Information and IdeasEasyFinding supporting a claim about a well's depth
Information and Ideas practice question
A local historian claims that the village well is more than thirty metres deep.
Which finding, if true, would most directly support the historian's claim?
- A. A weighted tape lowered into the well touched bottom at 34 metres.Correct
- B. The well is lined with stone.
- C. The well was dug in 1780.
- D. Villagers say the well has never run dry.
Answer: A. A weighted tape lowered into the well touched bottom at 34 metres.
A direct measurement of 34 metres.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. The well is lined with stone.
- Lining doesn't show depth.
- C. The well was dug in 1780.
- Age doesn't show depth.
- D. Villagers say the well has never run dry.
- Reliability doesn't show depth.
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