosch as an inspiration. However, some scholars have suggested that the ancient Mesopotamian poem Epic of Gilgamesh may have had a far greater impact on Banisadr's work. Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

In 2019, researcher Patricia Jurado Gonzalez and food historian Nawal Nasrallah prepared a stew from a 4,000-year-old recipe found on a Mesopotamian clay tablet. When they tasted the dish, known as pottage (un-'wedding'), they found that it had a mild taste and inspired a sense of calm. The researchers, knowing that dishes were sometimes named after their intended effects, theorized that the dish's name, 'unwedding,' referred to its function: to help ancient diners relax. Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?

While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes: - Chemical leavening agents cause carbon dioxide to be released in a liquid batter, making the batter rise as it bakes. - Baking soda and baking powder are chemical leavening agents. - Baking soda is pure sodium bicarbonate. - To produce carbon dioxide, baking soda needs to be mixed with liquid and an acidic ingredient such as honey. - Baking powder is a mixture of sodium bicarbonate and an acid. - To produce carbon dioxide, baking powder needs to be mixed with liquid but not with an acidic ingredient. The student wants to emphasize a difference between baking soda and baking powder. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes: - Soo Sunny Park is a Korean American artist who uses light as her primary medium of expression. - She created her work Unwoven Light in 2013. - Unwoven Light featured a chain-link fence fitted with iridescent plexiglass tiles. - When light passed through the fence, colorful prisms formed. The student wants to describe Unwoven Light to an audience unfamiliar with Soo Sunny Park. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes: - Cambodia's Angkor Wat was built in the 1100s to honor the Hindu god Vishnu. - It has been a Buddhist temple since the sixteenth century. - Decorrelation stretch analysis is a novel digital imaging technique that enhances the contrast between colors in a photograph. - Archaeologist Noel Hidalgo Tan applied decorrelation stretch analysis to photographs he had taken of Angkor Wat's plaster walls. - Tan's analysis revealed hundreds of images unknown to researchers. The student wants to present Tan's research to an audience unfamiliar with Angkor Wat. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

The fashion resale market, in which consumers purchase secondhand clothing from stores and online sellers, generated nearly $30 billion globally in 2019. Expecting to see continued growth, some analysts ______ that revenues will more than double by 2028. Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

Artificially delivering biomolecules to plant cells is an important component of protecting plants from pathogens, but it is difficult to transmit biomolecules through the layers of the plant cell wall. Markita del Carpio Landry and her colleagues have shown that it may be possible to ______ this problem by transmitting molecules through carbon nanotubes, which can cross cell walls. Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

Particle physicists like Ayana Holloway Arce and Aida El-Khadra spend much of their time ________. Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

Anthropologist Kristian J. Carlson and colleagues examined the fossilized clavicle and shoulder bones of a 3.6-million-year-old early hominin known as 'Little Foot.' They found that these bones were ________ those of modern apes that are frequent climbers, such as gorillas and chimpanzees, suggesting that Little Foot had adapted to life in the trees. Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

Rydra Wong, the protagonist of Samuel R. Delany's 1966 novel Babel-17, is a poet, an occupation which, in Delany's work, is not ________ nearly a dozen of the characters that populate his novels are poets or writers. Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

For a 2020 exhibition, photographer and neurobiologist Okunola Jeyifous ________ a series of new images based on a series of alphabet posters from the 1970s known as the 'Black ABCs,' which featured Black children from Chicago. Jeyifous photographed the now-adult models and layered the photos over magnified images of the models' cells, resulting in what he called 'micro and macro portraiture.' Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

In addition to being an accomplished psychologist himself, Francis Cecil Sumner was a _______ increasing the opportunity for Black students to study psychology, helping to found the psychology department at Howard University, a historically Black university, in 1930. Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

Whether the reign of a French monarch such as Hugh Capet or Henry I was historically consequential or relatively uneventful, its trajectory was shaped by questions of legitimacy and therefore cannot be understood without a corollary understanding of the factors that allowed the monarch to _______ his right to hold the throne. Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

During a 2021 launch, Rocket Lab's 'Electron' rocket experienced an unexpected failure: its second-stage booster shut down suddenly after ignition, instead of acknowledging the incident, Rocket Labs' CEO publicly downplayed what happened and apologized for the loss of the rocket's payload, which had consisted of two satellites. Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?

When soil becomes contaminated by toxic metals, it can be removed from the ground and disposed of in a landfill. __________ contaminated soil can be detoxified via phytoremediation: plants that can withstand high concentrations of metals absorb the pollutants and store them in their shoots, which are then cut off and safely disposed of, preserving the health of the plants. Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?

While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes: - The calendar used by most of the world (the Gregorian calendar) has 365 days. - Because 365 days can't be divided evenly by 7 (the number of days in a week), calendar dates fall on a different day of the week each year. - The Hanke-Henry permanent calendar, developed as an alternative to the Gregorian calendar, has 364 days. - Because 364 can be divided evenly by 7, calendar dates fall on the same day of the week each year, which supports more predictable scheduling. The student wants to explain an advantage of the Hanke-Henry calendar. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes: - The Haudenosaunee Confederacy is a nearly 1,000-year-old alliance of six Native nations in the northeastern US. - The members are bound by a centuries-old agreement known as the Great Law of Peace. - Historian Bruce Johansen is one of several scholars who believe that the principles of the Great Law of Peace influenced the US Constitution. - This theory is called the influence theory. - Johansen cites the fact that Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson both studied the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. The student wants to present the influence theory to an audience unfamiliar with the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes: - In 1999, astronomer Todd Henry studied the division in surface temperature between the Sun and nearby stars. - His team mapped all stars within 10 parsecs (approximately 200 trillion miles) of the Sun. - The surface temperature of the Sun is around 9,800°F, which classifies it as a G star. - 327 of the 357 stars in the study were classified as K or M stars, with surface temperatures under 8,900°F (cooler than the Sun). - 11 of the 357 stars in the study were classified as A or F stars, with surface temperatures greater than 10,300°F (hotter than the Sun).The student wants to emphasize how hot the Sun is relative to nearby stars. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes: - The Atlantic Monthly magazine was first published in 1857. - The magazine focused on politics, art, and literature. - In 2019, historian Cathryn Halverson published the book Faraway Women and the "Atlantic Monthly." - Its subject is female authors whose autobiographies appeared in the magazine in the early 1900s. - One of the authors discussed is Juanita Harrison. The student wants to introduce Cathryn Halverson's book to an audience already familiar with the Atlantic Monthly. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes: - The magnificent frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) is a species of seabird that feeds mainly on fish, tuna, squid, and other small sea animals. - It is unusual among seabirds in that it doesn't dive into the water for prey. - One way it acquires food is by using its hook-tipped bill to snatch prey from the surface of the water. - Another way it acquires food is by taking it from weaker birds by force. This behavior is known as kleptoparasitism. The student wants to emphasize a similarity between the two ways a magnificent frigatebird acquires food. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?