Author Question: Read carefully through the following sentence and decide which of the options is correct. Analysis ... (Read 26 times)

ereecah · **on:** Jul 15, 2018

Read carefully through the following sentence and decide which of the options is correct. Analysis of
sea surface temperatures in the Indian Ocean indicates that changes in land-use practices in the Sahel
of Africa were sufficient to cause desertification.
a. The word temperatures should be replaced by salinities.
b. The word Indian should be replaced by Atlantic.
c. The word land-use should be replaced by farming.
d. The word sufficient should be replaced by insufficient.
e. The word desertification should be replaced by drought.

Question 2

Judge the following sentence according to the criteria given below: Desertification results from the
expansion of existing deserts BECAUSE dryland ecosystems are extremely vulnerable to inappropriate
land use.
a. The assertion and the reason are both correct, and the reason is valid.
b. The assertion and the reason are both correct, but the reason is invalid.
c. The assertion is correct, but the reason is incorrect.
d. The assertion is incorrect, but the reason is correct.
e. Both the assertion and the reason are incorrect