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 - chart values

From the bar - chart, the area of Gorner glacier is approximately 40 square km, the area of Fiescher glacier is around 30 square km, and the area of Unteraar glacier is about 20 square km.

Step2: Compare the areas

We can see that 40>30 and 40>20, which means the Gorner glacier has a larger area than either the Fiescher glacier or the Unteraar glacier.

Answer:

C. a larger area than either the Fiescher glacier or the Unteraar glacier.