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Exercise 6
Task reminder: Type the correct order (A, B, C…) in the boxes to restore the original paragraph sequence. Start by finding the topic sentence — it has no backward references.
1. The Water Cycle
| A. This moisture rises into the atmosphere, where it cools, condenses around tiny particles, and forms clouds. | |
| B. When enough water droplets accumulate, precipitation occurs in the form of rain, sleet, or snow, returning water to the surface. | |
| C. The water cycle begins when solar energy heats the surface of oceans, lakes, and rivers, causing water to evaporate. | |
| D. Surface runoff and groundwater then carry this water back to the oceans, completing the continuous cycle that distributes fresh water across the planet. |
Show Answer 2. The Printing Press Revolution Show Answer 3. Urban Heat Islands Show Answer A. The mechanical movable-type printing press, invented by Johannes Gutenberg around 1440, made it possible to produce books far more rapidly and cheaply than hand copying allowed. B. The consequences were transformative: literacy spread beyond the clergy and merchant classes, and the circulation of new ideas accelerated dramatically. C. Prior to its invention, books were laboriously copied by hand, making them scarce and affordable only to the wealthy and the church. D. The Reformation, the Scientific Revolution, and the Enlightenment all depended, to a significant degree, on the printing press’s ability to disseminate challenging ideas before authorities could suppress them. A. Strategies to mitigate urban heat islands include planting trees and creating green roofs that provide shade and evaporative cooling, as well as replacing dark asphalt with lighter-coloured surfaces. B. This effect raises average temperatures in cities by two to five degrees Celsius compared with surrounding rural areas, increasing energy demand for cooling and exacerbating the health risks of heatwaves. C. Urban heat islands form when natural land cover is replaced by dense concentrations of buildings, roads, and other surfaces that absorb and retain solar heat. D. The phenomenon is most pronounced at night, when urban surfaces release stored heat more slowly than the vegetation they replaced.