Question

Study the cartoon by James Silk.

2 polar bears, a mother and her cub, are on a small iceberg in the ocean. The mother bear is thinking "I fear mankind is becoming a geological force of nature!"

How do the ice floe and the text create meaning?

The image and the text show that polar bears use ice floes as transport.
The image and the text show that polar bears try to avoid human communities.
The image shows the increasingly cold temperatures of the Arctic, and the text blames this on humans.
The image and the text work together to show the destructive consequences of human activity.

Answer 1

"The image and the text work together to show the destructive consequences of human activity."

Explanation: the tiny ice floe visually represents shrinking polar habitat from melting sea ice, while the mother's line personifies the bears and labels humans as a "geological force" — i.e., driving large-scale physical changes (climate change). Together they criticize humanity's harmful impact on the environment.