The chances that tropical storms will develop in a given area increase whenever the temperature of a large body of water in that area exceeds 26 degrees Celsius to a depth of about 60 meters.
Statements
conditionals (whenever / if) causal (with the result that)
Temp of large chance of a body of water > → tropical storm 26ª C to a depth developing of about 60 m increases
CO2 continues → temp of all → # of large to increase water will bodies > go up 26º at 60m will go up
Evaluate
On Inference questions (Most Supported / Must Be True / Agree-Disagree), we're always reading for Overlapping Information.
The common denominator in the first and second sentence here is the concept of .
And whenever we see conditional or causal wording, we ask ourselves whether there's any chain of conditional/causal ideas.
When we see conditional/causal + an Overlapping Concept, it suggests that we should be connecting a conditional/causal chain.
For example, GIVEN: If X, then Y. X causes Y. If Y, then Z. Y causes Z.
INFER: If X, then Z X causes Z.
In both examples, the overlapping idea of Y is allowing us to connect X and Z.
In this paragraph we have a big ol' causal chain:
1. CO2 in the atmosphere keeps increasing 2. temp of all water on Earth rises 3. # of large bodies > 26º at 60m goes up 4. chances of tropical storm goes up
The paragraph is written to disguise this chain. Instead of it saying , it says this:
D happens whenever C does. If A happens, B will happen, with the result that C will happen.
Goal
Since we have a chain that A ⇢ B ⇢ C ⇢ D, we expect the answer to say something like "A leads to D".
In this case, let's look for something like .