Question

to monitor changes to glaciers in switzerland, the government periodically measures them for features like total area of ice and mean ice thickness, which are then reported in the swiss glacier inventory. these measurements can be used to compare the glaciers. for example, the gorner glacier had _____. which choice most effectively uses data from the graph to complete the example? choose 1 answer: a a smaller area than either the fiescher glacier or the unteraar glacier. b a smaller area than the fiescher glacier but a larger area than the unteraar glacier. c a larger area than either the fiescher glacier or the unteraar glacier. d a larger area than the fiescher glacier but a smaller area than the unteraar glacier.

Explanation:

Step1: Observe bar - graph heights

From the bar - graph, the area of Gomer glacier is the smallest among the three glaciers (Gomer, Fischer, and Unteraar). The area of Fischer glacier is larger than Gomer's and the area of Unteraar glacier is the largest.

Answer:

B. a smaller area than the Fischer glacier but a larger area than the Unteraar glacier.