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SAT Reading 1.2 Short Passages
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SAT Reading Short Passages Drill 1, Problem 2

SAT Reading 2.1 Short Passages
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SAT Reading 1.1 Long Passages
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Who doesn't want to learn more about Volcanos in the SAT Reading video? They're the gigantic pimples of the earth!


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all right she offers more on the volcano fascinating reading here yeah we're wide [kid napping on books]

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awake really okay question no strongly suggest that scientist Observatory here [text on screen]

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which assumption well the last paragraph puts this title correlation theory in

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context right down there let's go down the last paragraph don't hurt you to

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skim in here real quick yeah correlations more important is clue to

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how volcanoes work affect the tides it suggests Avakian eruptions with your

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time before some threshold is exceeded and emotion starts and therefore axial

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the lunar tides are planets of luminous order the correct answer is d will the

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passage states that there's a 1% chance that any title maximum will affect the

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start of an eruption right there we quoted it which means that there's a 99%

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chance that your house won't in fact be covered in magma once every two weeks at [text on screen]

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the end of the passage the author states that there are many other factors

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involved in volcanic eruption the scientists involved seem to have

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confidence in tiltmeters and strain meters but they don't discuss their

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efficacy or whether there might be better tools so get rid of a and we know [close up of sun]

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that the Sun exerts a pull on the earth which does affect tides and the whole

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point of the maximal tide thing is that the moon's pole is lined up with the

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sun's pole right so teamwork teamwork a big round heavy bodies yeah but sumo [kids playing tug-a-war]

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wrestlers on the front NFL line

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