"In 1992, a cargo ship transporting goods from Hong Kong to the United States encountered a horrific storm.
Three large shipping containers filled with nearly 30,000 yellow rubber ducks fell into the Pacific Ocean and dumped the floating rubber ducks into the water Scientists began tracking the flotation routes of the ducks. Over the course of the next 15 years, the rubber ducks were found along coastlines all over the world."
Which question about the climate system were scientists most likely trying to investigate?
How does the range of temperatures at the poles differ from the range of temperatures at the tropics?
How does the sun's unequal heating of Earth affect wind patterns and ocean currents?
How does climate change increase ecological stress in the tropics?
How does the burning of fossil fuels contribute to global warming?
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Based on the excerpt, scientists were most likely trying to investigate the question: "How does the sun's unequal heating of Earth affect wind patterns and ocean currents?"
This is because the tracking of the rubber ducks was related to understanding how ocean currents function and how they can transport objects across vast distances in the ocean, which is influenced by the sun's heating of different areas of the Earth.
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