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ACT Reading 1.4 Natural Science Passage. "Chryse Planitia" refers to which of the following?
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- 00:04
Here's your Shmoop du jour, brought to you by natural science. Because the video that
- 00:08
unnatural science wanted to bring was... just too freaky.
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"Chryse Planitia" <<CRY-see pluh-NISH-uh>> refers to which of the following?
- 00:45
The easiest way to answer this one is to skim through the passage for the name "Chryse Planitia."
- 00:49
It's kind of a weird one, so the chances are high that it'll stick out from the crowd.
Full Transcript
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If there had been a "Chryse Planitia" in your homeroom, you would have remembered her.
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We can nix answer (A) right off the bat, since
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we know that NASA's second mission to Mars was called Viking.
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(B) is incorrect as well.
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The passage specifically tells us that the first landers were called Titan and Centaur,
- 01:17
so we know this one is full of baloney.
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Choice (D) is also bogus.
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The passage is actually unclear about the name of NASA's most recent mission to Mars.
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Line 56, however, is very clear.
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Here, the passage tells us in plain English that:
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"Chryse Planitia" is the name of the region on Mars where the first Viking spacecraft landed.
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Those Vikings must have been really ahead of their time. Wowie.
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