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Recent observations suggest that small, earthlike worlds form a very low percentage of the planets orbiting stars in the galaxy
Recent observations suggest that small, earthlike worlds form a very low percentage of the planets orbiting stars in the galaxy
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2022-10-18
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问题
Recent observations suggest that small, earthlike worlds form a very low percentage of the planets orbiting stars in the galaxy other than the sun. Of over two hundred planets that astronomers have detected around other stars, almost all are hundreds of times larger and heavier than the earth and orbit stars much smaller than the sun.
Which of the following, if true, would most weaken the above justification of the claim that earthlike worlds form a low percentage of the total number of planets?
选项
A、There are millions of planets orbiting stars around which astronomers have not attempted to detect planets.
B、The best current astronomical theories predict that almost all planets around other stars are probably hundreds of times larger than the earth.
C、A planet orbiting a star similar to the sun would be more likely to be earthlike in size than would a planet orbiting a much smaller star.
D、The smaller a planet is relative to the star it orbits, the more difficult it is for astronomers to detect.
E、The observations would have detected any small, earthlike worlds orbiting the stars around which larger planets have been detected.
答案
D
解析
This question asks you to identify a claim that would, if true, weaken the justification for the conclusion that only a small percentage of the total number of planets in our galaxy are formed by earthlike worlds.
The only justification given for this conclusion is that, of the over 200planets that astronomers have detected around other stars, almost all are hundreds of times larger and heavier than the earth and orbit stars much smaller than the sun.
Any evidence suggesting that the planets the astronomers have detected may be unrepresentative of planets in general would weaken the justification this claim gives to the conclusion.
A This may look like it weakens the justification. After all, if the total number of planets were significantly smaller than millions, then the sample size of over 200 planets would allow us to make the inference with more confidence. Nevertheless, particularly when accounting for the vagueness of the conclusion, the size of the sample is large enough to give us a reasonable degree of certainty. More importantly, though, note that the conclusion is restricted to planets orbiting stars in our galaxy. There is nothing in this answer choice to suggest that the planets it refers to are actually in our galaxy.
B This choice strengthens the justification for the conclusion.
C This choice does not weaken the justification for the conclusion. The only way it might do so is if it provided information show: ng that astronomers have mainly looked at planets orbiting an unrepresentative sample of stars, that is, a sample that is more heavily populated with planets orbiting stars that are smaller than most stars in the total star population. We are given no reason to believe this is the case.
D Correct. This gives us a reason to think :hat the sample may be unrepresentative. Planets more earthlike in size may be less likely to be detected than the much larger stars that astronomers have detected.
E This claim strengthens, rather than weakens, the argument. It implies that the astronomers’ detection methods would not have inadvertently underrepresented the number of earthlike worlds.
The correct answer is D.
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