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The following sentences, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Each sentence is labelled with a number. What is the most logical order? In this microgravity environment, your blood…

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The following sentences, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Each sentence is labelled with a number. What is the most logical order?
  1. In this microgravity environment, your blood also tends to move towards the heart and head.
  2. Both effects are only short-lived and, after a brief period of readjustment on arriving back home, the heart and spine return to normal.
  3. The heart interprets this as an increase in the amount of blood in the body and that it needs to pump less, so it shrinks.
  4. In space with less gravitational force than on Earth, there’s less pressure on your spine and so it’ll get a bit longer, effectively making you as much as two inches taller.
  1. 1,4,3,2
  2. 4,1,3,2
  3. 4,1,2,3
  4. 4,3,1,2

Answer and explanation

Correct answer: B - 4,1,3,2

The order is 4, 1, 3, 2. Sentence 4 introduces low gravity and the change to the spine, then sentence 1 adds the movement of blood that causes the heart to shrink in sentence 3. Sentence 2 closes by addressing both changes, while 4, 1, 2, 3 puts that conclusion before the change to the heart is described.

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