21. The primary purpose of the passage is to
offer a method of calculating the age of circumstellar clouds
describe the conditions that result in a star s expiring as a supernova
discuss new evidence concerning the composition of planetary nebulas
explain why fewer stars than predicted expire as supernovas
survey conflicting theories concerning the composition of circumstellar clouds
22. The passage implies that at the beginning of the life of IRC+10216, its mass was approximately
7.0 M⊙
6.0 M⊙
5.0 M⊙
1.4 M⊙
1.0 M⊙
23. The view to which line 18 refers serves to
reconcile seemingly contradictory facts
undermine a previously held theory
take into account data previously held to be insignificant
resolve a controversy
question new methods of gathering data
24. It can be inferred from the passage that the author assumes which of the following in the discussion of the rate at which IRC+10216 loses mass?
The circumstellar cloud surrounding IRC+10216 consists only of CO and NH3 molecules.
The circumstellar cloud surrounding IRC+10216 consists of material expelled from that star.
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