A student is preparing a presentation on the Burgess Shale. She has taken the following notes:
* The Burgess Shale is a fossil-bearing geological formation in the Canadian Rockies.
* It was discovered in 1909 by paleontologist Charles Walcott.
* The site is famous for the exceptional preservation of soft-bodied organisms from the Cambrian Period, approximately 508 million years ago.
* Among the key fossils found there is *Opabinia*, a creature with five eyes.
The student wants to complete a sentence that emphasizes the name of the discoverer of the Burgess Shale and the specific geological period of the fossils found there. Based on the notes, which words or phrases best complete the sentence?
Cevap:The Burgess Shale, a geological formation containing exceptionally preserved fossils from the 【Cambrian】 Period, was first discovered in 1909 by paleontologist 【Charles Walcott】.
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The first blank must be filled with 'Cambrian' and the second blank must be filled with 'Charles Walcott' (or 'Walcott').
The completed sentence correctly synthesizes the specific details requested: the Cambrian Period (the geological period of the fossils) and Charles Walcott (the discoverer).
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Identifying and synthesizing specific details from notes to achieve a target rhetorical goal.
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