Rearrange the following sentences to form a meaningful paragraph:
(A) Scientists suspect that these permanently dark floors may hold ice, carried there long ago by comets and trapped by the cold.
(B) It is this promise of water and fuel, more than mere curiosity, that has sent several space agencies, India’s among them, racing towards the region.
(C) If that ice is real, it could one day be melted for drinking water or split into hydrogen and oxygen for rocket fuel.
(D) Craters near the Moon’s south pole are so deep that parts of their floors have not seen sunlight for billions of years.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → (D), (A), (C), (B)
Rearranged Parts:
(D) Craters near the Moon’s south pole are so deep that parts of their floors have not seen sunlight for billions of years.
(A) Scientists suspect that these permanently dark floors may hold ice, carried there long ago by comets and trapped by the cold.
(C) If that ice is real, it could one day be melted for drinking water or split into hydrogen and oxygen for rocket fuel.
(B) It is this promise of water and fuel, more than mere curiosity, that has sent several space agencies, India’s among them, racing towards the region.
Complete paragraph: Craters near the Moon’s south pole are so deep that parts of their floors have not seen sunlight for billions of years. Scientists suspect that these permanently dark floors may hold ice, carried there long ago by comets and trapped by the cold. If that ice is real, it could one day be melted for drinking water or split into hydrogen and oxygen for rocket fuel. It is this promise of water and fuel, more than mere curiosity, that has sent several space agencies, India’s among them, racing towards the region.