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While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:
• Impact craters occur when a large object collides with Earth at high speeds.
• Examples of such objects include comets and meteorites.
• Newporte is an impact crater in the United States.
• Researchers have determined that it was formed less than 500 million years ago.
• The crater has a diameter of approximately 3.2 km.
Which choice most effectively uses information from the given sentences to emphasize the size of the crater?
Long ago, a crater now known as Newporte was created when a large object collided with Earth.
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Impact craters, like Newporte in the United States, are formed when a massive object collides with Earth.
B
Researchers have investigated the formation of Newporte, an ancient impact crater measuring 3.2 km in diameter located in the United States.
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When a large object struck what is now the United States less than 500 million years ago, it created Newporte, a massive crater measuring 3.2 km in diameter.
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