The lecture refutes the points made in favour of dinosaurs being endotherms. The points of rebuttal for dinosaurs being endotherms are mentioned below.
First, the passage states that, as dead remains of dinosaurs were found in the polar region, it suggested that the dinosaurs were endotherms because only endotherms could survive in such harsh and cold weather. However, as per the lecture it is stated that, the bones were found during the warmer times. In addition, during the cold winters, the dinosaurs migrated to warmer places or in fact had hibernated in order to combat the cold.
Second, it is mentioned that only endotherms have legs under the body. Hence, since the dinosaurs were having their legs under the body, thus it suggested that the dinosaurs were endotherms. On the contrary, as per the lecture having legs below the body was due to the fact that it helped dinosaurs balance their weight more effectively and not because they were endotherms. Hence, due to the large size of dinosaurs they were forced to have their legs below the body.
Third, the presence of haversian canal is exclusive to endotherms only. The lecture acknowledges this fact but also rebuts it because, on careful examination of bones, it has been revealed that the dinosaurs had growth rings. The presence of growth rings suggested that dinosaurs had period of rapid growth followed by slow or no growth and then again period of rapid growth. Thus, the presence of growth rings suggested that the dinosaurs did not have a uniform growth rate which is very much exclusive to pure endotherms.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, hence, however, if, second, so, then, third, thus, in addition, in fact, on the contrary
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 16.0 10.4613686534 153% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 1.0 5.04856512141 20% => OK
Conjunction : 6.0 7.30242825607 82% => OK
Relative clauses : 10.0 12.0772626932 83% => OK
Pronoun: 22.0 22.412803532 98% => OK
Preposition: 34.0 30.3222958057 112% => OK
Nominalization: 6.0 5.01324503311 120% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1329.0 1373.03311258 97% => OK
No of words: 265.0 270.72406181 98% => OK
Chars per words: 5.01509433962 5.08290768461 99% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.03470204552 4.04702891845 100% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.46619291856 2.5805825403 96% => OK
Unique words: 126.0 145.348785872 87% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.475471698113 0.540411800872 88% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 405.9 419.366225166 97% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 3.0 3.25607064018 92% => OK
Interrogative: 0.0 0.116997792494 0% => OK
Article: 9.0 8.23620309051 109% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 1.25165562914 320% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 5.0 2.5761589404 194% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 13.0 13.0662251656 99% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 21.2450331126 94% => OK
Sentence length SD: 44.1437940849 49.2860985944 90% => OK
Chars per sentence: 102.230769231 110.228320801 93% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.3846153846 21.698381199 94% => OK
Discourse Markers: 8.15384615385 7.06452816374 115% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 4.19205298013 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 7.0 4.33554083885 161% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 4.45695364238 67% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 4.27373068433 70% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.4293336141 0.272083759551 158% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.166689716665 0.0996497079465 167% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0751913590775 0.0662205650399 114% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.248884944331 0.162205337803 153% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0604616556726 0.0443174109184 136% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.4 13.3589403974 93% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 59.64 53.8541721854 111% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.9 11.0289183223 90% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.84 12.2367328918 97% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.55 8.42419426049 90% => OK
difficult_words: 49.0 63.6247240618 77% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 7.5 10.7273730684 70% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 10.498013245 95% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 11.2008830022 89% => OK
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Rates: 70.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 21.0 Out of 30
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