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The axis of Earth’s daily rotation is tilted with respect to the plane
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The axis of Earth’s daily rotation is tilted with respect to the plane of its orbit at an angle of roughly 23 degrees. That angle can be kept fairly stable only by the gravitational influence of Earth’s large, nearby Moon. Without such a stable and moderate axis tilt, a planet’s climate is too extreme and unstable to support life. Mars, for example, has only very small moons, tilts at wildly fluctuating angles, and cannot support life.
If the statements above are true, which one of the following must also be true on the basis of them?
(A) If Mars had a sufficiently large nearby moon, Mars would be able to support life.
(B) If Earth’s Moon were to leave Earth’s orbit, Earth’s climate would be unable to support life.
(C) Any planet with a stable, moderate axis tilt can support life.
(D) Gravitational influences other than moons have little or no effect on the magnitude of the tilt angle of either Earth’s or Mars’s axis.
(E) No planet that has more than one moon can support life.
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07 Jun 2009, 05:14
I find 'B' the right option because, the passage is talking about earth's moon and not any other factor that might be involved in maintaining the stability of the planet, and it has been further supported by another example of the moon, of a different planet. The answer to this question should be the one which considers just this factor. So, if the Earth's moon leaves the orbit, then the stability of the planet would be disturbed.
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07 Jun 2009, 05:17
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The axis of Earth’s daily rotation is tilted with respect to the plane of its orbit at an angle of roughly 23 degrees. That angle can be kept fairly stable only by the gravitational influence of Earth’s large, nearby Moon. Without such a stable and moderate axis tilt, a planet’s climate is too extreme and unstable to support life. Mars, for example, has only very small moons, tilts at wildly fluctuating angles, and cannot support life. If the statements above are true, which one of the following must also be true on the basis of them? (A) If Mars had a sufficiently large nearby moon, Mars would be able to support life. (B) If Earth’s Moon were to leave Earth’s orbit, Earth’s climate would be unable to support life. (C) Any planet with a stable, moderate axis tilt can support life. (D) Gravitational influences other than moons have little or no effect on the magnitude of the tilt angle of either Earth’s or Mars’s axis. (E) No planet that has more than one moon can support life.
I pick option D.
a) The argument talks about Earth, so Mars is irrelevant b) It is rather the gravitational influence of the moon that helps keep the angle of roughly 23 degrees. Even though it's true that Earth's climate will be unable to support life when the moon leaves, there's also no guarantee that Earth's climate will continue to support life if the moon is still around. Other factors such as global warming can eventually lead the climate to harm life even when the moon is still around. c) we don't know whether a stable, moderate axis on other planets can support life, but we do know at least that it is keeping life that already exists on earth. D) Correct. The argument says, "That angle can be kept fairly stable only by the gravitational influence of Earth’s large, nearby Moon." E) We only know about earth. A sample can not represent the whole population. What works for earth may not necessarily works for other planets.
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07 Jun 2009, 05:32
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Don't agree.
tarek99 wrote:
b) It is rather the gravitational influence of the moon that helps keep the angle of roughly 23 degrees. Even though it's true that Earth's climate will be unable to support life when the moon leaves, there's also no guarantee that Earth's climate will continue to support life if the moon is still around. Other factors such as global warming can eventually lead the climate to harm life even when the moon is still around.
The option is just talking about life, in case moon leaves. Its not talking about what happens otherwise.
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D) Correct. The argument says, "That angle can be kept fairly stable only by the gravitational influence of Earth’s large, nearby Moon."
Th option says "little or no effect on the magnitude ...." whereas argument says "That angle can be kept fairly stable ONLY by the gravitational influence ....", so "little effect" is out.
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tarek99 wrote:
oh! I see it now! Option D also talks about Mars, which I've completely missed
yes, but even argument also talks about moons on Mars - "Mars, for example, has only very small moons,", but what I feel is its the auther's extreme language by using "only" in the sentence "That angle can be kept fairly stable only by the gravitational influence of Earth’s large, nearby Moon". That means that author is saying there is no other gravitational force responsible for this.
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B for me too. If we say A ==> B, (A leads to B) then the best test is to see whether B still exists in the absence of A.... That way, we eliminate other causal factors.
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20 May 2010, 05:12
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Whats wong with C?
It is just a paraphased part of the stimulus: The axis of Earth’s daily rotation is tilted with respect to the plane of its orbit at an angle of roughly 23 degrees. That angle can be kept fairly stable only by the gravitational influence of Earth’s large, nearby Moon. Without such a stable and moderate axis tilt, a planet’s climate is too extreme and unstable to support life. Mars, for example, has only very small moons, tilts at wildly fluctuating angles, and cannot support life.
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ykaiim wrote:
Whats wong with C?
It is just a paraphased part of the stimulus: The axis of Earth’s daily rotation is tilted with respect to the plane of its orbit at an angle of roughly 23 degrees. That angle can be kept fairly stable only by the gravitational influence of Earth’s large, nearby Moon. Without such a stable and moderate axis tilt, a planet’s climate is too extreme and unstable to support life. Mars, for example, has only very small moons, tilts at wildly fluctuating angles, and cannot support life.
Experts please explain.
Even I was looking for C as the answer but soon realized that statement mentions that Without such a stable and moderate axis tilt, a planet’s climate is too extreme and unstable to support life. but does not mentiones that this is not the only reason to support life so if any other planet is having stable and moderate axis tilt but does not have other supportive condition then it does not help.
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I picked D after narrowing down to B & D. I agree that B should be the answer but I don't like it as the question didn't say anything about the earth's orbit. Doesn't sound like a good GMAT question.
