Craft and StructureHardPurpose of describing an experiment
Craft and Structure practice question
To test whether a wall's colour affects how hot it becomes, the students painted three identical boxes white, grey, and black and left them in the sun with a thermometer inside each. By noon the black box was 14 degrees warmer than the white one.
Which choice best states the main purpose of the text?
- A. To describe how an experiment was set up and what it found.Correct
- B. To recommend painting walls white.
- C. To explain why black absorbs heat.
- D. To criticise the students' method.
Answer: A. To describe how an experiment was set up and what it found.
Setup, then result.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. To recommend painting walls white.
- No recommendation is made.
- C. To explain why black absorbs heat.
- No explanation of the physics.
- D. To criticise the students' method.
- No criticism.
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