Reading Comprehension (RC) | In 2010, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) disc

 

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­[textarea] 2. According to the information in the passage, upon discovery of the GFAJ-1 strain, some scientists believed itwas
Explanation
The correct answer to this Detail question is directly stated in the passage. GFAJ-1 can tolerate arsenic and "initial studies suggested that it could even incorporate the chemical into itscells.” Choices(A) and(D) both state that the GFAJ-1 strain is a form of bacteria. However,(A) states that it is a water-based bacteria, which is not supported by information in the passage.(D) states that the GFAJ-1 strain was believed to be a type of bacteria that incorporates arsenic into its cells, which (as noted above) is directly stated in the passage. This is the correct answer.
Eliminate(B) because it states that the GFAJ-1 strain is a building block of life, not a bacteria strain that is made up of building blocks of life.
Eliminate(C) because it
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