The heavily cratered lunar highlands speak to us of an early epoch in the history of the solar system when cratering was much more common than it is today; the present population of interplanetary debris fails by a large factor to account for the abundance of the highland craters. (Carl Sagan, Broca's Brain: Reflections on the Romance of Science)This statement is made up of a(n) ________ and a(n) ________.
A. nonargument; explanation
B. nonargument; report
C. argument; conclusion: The present population of interplanetary debris fails by a large factor to account for the abundance of the highland craters
D. argument; conclusion: The heavily cratered lunar highlands speak to us of an early epoch in the history of the solar system when cratering was much more common than it is today
Answer: D
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