Question

Consider the satellite images that show topographical maps of Greece before and after fires of 2007. Imagine it is ten years later. Which prediction would not be consistent with a third satellite image of the area ten years in the future.
Responses
A In ten years, this area of land will have broken off into the ocean due to tectonic plate activity.In ten years, this area of land will have broken off into the ocean due to tectonic plate activity.
B Ten years in the future, that should be little or no change in the satellite image that we will see.Ten years in the future, that should be little or no change in the satellite image that we will see.
C Ten years later the brown areas indicating exposed soil areas may have enlarged due to continued wind erosion.Ten years later the brown areas indicating exposed soil areas may have enlarged due to continued wind erosion.
D In ten years we can predict that some of the exposed soil will have been washed into the ocean along the coast.In ten years we can predict that some of the exposed soil will have been washed into the ocean along the coast.

Answer 1

A

Tectonic plate breakup causing land to "break off into the ocean" over a ten‑year span is not a reasonable prediction for this situation. Plate motions and coastal land loss from tectonics occur on much longer timescales (or as sudden earthquake-induced crustal shifts, not gradual detachment of land into the sea). The other choices (little change, increased wind erosion, or soil washed into the ocean) are plausible outcomes after fires and exposure of soil.