Question while-
3.4 Rhetorical Synthesis - Selecting a claim supported by multiple findings
0:00
While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:
- Stars form in a galaxy when gravity causes a massive cloud of dust and gas to collapse.
- A galaxy in a phase of rapid star formation is called a starburst galaxy.
- Quenching is a process in which a galaxy loses star-forming gas.
- A galaxy that no longer forms stars is called a quenched galaxy.
- A quenched galaxy has entered the poststarburst phase.
The student wants to explain what a quenched galaxy is. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?
A.
Before quenching, a starburst galaxy will form stars at a rapid rate.
B.
When it becomes quenched, a starburst galaxy enters the poststarburst phase.
C.
Having entered the poststarburst phase, a quenched galaxy is one that no longer forms stars.
D.
A starburst galaxy will lose star-forming gas and eventually become quenched.