Judge the Following Sentence: the Observation That Temperatures Have Risen

question 14

Multiple Choice

Judge the following sentence: The observation that temperatures have risen faster on the continents than in the oceans is incorrect BECAUSE the observation is an artifact of there being more weather stations on land than in the oceans.

• A) The assertion and reason are both correct.
• B) The assertion is correct and the reason is incorrect.
• C) The assertion is incorrect and the reason is correct.
• D) Both the assertion and the reason are incorrect.

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