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To attack this problem effectively, you must recognize the conditional indictors in each sentence: “only” in the second sentence and “without” in the third sentence. AS = angle stable, GI = gravitational influence of Earth’s large, nearby Moon, PCE = planet’s climate too extreme and unstable to support life. Sentence 2: AS—>GI. Sentence 3: notPCE—>AS. Chain: notPCE—>AS—>GI. Again, consider the answers that are most likely to appear in a problem like this: either the chain inference notPCE --->GI, or the contrapositive of that chain inference, notGI--->PCE.
A) This incorrect answer is the Mistaken Reversal of the chain inference. The diagram for this answer choice would be as follows, with the sub-M indicating Mars: GI—>~PCE.
Answer choice (B): This is the correct answer. As expected, this is the contrapositive of the chain inference. Answer choice (C):This incorrect answer is the Mistaken Reversal of the third sentence, and is diagrammed as follows: AS—>~PCE. Answer choice (D): This answer discusses issues that were not raised in the stimulus, and is thus incorrect.
Answer choice (E): The stimulus indicates that Earth’s large Moon has been necessary for the stable angle of Earth’s tilt, and this stable angle has been necessary for a climate that can support life. Mars, with many small moons, tilts at fluctuating angles and cannot support life. The key difference is that Earth’s Moon is large, and that creates a greater gravitational influence. It is possible therefore, that a planet with more than one moon could have a stable angle as long as at least one of the moons was of sufficient size (in Mars’ case, the stimulus indicates each moon is small). Thus, it is possible that a planet can have more than one moon and support life. This scenario is contrary to the answer choice, and thus this answer is incorrect.
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25 Sep 2017, 21:19
prinits wrote:
The axis of Earth’s daily rotation is tilted with respect to the plane of its orbit at an angle of roughly 23 degrees. That angle can be kept fairly stable only by the gravitational influence of Earth’s large, nearby Moon. Without such a stable and moderate axis tilt, a planet’s climate is too extreme and unstable to support life. Mars, for example, has only very small moons, tilts at wildly fluctuating angles, and cannot support life.
If the statements above are true, which one of the following must also be true on the basis of them?
(A) If Mars had a sufficiently large nearby moon, Mars would be able to support life. (B) If Earth’s Moon were to leave Earth’s orbit, Earth’s climate would be unable to support life. (C) Any planet with a stable, moderate axis tilt can support life. (D) Gravitational influences other than moons have little or no effect on the magnitude of the tilt angle of either Earth’s or Mars’s axis. (E) No planet that has more than one moon can support life.
the options B says "If Earth’s Moon were to leave Earth’s orbit", How can we assume that the Earth's moon is the large nearby moon ?? It could be any small moon right ?? Please explain !!!
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sumanainampudi wrote:
the options B says "If Earth???s Moon were to leave Earth???s orbit", How can we assume that the Earth's moon is the large nearby moon ?? It could be any small moon right ?? Please explain !!!
The passage references "Earth’s large, nearby Moon." Sure, technically speaking, it is possible that the Earth has several smaller moons and the passage is only referring, in this case, to the "large, nearby" moon. But notice that a capital "M" is used in "Earth's Moon", and a lowercase "M" is used to refer to the "small moons" of Mars. A proper noun is used to refer to the Earth's Moon because we are referring to a specific astronomical body with a name (the Moon).
This same specific astronomical body is referenced again in choice (B). If the Earth had several smaller moons and the author wanted choice (B) to include any of those moons, it would have been: "If any of the Earth’s moon's(lowercase "m") were to leave Earth’s orbit, Earth’s climate would be unable to support life." More importantly, the other options can be eliminated using process of elimination.
Also, even though you shouldn't let reality get in the way of your GMAT, the GMAT won't ask you to swallow facts that contradict common knowledge... so don't lose too much sleep over the Earth's "smaller moons", unless you know something about astronomy that I don't!
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Premise: The axis of Earth’s daily rotation is tilted with respect to the plane of its orbit at an angle of roughly 23 degrees. Premise: That angle can be kept fairly stable only by the gravitational influence of Earth’s large, nearby Moon. Conclusion: Without such a stable and moderate axis tilt (necessary condition), a planet’s climate is too extreme and unstable to support life (sufficient condition). Additional Premise: Mars, for example, has only very small moons, tilts at wildly fluctuating angles, and cannot support life.
If the statements above are true, which one of the following must also be true on the basis of them?
The author argues that the angle of rotation (which is kept stable with the pull of the moon) is what make a planet’s climate able to support life. It then gives an example of Mars, which has wild tilts, and cannot support life. Overall, author concludes axis tilt necessary to support life.
(A) If Mars had a sufficiently large nearby moon, Mars would be able to support life. To be correct, we’d have to assume that the “largeness” of the moon dictates ability to keep angle….and therefore support life.
(B) If Earth’s Moon were to leave Earth’s orbit, Earth’s climate would be unable to support life. Correct. Argument says stable angle —> moon’s pull exists. No stable angle —> no life. (B) says no moon (no angle) —> no life.
(C) Any planet with a stable, moderate axis tilt can support life. Too extreme. “Any” planet might have other problems that can’t support life. (D) Gravitational influences other than moons have little or no effect on the magnitude of the tilt angle of either Earth’s or Mars’s axis. We don’t care about influences other than moons….this is a support the information in the stimuli!
(E) No planet that has more than one moon can support life. Well, this can’t be true. What if the planet has more than one moon but those moons happen to tilt the planet just enough to keep it stable? _________________
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