Question

when camilla woke up, she discovered that it had snowed several inches overnight. she went outside and built a snow fort. unfortunately, it warmed up in the late afternoon, and by that evening, all of the snow had melted. which graph could show the amount of snow on the ground over the course of the day?

Explanation:

Step1: Analyze initial snow amount

When Camilla woke up, there was already snow (from overnight), so the graph should start with a non - zero amount of snow on the y - axis (amount of snow). The left graph starts at (0,0), which is incorrect as there was snow overnight. The right graph starts with a non - zero y - value.

Step2: Analyze snow change over time

In the morning, she built a snow fort (snow amount may stay same or increase, but then in the afternoon it warmed up and snow melted. The right graph has a period where the snow amount is constant (morning, maybe building the fort) and then a decreasing line (melting in the afternoon) until it reaches 0 (by evening all snow melted), which matches the story. The left graph has an increasing line (implying snowing in the morning, but the story says snow was already there overnight) and then a constant line (no melting), which does not match.

Answer:

The graph on the Right