Question

study the cartoon by james silk
how do the ice floe and the text create meaning?
the image and the text show that polar bears use ice floes as transport.
the image and the text show that polar bears try to avoid human communities.
the image shows the increasingly cold temperatures of the arctic, and the text blames this on humans.
the image and the text work together to show the destructive consequences of human activity.

Explanation:

1. Analyze Option 1: The text in the cartoon is about mankind as a geological force, not polar bears' transport. Eliminate.
2. Analyze Option 2: The text and image don't focus on polar bears avoiding humans. Eliminate.
3. Analyze Option 3: The image shows ice floes (likely due to climate change, not increasing cold), and the text is about mankind's impact, not blaming cold on humans. Eliminate.
4. Analyze Option 4: The ice floe (small, implying climate change impact) and the text ("mankind is becoming a geological force of nature") together show human activity's destructive consequences (like affecting polar bears' habitat). This fits.

Answer:

D. The image and the text work together to show the destructive consequences of human activity.