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Which cites specific textual evidence to support the following statement from the text?
"Some human activities increase the amount of greenhouse gases, primarily CO2, and this results in additional heat being retained in the atmosphere."?
A) Most of the incoming solar radiation is short wave, high frequency wavelengths.
B) Warmer conditions will probably lead to more evaporation and precipitation overall.
C) Heat energy is absorbed by atmospheric gases, including water vapor, carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, and methane.
D) Hansen and Lacis found that the warming effect of all those gases added together is comparable to the warming effect of carbon dioxide alone.
9)
Which statement is an example of speculation related to the data presented in this essay?
A) Since 1980 global surface temperatures have increased sharply.
B) The greenhouse effect is an important part of Earth’s climate system.
C) The results of changing the natural atmospheric greenhouse are difficult to predict, but certain effects seem likely.
D) In 1981 James Hansen, and his colleague at NASA, Andy Lacis, built a simple climate model to simulate how changes in the atmosphere cause Earth's average temperature to change over time.
10)
Which statement best summarizes the conclusion the reader is intended to reach?
A) The greenhouse effect is real and has major implications for the future.
B) The greenhouse effect is real, but its implications for the future are minimal.
C) The greenhouse effect may or may not be real, but its implications are important to consider.
D) The greenhouse effect may or may not be real, and its implications are still unlikely to be of great consequence.
11)
Why did the author organize the passage with diagrams spread throughout?
A) to explain concepts from the passage graphically
B) to bring in unknown information to the passage as a contrast
C) The author did not plan to use the diagrams for any particular reason.
D) to add extra information that might be of interest but did not go with the passage

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