Expression of IdeasVery hardExplaining a chain of cause and effect
Expression of Ideas practice question
While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:
- Mount Tambora in Indonesia erupted in 1815.
- The eruption threw huge amounts of ash into the upper atmosphere.
- In Europe, 1816 was called the "year without a summer".
- Crops failed across Europe that year, and food prices rose sharply.
The student wants to explain how the eruption affected Europe.
Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?
- A. Ash from the 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora dimmed the sun in 1816, giving Europe a summer so cold that crops failed and food prices rose sharply.Correct
- B. Mount Tambora erupted in Indonesia in 1815.
- C. In Europe, 1816 was called the "year without a summer".
- D. Food prices rose sharply in Europe in 1816.
Answer: A. Ash from the 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora dimmed the sun in 1816, giving Europe a summer so cold that crops failed and food prices rose sharply.
Eruption, ash, cold summer, failed crops, prices: the whole chain.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Mount Tambora erupted in Indonesia in 1815.
- The cause alone.
- C. In Europe, 1816 was called the "year without a summer".
- A name for the effect, without the cause.
- D. Food prices rose sharply in Europe in 1816.
- The final effect alone.
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