Item 3 Question 1

Refer to the NASA article "Responding to Climate Change."

Part A

How does the author explain NASA's role in combating climate change?

NASA suggests ways companies can make alternative energy sources available to provide power for industries and transportation.

NASA's goal is to discover information about climate change to prove to decision makers the many reasons they need to take action.

NASA's work involves fact-finding and circulating accurate information globally rather than making the rules.

NASA organizes missions for decision makers so they can see for themselves the seriousness of climate change.

Question 2

Part B

Which evidence from the text best supports the answer in Part A?

"It is not NASA's role to set climate policy or prescribe particular responses or solutions to climate change."

"...NASA's main focus is not on energy-technology research and development..."

"...data from the agency's...(GRACE)...and (ICESat) missions and from radar instruments in space have shown rapid changes in the Earth's great ice sheets."

"The ultimate goal is to make breakthroughs in quantifying...and predicting"