At the end of Triassic period, a mass extinction occurred that killed half of living species. The article present some theories about what happened at that time; however, the professor do not consider these hypothesis as a good explanation for what had happened in that period.
First, the article writes that the sea level fluctuated at the Triassic period, causing destruction of coastal and shallow-ocean species which resulted in a change in worldwide food chain.The professor, however, declare that the fluctuation occured gradually, like millions of years, and just a sudden decrease can deminish coastal and shallow-ocean species, so this theory is not acceptable.
Second, we read in the passage that volcanoes released a massive amount of sulfur dioxide that cooled global climate and led to extiction of many animals, but the lecturer states that the released sulfur dioxide combined with water presented in the air, and fell down in form of rain, so it did not stay in the air for a long time to destroy many of the animals.
Third, the article says that a huge asteroid hit the earth and threw a lot of debris in atmosphere which blocked the sunlight for months, and many plnats died so resulted in declining the number of other animals. In contrast to that, the speaker indicate that no sign of asteroid is found that could prove this theory. Actually the oldest crater that is found is related to twelve million years after the extinction.
The main topic of both The reading and the lecture is about a massive extinction about 200 million years ago at the end of the Triassic period. The article states that sea level, changing in the climate temperature and asteroid strike may have caused this extinction and provides three reasons of support. However, the professor explains that there are probplems with the arguments and categorically refutes each of them, citing that they are not impractical but also problematic.
To begin with, the author argues that at the end of this perid, sea levels fell and species that lived on coasts were destroyed and affected the food chain all around the world. Conversely, this specific argument is challenged by the lecturer. Asserting that this fall was gradual and did not happen suddenly and spicies in coastal and shallow adapted to sea levels fluctuating.
Secondly, the writer suggests that massive climate cooling that caused by emition of sulfur dioxide by active volcanos destroyed many species. The lecturer, however, rebuts this by mentioning that when sulfur doxide releases in the atmosphere, in combines with it and generates rain. Moreover, SO2 doesn't stay long enough in atmosphere to causes lower tempererature.
Finally, the author posits that astroid attacks could have destroyed many animals. Moreover, it in the article it is states that this event could have blocked out the sun long enough for plants to die. On the contrary, the lecturer's opinion is that scientists didn't find a crater and asteroid stike happened twelve million years before the extinction.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
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...impractical but also problematic. To begin with, the author argues that at...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, conversely, finally, however, if, may, moreover, second, secondly, so, on the contrary, to begin with
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 8.0 10.4613686534 76% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 3.0 5.04856512141 59% => OK
Conjunction : 12.0 7.30242825607 164% => OK
Relative clauses : 13.0 12.0772626932 108% => OK
Pronoun: 23.0 22.412803532 103% => OK
Preposition: 32.0 30.3222958057 106% => OK
Nominalization: 5.0 5.01324503311 100% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1345.0 1373.03311258 98% => OK
No of words: 255.0 270.72406181 94% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.27450980392 5.08290768461 104% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.99608801488 4.04702891845 99% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.57863340743 2.5805825403 100% => OK
Unique words: 154.0 145.348785872 106% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.603921568627 0.540411800872 112% => OK
syllable_count: 402.3 419.366225166 96% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 2.0 3.25607064018 61% => OK
Article: 8.0 8.23620309051 97% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 2.5761589404 116% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 12.0 13.0662251656 92% => OK
Sentence length: 21.0 21.2450331126 99% => OK
Sentence length SD: 35.2005168838 49.2860985944 71% => OK
Chars per sentence: 112.083333333 110.228320801 102% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.25 21.698381199 98% => OK
Discourse Markers: 9.33333333333 7.06452816374 132% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 8.0 4.19205298013 191% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 1.0 4.33554083885 23% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 4.45695364238 157% => 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: 0.12852923162 0.272083759551 47% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0408071045611 0.0996497079465 41% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0497507565921 0.0662205650399 75% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0726104824935 0.162205337803 45% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0533240416019 0.0443174109184 120% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.0 13.3589403974 105% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 50.16 53.8541721854 93% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.5 11.0289183223 104% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.29 12.2367328918 109% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.94 8.42419426049 118% => OK
difficult_words: 85.0 63.6247240618 134% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 13.5 10.7273730684 126% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 10.498013245 99% => OK
text_standard: 14.0 11.2008830022 125% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 90.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 27.0 Out of 30
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.