{"id":"cb_question_bank:a857a7b9-10c9-42dc-a255-df913637095f","source_id":"cb_question_bank","source_item_id":"a857a7b9-10c9-42dc-a255-df913637095f","external_id":"3be7c190-7615-4bc8-b801-6780fee56ba0","ibn":null,"question_id":"db3ad406","program":"SAT","module":"english","domain_code":"EOI","domain":"Expression of Ideas","skill_code":"SYN","skill":"Rhetorical Synthesis","difficulty":"H","score_band":6,"answer_type":"mcq","answer_source":"key","layout_warning":null,"form_id":null,"module_number":null,"position":null,"stem":"The student wants to explain what a quenched galaxy is. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?","stimulus":"While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes: Stars form in a galaxy when gravity causes a massive cloud of dust and gas to collapse. A galaxy in a phase of rapid star formation is called a starburst galaxy. Quenching is a process in which a galaxy loses star-forming gas. A galaxy that no longer forms stars is called a quenched galaxy. A quenched galaxy has entered the poststarburst phase.","stimulus_html":"<p>While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stars form in a galaxy when gravity causes a massive cloud of dust and gas to collapse.</li>\n<li>A galaxy in a phase of rapid star formation is called a starburst galaxy.</li>\n<li>Quenching is a process in which a galaxy loses star-forming gas.</li>\n<li>A galaxy that no longer forms stars is called a quenched galaxy.</li>\n<li>A quenched galaxy has entered the poststarburst phase.</li>\n</ul>","stem_html":"<p>The student wants to explain what a quenched galaxy is. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?</p>","rationale_html":"<p>Choice C is the best answer. This choice defines a quenched galaxy as “one that no longer forms stars.” </p><p>Choice A is incorrect. This choice only describes what happens before quenching. Choice B is incorrect. This choice only describes what happens after quenching. Choice D is incorrect. This choice only describes what causes quenching. </p>","correct_answer":["C"],"has_media":false,"has_mathml":false,"has_table":false,"source_created_at":"2023-08-02T20:25:59.372000+00:00","source_updated_at":"2023-08-02T20:25:59.372000+00:00","options":[{"label":"A","content_html":"<p>Before quenching, a starburst galaxy will form stars at a rapid rate.</p>","ord":0},{"label":"B","content_html":"<p>When it becomes quenched, a starburst galaxy enters the poststarburst phase.</p>","ord":1},{"label":"C","content_html":"<p>Having entered the poststarburst phase, a quenched galaxy is one that no longer forms stars.</p>","ord":2},{"label":"D","content_html":"<p>A starburst galaxy will lose star-forming gas and eventually become quenched.</p>","ord":3}],"attribution":{"source_id":"cb_question_bank","source_name":"College Board digital SAT question bank (community dump)","rights_holder":"College Board","canonical_url":"https://satsuitequestionbank.collegeboard.org/","retrieved_from":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mdn522/sat-question-bank/main/data/cb-digital-questions.json","attribution":"SAT practice questions © College Board, from the official SAT Suite Question Bank. Retrieved via the community dump at github.com/mdn522/sat-question-bank.","disclaimer":"SAT® and PSAT/NMSQT® are trademarks registered by the College Board, which is not affiliated with, does not sponsor, and does not endorse this project.","license":"College Board copyright; source repository carries no licence. Local use only.","redistributable":false,"item_count":2017}}