The article states that scientists do not know what exactly caused the elimination of many specied in a short period of time at the end of Triassic period and provides three possible explanations. However, the professor explains that even though these theories may seem plausible but they are not good enough to explain mass extinction and refutes each of the author's reasons.
First, the reading claims that decline in sea levels destroyed the ocean population that lived in the shallow-ocean and land species that lived on the coast. The professor opposes this point by saying that scientists agree that sea levels had fluctuated in the end of the Triassic period and often its levels went down but it is not a good explanation for mass extinction. These creatures had the ability to adopt to environmental change that happened gradually. She states that the changes in sea levels was gradual and it had taken several million years to occur. She set forth the fact that in order to extinct those species, the change in sea levels should be really sudden.
Second, the author posits that climate cooling which was the result of volcanic activity that released sulfur dioxide in the atmosphere was another theory to explain mass extinction. Nevertheless, the professor contends that existence of sulfur dioxcide in the atmosphere can lower the temperature. But it happens in a short period of time when sulfur dioxide is still exists in the atmosphere. According to the professor, in few years all the sulfur dioxcide would be cleared out. She explaines that this element would combine with water that exists in the atmosphere and comes down with the rain. Thus, it is not a good explanation.
Third, the article avers that striking an astroid caused the sunlight blocked and it caused the plants to die and as a result the anumal species to starve and die. The professor refutes this point by stating that few scientists believe that hitting an astroid caused the mass extinction because there is no evidence of astroid's creter the date that mass extinction occured. Based on the lecture, the scientists found evidence of an astroid that striked to Earth about twelve years before that time which was too long before the mass extiction to do anything with it.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 2, column 111, Rule ID: PERIOD_OF_TIME[1]
Message: Use simply 'period'.
Suggestion: period
... elimination of many specied in a short period of time at the end of Triassic period and prov...
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Line 2, column 139, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
... in a short period of time at the end of Triassic period and provides three possi...
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Line 4, column 409, Rule ID: ADOPT_TO[1]
Message: Did you mean 'adapt to'?
Suggestion: adapt to
...ion. These creatures had the ability to adopt to environmental change that happened grad...
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Line 6, column 326, Rule ID: PERIOD_OF_TIME[1]
Message: Use simply 'period'.
Suggestion: period
... temperature. But it happens in a short period of time when sulfur dioxide is still exists in ...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, however, may, nevertheless, really, second, so, still, third, thus, as to, as a result
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 11.0 10.4613686534 105% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 5.0 5.04856512141 99% => OK
Conjunction : 12.0 7.30242825607 164% => OK
Relative clauses : 24.0 12.0772626932 199% => OK
Pronoun: 38.0 22.412803532 170% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 48.0 30.3222958057 158% => OK
Nominalization: 14.0 5.01324503311 279% => Less nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1892.0 1373.03311258 138% => OK
No of words: 380.0 270.72406181 140% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.97894736842 5.08290768461 98% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.41515443553 4.04702891845 109% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.54057925212 2.5805825403 98% => OK
Unique words: 190.0 145.348785872 131% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.5 0.540411800872 93% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 565.2 419.366225166 135% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 3.25607064018 154% => OK
Article: 10.0 8.23620309051 121% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 1.0 1.51434878587 66% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 2.5761589404 78% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 16.0 13.0662251656 122% => OK
Sentence length: 23.0 21.2450331126 108% => OK
Sentence length SD: 51.4103816729 49.2860985944 104% => OK
Chars per sentence: 118.25 110.228320801 107% => OK
Words per sentence: 23.75 21.698381199 109% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.125 7.06452816374 87% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 4.0 4.19205298013 95% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 2.0 4.33554083885 46% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 4.45695364238 157% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 7.0 4.27373068433 164% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.0 0.272083759551 0% => The similarity between the topic and the content is low.
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0 0.0996497079465 0% => Sentence topic similarity is low.
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0 0.0662205650399 0% => Sentences are similar to each other.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0 0.162205337803 0% => Maybe some paragraphs are off the topic.
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: 13.9 13.3589403974 104% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 56.59 53.8541721854 105% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.1 11.0289183223 101% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.9 12.2367328918 97% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.39 8.42419426049 100% => OK
difficult_words: 87.0 63.6247240618 137% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 13.5 10.7273730684 126% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.2 10.498013245 107% => OK
text_standard: 14.0 11.2008830022 125% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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It is not exactly right on the topic in the view of e-grader. Maybe there is a wrong essay topic.
Rates: 3.33333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 1.0 Out of 30
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