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3.4 Rhetorical Synthesis - Selecting a claim supported by multiple findings
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While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:
- From Earth, all the meteors in a meteor shower appear to originate from a single spot in the sky.
- This spot is called the meteor shower’s radiant.
- The Perseid meteor shower is visible in the northern hemisphere in July and August.
- Like many meteor showers, it is named for the loion of its radiant.
- Its radiant is loed within the constellation Perseus.
The student wants to explain the origin of the Perseid meteor shower’s name. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?
A.
The Perseid meteor shower is named for the constellation Perseus, the loion of the meteor shower’s radiant.
B.
A meteor shower’s name may be linked to a single spot in the sky.
C.
The Perseid meteor shower, which has a radiant, is visible in the northern hemisphere in July and August.
D.
From Earth, all the meteors in a meteor shower appear to originate from a radiant, such as the one within Perseus.