Monitoring and maintaining the environment

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Question 15
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As part of global environmental monitoring, scientists have been tracking the total volume of an alpine glacier in South America. The table below shows the estimated volume of the glacier, in cubic kilometres (km3\text{km}^3km3), over a thirty-year period.

Year199020052020
Glacier volume (km3\text{km}^3km3)9.68.04.5
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Calculate the percentage decrease in the volume of the glacier between 1990 and 2020. Give your answer to 2 significant figures.

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b.

Which of the following is the best description for how the volume of the glacier changed between 1990 and 2020?

  • Decreasing at a decreasing rate
  • Decreasing at a steady rate
  • Decreasing at an increasing rate
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