While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:
<ul> <li>The Mariana Trench is the deepest known oceanic trench.</li> <li>Its deepest point, the Challenger Deep, lies about 11 km below sea level.</li> <li>Pressure at the bottom is over 1,000 times atmospheric pressure.</li> <li>Few human-piloted vehicles have ever reached the bottom.</li> <li>Specially adapted organisms thrive there despite the extreme conditions.</li> </ul> The student wants to emphasize the trench's extreme physical environment. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?Which choice most effectively makes the student's point?
- A
Few human-piloted vehicles have ever reached the bottom.
- B
The Mariana Trench is the deepest known oceanic trench.
- Ccheck_circle
At the Challenger Deep, 11 km below sea level, pressure exceeds 1,000 times that at the surface.
- D
Specially adapted organisms thrive in the trench.
Explanation
To emphasize the extreme environment, the sentence should give measurable physical extremes. Choice C combines depth and pressure. A is general, B emphasizes life, D emphasizes accessibility.