Form, Structure, and Sense: Agreement and Usage

SAT Reading and Writing· difficulty 3/5

Water ______ at one hundred degrees Celsius at standard atmospheric pressure, a fact that students learn in introductory chemistry.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

A
$has boiled$
B
$is boiling$
C
$boils$
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D
$boiled$

Explanation

Scientific facts and general truths take simple present tense. "Boils" is correct.

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