▶ Your Answer :
According to the lecture, the lecturer
asserts that theories in the reading passage are groundless. This challenges
the reading passage’s claim that three hypotheses about the cause of TLPs are
plausible.
To begin with, the speaker contends that
clouds of lunar gas are not responsible for TLPs. This is because the fact that
TLPS are seen near craters is just a coincidence, because crater is the most
common feature of the Moon. Also, it has been determined that there are only
few amount of gas which cannot be seen from Earth. This rebuffs the reading
passage’s assertion that clouds of lunar gas causes transient lunar phenomena.
Second, the lecturer claims there is no
evidence to support that transient lunar phenomena are illuminated clouds of
dust floating above the lunar landscape. This is due to the fact that to be
seen from Earth, there must be huge storms on the Moon, but there’s no
indication of such storms on the Moon. Moreover, there is only little dust
floating around the lunar landscape. This casts doubt on the reading passage’s point
that the phenomena are illuminated clouds of dust floating above the lunar
landscape.
Lastly, the speaker says the theory that
solar radiation causes TLPs is an insufficient idea. There was a research
comparing dates of TLPs and those of solar flares, and the result was, there
are no correlation between TLPs and solar flares. This refutes the reading’s
passage’s claim that solar radiation causes the phenomena. |