At the start of Lilly's Friday afternoon biology class, the instructor, Dr. Forrester, asked everyone to pass their lab reports to the front of the room. She suddenly
realized that she had forgotten all about the assignment. After class, she
approached Dr. Forrester and asked if she could hand her lab report in on
Monday instead. He explained that he was obligated to hold her to the same
deadline as everyone else unless there was a valid reason to make an exception.
Lilly said, "Please, you have to let me finish it this weekend and hand it in on
Monday! If you don't, I may not pass the course, and if that happens, I'll lose my
financial aid and have to drop out of college!" Which type of flawed logic did
Lilly use?

The correct answer should be D. making a hasty generalization.

Explanation:

She said it herself - she may have to leave college after losing her financial aid, but that might not happen at all. She cannot use this emotional manipulation based on something that may or may not happen - Lilly is making a hasty generalization here without any solid proof.

light-year  

the distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year, equal to about 9.46 trillion km (5.88 trillion mi). light-years are used in measuring interstellar and intergalactic distances.  

parsec  

a unit of distance used in astronomy, equal to about 3.25 light years (3.08 × 1016 meters).  

parallax  

the apparent angular displacement of a celestial body due to its being observed from the surface instead of from the center of the earth (diurnal parallax or geocentric parallax) or due to its being observed from the earth instead of from the sun (annual parallax or heliocentric parallax)  

absolute magnitude  

the magnitude (brightness) of a celestial object as it would be seen at a standard distance of 10 parsecs.  

apparent magnitude  

the magnitude of a celestial object as it is actually measured from the earth.  

redshift  

an increase in the wavelength of radiation emitted by a celestial body as a consequence of the doppler effect.  

the great thing about your imagination is that it doesn't have to make sense! if i were you i would be stuck in space, no communication with earth travelling around and around, you can only guess how long its been since your communication broke down. you land on an undiscovered planet, you do a scientific investigation examining the elements and conditions. you come across alien lifeforms.  

best of luck!