Summarize the points made in the lecture, being sure to explain how they oppose specific points made in the reading passage.Earth will eventually run out of resources, and it is about time that we thought of another planet to live in. In response to such concern, Mars has been selected as a suitable candidate. The good news is that astronomers and scientists have also succeeded in finding some ideal characteristics for Mars to be humanity’s next habitat.To start, there is a high possibility that Mars contains liquid water, which is an essential resource for all living things. To detect the presence of water, Mars Express Mission used radar to send electromagnetic waves and analyzed the soil inside the south and the north pole of Mars that are filled with large ice caps. Shortly afterward, the radar sent back a different colored wave. Since different colored waves mean different elements, scientists believe that it could be a sign of liquid water.Secondly, life on Earth may be able to endure the Martian atmosphere. To be specific, scientists asserted that life is possible on Mars after discovering microbes living in the harshest environment on Earth. Microbes make a living in the valleys of Antarctica, which has a similar environment to the extremely cold and dry surface of Mars. Antarctica also receives high ultraviolet radiation, another similarity to the Martian atmosphere, which lacks a sufficient protective magnetic field. With these being considered, it may seem possible for human beings to survive the Martian conditions in the near future.Lastly, Curiosity rover (NASA's Mars Exploration Program) has detected traces of methane gas in the Martian atmosphere. It was a sensation when Curiosity found 0.4 parts per billion level of methane in 2012 and discovered that the amount increased up to 7 parts per billion in 2014. This strongly supported the fact that there are methane emissions on Mars. As a result, considering that methane is a valuable resource for people to survive, such a discovery has sustained the claim that Mars will become the next home for humanity.Write your response here
The passage and the lecture are both about possibility to live on mars. While, the reading discuss three points that why Mars could be next habitat for humanity. The lecturer refutes all the claims made in the reading by providing several; reasons.Firstly, according to the reading possibility of water is high on mars, it further provided some information about several missions done on land of mars which gave support to the statement that mars have water on it. However, the lecturer disputes this point. He states that such analysis do not prove the existence of water. Furthermore, he mentions that the temperature of earth is warm which keep water in its liquid form, whereas, the temperature at mars is extreme cold and water can no be present in its liquid form there.secondly, the reading states that scientist has discovered that many microbes live inside very harsh conditions on earth which are similar in many ways like in receiving ultra violet rays, other martian atmosphere. Therefore, reading claims that it is possible for humans to survive on mars. Nevertheless, the lecturer refutes this argument. He argues that human body is too weak and vulnerable. Therefore, if it is exposed in harsh climate conditions it won't be able to tolerate that kind of environment.Finally, the reading claims that one program of NASA has discovered presence of methane in mars atmosphere. Furthermore, it claims that because methane i a valuable resource for humans therefore, it will be easy to survive their. On the other hand, the lecturer believes that this data is not reliable and could be present due to some malfunction. He further added that a complete survey of mars has been done and on its whole survey no trace of methane was found.In conclusion, although the reading is claiming that mars could be inhibited by humans in future, the lecturer effectively challenged the passage.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
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Message: Add a space between sentences
Suggestion: Firstly
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Message: Did you mean 'now' (=at this moment) instead of 'no' (negation)?
Suggestion: now
...e at mars is extreme cold and water can no be present in its liquid form there.sec...
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Message: Add a space between sentences
Suggestion: Finally
...le to tolerate that kind of environment.Finally, the reading claims that one program of...
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Message: Did you mean 'am' (first person of "to be")?
Suggestion: am
...rmore, it claims that because methane i a valuable resource for humans therefore,...
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Suggestion: In
...le survey no trace of methane was found.In conclusion, although the reading is cla...
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Message: Did you mean: 'in the future'?
Suggestion: in the future
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
finally, first, firstly, furthermore, however, if, nevertheless, second, secondly, so, therefore, whereas, while, in conclusion, kind of, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 18.0 10.4613686534 172% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 5.0 5.04856512141 99% => OK
Conjunction : 5.0 7.30242825607 68% => OK
Relative clauses : 17.0 12.0772626932 141% => OK
Pronoun: 33.0 22.412803532 147% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 40.0 30.3222958057 132% => OK
Nominalization: 7.0 5.01324503311 140% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1579.0 1373.03311258 115% => OK
No of words: 313.0 270.72406181 116% => OK
Chars per words: 5.0447284345 5.08290768461 99% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.20616286096 4.04702891845 104% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.88178913738 2.5805825403 112% => OK
Unique words: 162.0 145.348785872 111% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.517571884984 0.540411800872 96% => OK
syllable_count: 502.2 419.366225166 120% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 7.0 3.25607064018 215% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 10.0 8.23620309051 121% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 1.25165562914 160% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 2.5761589404 116% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 13.0 13.0662251656 99% => OK
Sentence length: 24.0 21.2450331126 113% => OK
Sentence length SD: 113.082417449 49.2860985944 229% => The lengths of sentences changed so frequently.
Chars per sentence: 121.461538462 110.228320801 110% => OK
Words per sentence: 24.0769230769 21.698381199 111% => OK
Discourse Markers: 11.9230769231 7.06452816374 169% => OK
Paragraphs: 1.0 4.09492273731 24% => More paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 6.0 4.19205298013 143% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 3.0 4.33554083885 69% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 4.45695364238 135% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 4.27373068433 94% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.160816664162 0.272083759551 59% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0652611834676 0.0996497079465 65% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0428224953891 0.0662205650399 65% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.160816664162 0.162205337803 99% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0 0.0443174109184 0% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.3 13.3589403974 107% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 47.12 53.8541721854 87% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.7 11.0289183223 115% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.25 12.2367328918 100% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.56 8.42419426049 102% => OK
difficult_words: 74.0 63.6247240618 116% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.5 10.7273730684 79% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.6 10.498013245 110% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.2008830022 80% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Minimum four paragraphs wanted. The correct pattern:
para 1: introduction
para 2: doubt 1
para 3: doubt 2
para 4: doubt 3
Less contents wanted from the reading passages(25%), more content wanted from the lecture (75%).
Don't need a conclusion paragraph.
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Rates: 80.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 24.0 Out of 30
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