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Practice Writing: Summarize Written Text
ID: #33359
Mugginess
Instructions
Read the passage below and summarize it using one sentence. Type your response in the box at the bottom of the screen. You have 10 minutes to finish this task. Your response will be judged on the quality of your writing and on how well your response presents the key points in the passage.
What Makes It Muggy?
Like the heat index, mugginess is a "feels-like" condition, except it has more to do with how "breathable" the air feels than how hot it feels. The muggier the weather, the less chance you'll feel cool because of decreased evaporation rates, which is why the following weather conditions are notoriously linked to the muggiest of days and nights:
Warm air temperatures, generally of 70°F or above (the warmer the air, the more moisture it's able to hold);
High moisture (the more moisture there is in the air, the "heavier" it feels); and Low winds (the less wind there is, the fewer air molecules there are passing over your skin evaporating and cooling you off).
Since mugginess expresses how moist the air feels, you might think that relative humidity would be a good indicator of how muggy it feels outside. However, dewpoint temperature is actually a better measure of mugginess. Why? Dew point not only gives you an indication of how moist the air is, but how warm it is as well (since dew point temperature can go as high as, but never higher than the actual air temperature). So if the dew point is high, it means both air moisture and temperature probably are, too.
Like the heat index, mugginess is a "feels-like" condition, except it has more to do with how "breathable" the air feels than how hot it feels. The muggier the weather, the less chance you'll feel cool because of decreased evaporation rates, which is why the following weather conditions are notoriously linked to the muggiest of days and nights:
Warm air temperatures, generally of 70°F or above (the warmer the air, the more moisture it's able to hold);
High moisture (the more moisture there is in the air, the "heavier" it feels); and Low winds (the less wind there is, the fewer air molecules there are passing over your skin evaporating and cooling you off).
Since mugginess expresses how moist the air feels, you might think that relative humidity would be a good indicator of how muggy it feels outside. However, dewpoint temperature is actually a better measure of mugginess. Why? Dew point not only gives you an indication of how moist the air is, but how warm it is as well (since dew point temperature can go as high as, but never higher than the actual air temperature). So if the dew point is high, it means both air moisture and temperature probably are, too.
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Sample Answer
Since mugginess expresses how moist the air feels, you might think that relative humidity would be a decent indicator of how muggy it feels outside, and climate change is no joke: 2016 was the hottest year ever recorded, and experts think our planet hasn't been this warm in about 115,000 years.
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Since mugginess expresses how moist the air feels, you might think that relative humidity would be a decent indicator of how muggy it feels outside, and climate change is no joke: 2016 was the hottest year ever recorded, and experts think our planet hasn't been this warm in about 115,000 years.
Replaced "good" with "decent"
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