Hi
Sajjad1994 ,
Could you please provide the OE of Question 3? I am confused between C and D
3. Which of the following, if true, would most discredit the new theory as described in the passage?
(A) The exact mechanism by which a star becomes a supernova is not yet completely known and may even differ for different stars.
(B) Chains of star-forming regions like those postulated in the new theory have been observed in the vicinity of dense clouds of gas and dust.
(C) The most massive stars formed from supernova explosions are unlikely to evolve into supernovas.
(D) Computer simulations of supernovas provide a poor picture of what occurs just before a supernova explosion.
(E) A density wave cannot compress clouds of gas and dust to a density high enough to create a star.
The passage states:
If a supernova (the explosion of a massive star) triggered star formation from dense clouds of gas and dust, and if the most massive star to be formed from the cloud evolved into a supernova and triggered a new round of star formation, and so on, then a chain of star-forming regions would result.Also, choice C states that
massive stars formed from supernova explosions are unlikely to evolve into supernovas - this would mean that the probability of such supernova explosions forming another supernova is low,
but not impossible.
On the other hand, choice D states that
Computer simulations of supernovas provide a poor picture of what occurs just before a supernova explosion.
This could mean that the old theory,which maintains that
a density wave of spiral form sweeps through the central plane of a galaxy, compressing clouds of gas and dust, which collapse into stars that form a spiral pattern may still be true ?
Am I missing something?