Question

drag each tile to the correct box. alicia is a resident of the maldives, a chain of low - lying islands in the indian ocean. she is planning to buy a car. her friend jerome has advised her to buy a fuel - efficient car that runs on compressed natural gas rather than gasoline or diesel. jerome informed alicia that co₂ emissions from cars pose a serious threat to the island they call home. arrange the items in the correct order to predict how co₂ emissions from vehicles could damage the maldives. co₂ traps heat and warms the atmosphere. sea levels rise. ice and snow in polar regions melts. fossil fuels burned to run vehicles release co₂. the island floods with seawater. large amounts of freshwater flow into the ocean. the global surface temperature increases. human life, buildings, and infrastructure are at risk.

Explanation:

The process starts with vehicle - related fossil fuel burning releasing CO₂. CO₂ traps heat, warming the atmosphere and increasing global surface temperature. This causes polar ice and snow to melt, sending large amounts of freshwater into the ocean, which raises sea levels. Rising sea levels flood the low - lying Maldives, putting human life, buildings, and infrastructure at risk.

Answer:

1. Fossil fuels burned to run vehicles release CO₂.
2. CO₂ traps heat and warms the atmosphere.
3. The global surface temperature increases.
4. Ice and snow in polar regions melts.
5. Large amounts of freshwater flow into the ocean.
6. Sea levels rise.
7. The island floods with seawater.
8. Human life, buildings, and infrastructure are at risk.