Questão de Vestibular nº 3585 - 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) “with major implications not only for creatures such as walruses and polar bears…” (lines 7-8)

B) “so it’s unclear whether it is directly linked to climate change.” (lines 41-42)

C) “Still the breakup could be just one more sign of the growing fragility of the oldest ice.” (lines 42-44)

D) “That’s easily visible – it can be glimpsed directly by satellite – and the areas is, indeed, in clear decline.” (lines 50-52)

E) “But it may not add much stability or permanence to the Arctic sea ice system if it just melts out again the next summer.” (lines 57-59)