Question : Comprehension:
In the following passage some of the words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.
The ocean floor is famously less (1)________ than the surface of Mars. And when our team of scientists recently mapped the seabed, and ancient sediments beneath, we (2) _______what looks like an asteroid impact crater.
Intriguingly, the crater, (3)________ "Nadir" after the nearby volcano Nadir Seamount, is of the same age as the Chicxulub impact caused by a huge asteroid at the end of the Cretaceous (4) _______, around 66 million years ago, which (5) ________the dinosaurs and many other species.
Question:
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 5.
Option 1: wiped out
Option 2: absolved in
Option 3: turned off
Option 4: counted in
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Correct Answer: wiped out
Solution : The correct choice is the first option.
The sentence is referring to the Chicxulub impact, which occurred around 66 million years ago and led to the extinction of dinosaurs and many other species. The term that best fits in this context, indicating the catastrophic effect of the impact, is "wiped out". The impact event caused the extinction of various species on Earth.
Therefore, the correct answer is, wiped out.
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