Asked by pp

A student is writing a research report about the increasing number of hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean. Read the quote from meteorologist Lewis Crane that the student found in a reliable source.

"Global warming is heating up oceans, and when combined with a great deal of atmospheric moisture, the power of a tropical storm is quickly intensified.”

Which sentence correctly quotes the information from the source?

Responses
A Meteorologist Lewis Crane informs readers that when warm ocean water is "combined with a great deal of atmospheric moisture, the power of a tropical storm is quickly intensified.”Meteorologist Lewis Crane informs readers that when warm ocean water is "combined with a great deal of atmospheric moisture, the power of a tropical storm is quickly intensified.”
B According to "meteorologist Lewis Crane, global warming is heating up oceans, and when combined with a great deal of atmospheric moisture, the power of a tropical storm is quickly intensified.”According to "meteorologist Lewis Crane, global warming is heating up oceans, and when combined with a great deal of atmospheric moisture, the power of a tropical storm is quickly intensified.”

C Meteorologist Lewis Crane claims that global warming is heating up oceans, and "when combined with a great deal of atmospheric moisture, the power of a tropical storm is quickly intensified.”Meteorologist Lewis Crane claims that global warming is heating up oceans, and "when combined with a great deal of atmospheric moisture, the power of a tropical storm is quickly intensified.”
D As stated by meteorologist Lewis Crane, "Global warming is heating up oceans and combining with atmospheric moisture to intensify tropical storms."

All Answers 1

Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
C

Explanation: Option C paraphrases the first part and then uses an exact, unchanged portion of the original sentence in quotation marks. The other choices either misplace quotation marks, change the quoted wording, or present a paraphrase as a direct quote.