TPO 24 :
Both the reading and the lecture are about the rex's leg bone examination. Recently scientists have examined these bone and think that materials that seem to be remains of blood vessels are been seen in the rex's leg bone. The author of the reading states that there are three reasons why they think that the fossils were replaced by minerals. However, the lecturer opposes all the reasons, which are mentioned by the author.
First and foremost, the professor points out that soft bones are usually colonized by bacteria which might have left traces residues on these bones. This is opposed by the reading, which claims that the breaking of the fossilized leg bone revealed many small branching channels inside,which corresponded to hollows in the bones.
Secondly, the lecturer mention that the spheres are found in other animals like primate that do not have blood vessels. Therefore, these identical spheres do not provide an evidence of the presence of red blood cells. Nevertheless, the article assert that the presence of spheres that could remain in red blood cells contain iron, which is a vital material of the red blood cells.
Finally, the reading passage suggests that researchers found collagen in the leg bone. consequently, collagen is a ferrous protein that is a main component of living bone tissue. On the other hand the professor refutes this point by saying that the collagen cannot last longer than 100,000 years. These fossils bones were 70 million years old, which means that it is impossible for the collagen to survive and be present for that long. In addition, the professor elaborates on that telling us that the collagen could have been fallen from the researchers skins.
- Do you agree or disagree with the following statement It is better to have broad knowledge of many academic subjects than to specialize in one specific subject Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer 76
- Some parents offer their school age children money for each high grade mark they get in school Do you think this is a good idea Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer 66
- Do you agree or disagree with the following statement It is more important to keep your old friends than it is to make new friends Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer 60
- tpo 61 Summarize the points made in the lecture being sure to explain how they cast doubt on the specific theories mentioned in the reading 43
- tpo 19 Summarise the points made in the lecture being sure to explain how they case doubt on specific points made in the reading passage 70
Attribute Value Ideal
Final score: 24 in 30
Category: Good Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 0 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 0 2
No. of Sentences: 13 12
No. of Words: 283 250
No. of Characters: 1389 1200
No. of Different Words: 148 150
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 4.102 4.2
Average Word Length: 4.908 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.337 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 95 80
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 80 60
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 44 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 20 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 21.769 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 5.265 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.615 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.363 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.618 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.139 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 4 4