Questão de Vestibular nº 3583 - para treinar...

PUC - RJ - Inglês - 2019 - Vestibular - Inglês - 1º Dia - Tarde - Grupos 1, 3, 4 e 5

The Arctic Ocean has lost 95 percent of its oldest ice — a startling sign of what’s to come

By Chris Mooney

December 11, 2018

Available at: <https://www.washingtonpost.com/energyenvironment/2018/12/11/arctic-is-even-worse-shape-thanyou-realize/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.508085a17318>. Retrieved on: July 2, 2019. Adapted.

A) “78 percent” (line 61) refers to the increase in the total volume of ice in the Arctic Ocean in September between 1979 and 2012.

B) “75 percent” (line 78) refers to the expansion of the September sea ice in the Arctic Ocean between 1979 and 2012.

C) “15 trillion tons” (line 81) refers to the amount of floating ice in the month of September in 2012.

D) “3.5 trillion tons” (lines 83-84) refers to the amount of floating ice in the month of September in 1979.

E) “4.66 trillion tons” (line 84) refers to the approximate amount of floating ice in September in the year the text was published.