Question:
It can be inferred from paragraph 2 that ice sheets are so named because____________
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A.
they are thicker in some areas than the others -
B.
they are identified by the landform that controls their flow -
C.
they cover large areas of land -
D.
they are confined to cirque glaciers
Reference explanation:
Correct answer:
Question. From paragraph 2 it can be inferred that ice sheets are so named because ____________.
A. They are thicker than others in some areas
B. They are defined by the type of landform that controls their flow
C. They cover large areas of land
D. They are confined to ice pits
We find information in paragraph 2, lines 1-2:
The first category of glaciers includes those massive blankets that cover whole continents, appropriately called ice sheets.
Translated. The first type of glaciers were those that resembled giant mantles covering entire continents, commonly known as ice sheets. In the above paragraph, we see that the phrase cover whole continents is closest in meaning to large areas of land → the correct answer is C
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