The lecture and the reading are both about the feasibility of colonizing asteroids. The author of the reading feels that asteroids compared to planets like Mars are our best colonization options and offers some reasons for his argument. The lecturer however disagrees saying that asteroid colonization is not practical and casts doubts on the reasons proposed by the author.
To begin with the author argues that the low gravity of asteroids allows the space crafts land more easily and safely on the asteroids and additionally the craft's take off would be easier as well and overall the craft would need a lot less fuel. The lecturer however challenges this claim by saying that low gravity can have risks for the people that are going to live on the asteroids, because low gravity causes muscle mass and bone density to shrink and as an example the lecturer mentions astronauts who have these problems with their relatively shorter stay in space.
Second the reading mentions the profits that can be made from mining rare valuable metals on the asteroids and how this profit could sustain the stay on the asteroid. In contrast the lecturer brings up the point that the cost of colonizing and transferring the metals to earth is substantially high so the mining is not so profitable. He also mentions that since the supply of rare metals by doing the mining increases, there is no guarantee that their value would stay the same.
Finally the author mentions the distance that needs to be traveled in order to reach the asteroids and how this distance is much less from Earth compared to a planet like Mars since asteroids sometimes orbit near Earth. Conversely the lecturer states that while the asteroids may be easy to travel to, the journey back to Earth will not be so easy because asteroids while orbiting can be at one point really close to earth and at another further from earth than a planet like mars and foreseeing this is difficult.
- TPO 55 Writing IntegratedBecause of climate change, more and more land that was once used to grow crops or provide food for animals is turning to dry, unusable desert land. There are many proposals about how to stop this process, known as desertification. 3
- TPO 52- Asteroids are large space objects made of rock and ice. There are hundreds of thousands of asteroids in our solar system. Though we often hear ideas about establishing colonies of humans to live and work on our Moon or our neighboring planet, Mars 85
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- TPO 54. The Salton Sea in California is actually a salty inland lake. The level of salt in the lake's water—what scientists call its salinity—has been increasing steadily for years because the lake's water is evaporating faster than it is being repla 73
- Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? It is more important for governments to spend money to improve Internet access than to improve public transportation. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. 71
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 238, Rule ID: ENGLISH_WORD_REPEAT_BEGINNING_RULE
Message: Three successive sentences begin with the same word. Reword the sentence or use a thesaurus to find a synonym.
...d offers some reasons for his argument. The lecturer however disagrees saying that ...
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Line 3, column 189, Rule ID: COMP_THAN[3]
Message: Comparison requires 'than', not 'then' nor 'as'.
Suggestion: than
...lly the crafts take off would be easier as well and overall the craft would need a...
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Line 5, column 171, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[2]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: contrast,
...ld sustain the stay on the asteroid. In contrast the lecturer brings up the point that t...
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Line 7, column 1, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Finally,
...hat their value would stay the same. Finally the author mentions the distance that n...
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Line 7, column 221, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Conversely,
...e asteroids sometimes orbit near Earth. Conversely the lecturer states that while the aste...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, conversely, finally, however, if, may, really, second, so, well, while, in contrast, to begin with
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 15.0 10.4613686534 143% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 10.0 5.04856512141 198% => OK
Conjunction : 13.0 7.30242825607 178% => OK
Relative clauses : 12.0 12.0772626932 99% => OK
Pronoun: 21.0 22.412803532 94% => OK
Preposition: 44.0 30.3222958057 145% => OK
Nominalization: 5.0 5.01324503311 100% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1623.0 1373.03311258 118% => OK
No of words: 334.0 270.72406181 123% => OK
Chars per words: 4.85928143713 5.08290768461 96% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.27500489853 4.04702891845 106% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.44083234149 2.5805825403 95% => OK
Unique words: 168.0 145.348785872 116% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.502994011976 0.540411800872 93% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 495.0 419.366225166 118% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 1.0 3.25607064018 31% => OK
Article: 5.0 8.23620309051 61% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 2.5761589404 78% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 10.0 13.0662251656 77% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 33.0 21.2450331126 155% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 72.1055476368 49.2860985944 146% => OK
Chars per sentence: 162.3 110.228320801 147% => OK
Words per sentence: 33.4 21.698381199 154% => OK
Discourse Markers: 10.4 7.06452816374 147% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 5.0 4.19205298013 119% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 6.0 4.33554083885 138% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 4.45695364238 67% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 1.0 4.27373068433 23% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.135656638023 0.272083759551 50% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0571747264749 0.0996497079465 57% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.045071933244 0.0662205650399 68% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0813315279084 0.162205337803 50% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0308785078154 0.0443174109184 70% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 18.2 13.3589403974 136% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 46.44 53.8541721854 86% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 15.0 11.0289183223 136% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.5 12.2367328918 94% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.2 8.42419426049 97% => OK
difficult_words: 62.0 63.6247240618 97% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 14.0 10.7273730684 131% => OK
gunning_fog: 15.2 10.498013245 145% => OK
text_standard: 15.0 11.2008830022 134% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 85.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 25.5 Out of 30
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