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 smaller area than either the fiescher glacier or the unteraar glacier. a smaller area than the fiescher glacier but a larger area than the unteraar glacier. a larger area than either the fiescher glacier or the unteraar glacier. a larger area than the fiescher glacier but a smaller area than the unteraar glacier.

Explanation:

Step1: Analyze the height of the bars

The height of the bar represents the area. The Fiescher glacier bar is the tallest (largest area), then the Gorner glacier, and the Unteraar glacier has the shortest bar (smallest area).

Answer:

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