Question
A group of students asked the question "Do humans impact carbon being released into the atmosphere?" In their research, they found several pieces of data and created the graph to the right. The graph shows both human population growth and global carbon emissions.
Drag and drop the words or phrases that accurately identify each statement based on the data.
Student 1: Global carbon emissions will continue to rise after the year 2000 as long as the human population rises.
This statement is
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Student 2: In the year 1800 there were 1 billion people on Earth.
This statement is
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Student 3: The amount of carbon being released is directly related to the number of humans on the planet.
This statement is
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Student 4: Humans are awful and don't care about their planet.
This statement is
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Student 5: As technology became more advanced, people were able to live longer and have more children. This most likely led to the human population rising. As the population increased, they used more fossil fuels for things like transportation. This most likely is the more carbon has been released into the atmosphere.
This statement is
.
an experiment
a prediction
an inference
a question
a fact
a conclusion
a survey
an opinion
a hypothesis
an interpretation
Drag and drop the words or phrases that accurately identify each statement based on the data.
Student 1: Global carbon emissions will continue to rise after the year 2000 as long as the human population rises.
This statement is
.
Student 2: In the year 1800 there were 1 billion people on Earth.
This statement is
.
Student 3: The amount of carbon being released is directly related to the number of humans on the planet.
This statement is
.
Student 4: Humans are awful and don't care about their planet.
This statement is
.
Student 5: As technology became more advanced, people were able to live longer and have more children. This most likely led to the human population rising. As the population increased, they used more fossil fuels for things like transportation. This most likely is the more carbon has been released into the atmosphere.
This statement is
.
an experiment
a prediction
an inference
a question
a fact
a conclusion
a survey
an opinion
a hypothesis
an interpretation
Answers
GPT-4o mini
Here are the accurate identifications for each student's statement based on the provided categories:
- Student 1: Global carbon emissions will continue to rise after the year 2000 as long as the human population rises.
This statement is **a prediction**.
- Student 2: In the year 1800 there were 1 billion people on Earth.
This statement is **a fact**.
- Student 3: The amount of carbon being released is directly related to the number of humans on the planet.
This statement is **an inference**.
- Student 4: Humans are awful and don't care about their planet.
This statement is **an opinion**.
- Student 5: As technology became more advanced, people were able to live longer and have more children. This most likely led to the human population rising. As the population increased, they used more fossil fuels for things like transportation. This most likely is the reason more carbon has been released into the atmosphere.
This statement is **an interpretation**.
- Student 1: Global carbon emissions will continue to rise after the year 2000 as long as the human population rises.
This statement is **a prediction**.
- Student 2: In the year 1800 there were 1 billion people on Earth.
This statement is **a fact**.
- Student 3: The amount of carbon being released is directly related to the number of humans on the planet.
This statement is **an inference**.
- Student 4: Humans are awful and don't care about their planet.
This statement is **an opinion**.
- Student 5: As technology became more advanced, people were able to live longer and have more children. This most likely led to the human population rising. As the population increased, they used more fossil fuels for things like transportation. This most likely is the reason more carbon has been released into the atmosphere.
This statement is **an interpretation**.