WITH AN ATTEMPT TO MAKE RC FUN. I just typed what was going on in my mind while I was reading this passage. I thought to share it. It might have some typos or some stretched lyrics or extensions. Excuse that. Just an attempt. gmatexam439 what you think.
Summary of the passage. Para-1Before 1965 geologists thought that the heat that is produced in the SAF's (San Andreas Fault) is because of the friction between the rocks. However, in 1965 henyey (Hilary) found out that the temperature in the holes that were drilled in the SAF was not as elevated as thought by geologists. The geologists expected that the temperature will be high. Now the reason these geologists thought that the temperature in the drill holes should be high is because these geologists based their calculations of temperature measurement based on rocks that are made of granite or limestone. But they did not include the fact that rocks can be made of clay as well as clay was found in the samples from fault zone.
Predicting/ Forecasting/Wondering:
if the rocks are made of clay then can they produce heat without frictions or what the hell is going on here. Also, why are the temperatures in the holes lower than expected.
Para- 2So in 1922 my boy Byerlee(Brue-Lee) tested the clay rocks, granite rocks and lime rocks 10 to 15 kilometers below the earth's surface to see if all these three types of rocks can produce friction. Wait what 10 to 15km below the earth’s surface. How the heck did he get an instrument that low into the ground. It's insane what these geologists can do han.
Anyways whatever method he used. He found out that the rocks made of clay produced as much friction as rocks that were made of granite and limestone. Now Bruce-Lee also mentioned that 10 to 15km below the earth, there are thousands of atmospheres of pressure. In other words, there is a hell a lot of pressure down in the earth.
So bruce-lee finds out what rocks are made of does not matter and what matters is how hard the rocks push against each other. If intensely with which they push against each other is higher then hotter they will become. So in nutshell the pressure not the properties of rock that determines the frictional heating. Hmm, it's almost like it does not matter how big or muscular you are but what matters is how smart you are. And Kudos to bruce-lee for finding all this info out.
Now after Hilary and Bruce-Lee found all this info. These Geologists wonder that can the pressurized water that's between the plates in the SAF is reducing the friction in between these plates. So is it that this water is pushing these rocks away from each other. Can this be the case????
Q What does the passage tell us about Hilary’s finding of the temperature in SAF?Prethink: Hilary found that the temperatures in drill holes are low and there could be a chance that all the geologists got all their calculations wrong coz they based the calculations of temperature levels on the rocks made of granite and line. They didn’t consider the possibility of rocks being made of clay.
A
Meaning: Scientist still doesn’t have a definite explanation for Hilary’s findings.
Reasoning:
Yes. Coz these scientists are still wondering.
B
Reasoning: I mean based on the passage: Hilary’s research is the recent research. So the research itself does not ask for any modification.
C
Reasoning: No. it should not.
D
Reasoning: Not at all. Because before Hilary’s finding they didn’t even consider clay rocks possibility
E
Reasoning: Passage tells us nothing about duplication although I will be interested to learn.
Q What is the author trying to tell me here. I mean whats the point and whats this passage all about? Prethink: Hilary in 1965 shed a whole new light on the possibilities of low temperatures in holes and Hillary’s wisdom is somewhat supported by what bruce-lee had done in 1922. The point is we have made some progress in answering the low-temperature mystery but it's yet to be confirmed.
A
Reasoning: He is not trying to tell us the methods that Brule-Lee or Hilary used.
B
Reasoning:
Bingo and dingo. That’s what’s going on here!
C
Reasoning: Author is not telling just about an assumption but the author is telling us how the assumption was acted upon and the reasoning behind it.
D
Reasoning: Author is not questioning if what Hilary and bruce-lee found or the new direction in which geologists are going is right or wrong.
E
Reasoning: Now we can say that he is presenting bruce-lee’s findings to try to support Hillary's point. However, this answer option is too narrow. From a macro level, he is trying to sort of tell us whats up with this mystery. In other words whats new with this mystery.
Q: So for the most part passage says that Hillary’s findings in regards to the temperature in SAF(San Andreas Fault) made an amazing contribution. But please elaborate what the contributions were actually or how did her findings made the amazing contributions:Prethink: It's like we all have been looking for keys in the house and Hilary just said: guys did you check out the key hanger. The keys might just be there. In other words, geologists knew that there is clay in the samples but they never considered the possibility of rocks made of clay or making their calculations based on pressure instead of properties of rocks.
A
Reasoning: Our mind here can say oh yeah. This is the right option. But look closely Hilary did not say that the calculations are wrong or there is an error in the calculation. She just found out that the temp is low in the holes and this finding initiated an alternate possibility. So for example in quant, we can solve for X correctly but rather we were supposed to solve for Y. Our calculation is correct but we just solved for a wrong variable.
B
Reasoning: Not at all. She did not say what all types of clay rocks are there.
C
Reasoning: We have no idea about the technique that she used and neither is she a proponent of one over the other technique.
D
Meaning: the word used is suggested. And the basic meaning of this answer choice is that geologists assumption is inaccurate.
Reasoning:
Yes. Because passage did refer that Hillary’s findings of low-temperature levels did undermine the assumption of geologists.
E
Reasoning: No her research did not confirm that
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