Did bees (a type of insect) exist on Earth as early as 200 million years ago? Such a theory is supported by the discovery of very old fossil structures that resemble bee nests. The structures have been found inside 200- million-year-old fossilized trees in the state of Arizona in the southwestern United States. However, many skeptics doubt that the structures were created by bees. The skeptics support their view with several arguments
The author of the reading passage and the professor both discuss whether the bees existed for 200 million years ago due to the unearthed fossil structures which are discovered in Arizona. The author is against the idea and raises three viewpoints. However, the professor indicates that the author’s theories contain some defects.
First of all, the author claims that the earliest fossils can be found is 100 million years ago, there is no genuine bees’ body ever be found can be traced back to 200 million years ago. In the contrary, the professor disagrees. Even though the fact is true, there is another explanation for this occurrence. There are some trees which produce the sticky liquid, resin, could be able to preserve the structures of bees. These kinds of trees are rarely back to 200 million years ago. Therefore, bees may exist in 200 million years ago, but there were no trees released resin to preserve the nest.
In addition, the author states that according to the biological relationship which is observed nowadays between the bees and the flowering plants are connected very closely. In 200 million years ago, there are not much of flowering plants back then. On the contrary, the professor questions the idea by saying that early bees don't feed on the flowering plants by instead feeding on the non-flowering trees such as pine trees. Indeed, they may adopt the flowering plants after they started sprouting.
Finally, the author raises the point that the real nest chambers have caps, but the fossilized structures don’t have ones. As a result, the professor contends that there is chemical evidence can prove the fossilized structures are made by bees. The bees use the waterproof substance to protect their nest from the water. After the chemical analysis of the fossilized structures, it is discovered that they have these waterproof materials too. Turn out, these fossils are related to the bees.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 5, column 327, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: don't
...ions the idea by saying that early bees dont feed on the flowering plants by instead...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, finally, first, however, may, so, then, therefore, in addition, such as, as a result, first of all, on the contrary
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 20.0 10.4613686534 191% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 6.0 5.04856512141 119% => OK
Conjunction : 5.0 7.30242825607 68% => OK
Relative clauses : 10.0 12.0772626932 83% => OK
Pronoun: 16.0 22.412803532 71% => OK
Preposition: 31.0 30.3222958057 102% => OK
Nominalization: 5.0 5.01324503311 100% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1626.0 1373.03311258 118% => OK
No of words: 319.0 270.72406181 118% => OK
Chars per words: 5.09717868339 5.08290768461 100% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.22617688928 4.04702891845 104% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.54111540844 2.5805825403 98% => OK
Unique words: 158.0 145.348785872 109% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.495297805643 0.540411800872 92% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 483.3 419.366225166 115% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 3.25607064018 123% => OK
Article: 10.0 8.23620309051 121% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 1.25165562914 240% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 2.0 1.51434878587 132% => OK
Preposition: 5.0 2.5761589404 194% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 18.0 13.0662251656 138% => OK
Sentence length: 17.0 21.2450331126 80% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 47.0521447013 49.2860985944 95% => OK
Chars per sentence: 90.3333333333 110.228320801 82% => OK
Words per sentence: 17.7222222222 21.698381199 82% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.66666666667 7.06452816374 94% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 4.19205298013 24% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 3.0 4.33554083885 69% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 4.45695364238 90% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 11.0 4.27373068433 257% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.367557085207 0.272083759551 135% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.106388824173 0.0996497079465 107% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.099163854745 0.0662205650399 150% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.209056344972 0.162205337803 129% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0741223364 0.0443174109184 167% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.5 13.3589403974 86% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 62.68 53.8541721854 116% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 8.7 11.0289183223 79% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.0 12.2367328918 98% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.04 8.42419426049 95% => OK
difficult_words: 72.0 63.6247240618 113% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.0 10.7273730684 75% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.8 10.498013245 84% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.2008830022 80% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 73.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 22.0 Out of 30
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