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Practice Listening: Multiple Choice, Single Answer ID: #38095 Medium Great Barrier Reef
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Listen to the recording and answer the multiple-choice question by selecting the correct response. Only one response is correct.
Being rapid rises in temperature, one of the unique things, especially about the point on the planet that we're sitting at now is it has been identified as a bit of a global hotspot for warming, especially SE Australia, and just to provide another way of looking at that, this is some average sea surface temperature anomaly data, so differences in sea surface temperature every year. From a long-term average and you can see what we saw before. Since the 20s, temperatures are rising globally. If you look at some more local work, I've sort of overlaid same data series pulled for one tree island which is on the southern end of the Great Barrier Reef where we have our field station and then Sydney in blue and you can see the rate of increase is much steeper. And this is characteristic as you move further to the South. If I had done Tasmania, you'd see an even steeper increase. And of course, then this is driving rain shifts in organisms within our local Australian context. And here's a few examples. There's some data from that same Pulaski study of 80 species, about half of them had shifts consistent with climate change. More compelling is probably the 4056 different fish. Species that have had some change in their distribution. 45 of those 56 have shifted in a direction that's consistent with climate change with a warming.

What can be inferred about the rate of temperature increase in SE Australia based on the passage?

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Option 3: "The rate of increase is steeper compared to other regions."

Explanation: This option is correct as the text explicitly states that the rate of increase in temperature in SE Australia is much steeper, particularly when compared to other regions. This is supported by the mention of local data showing significant increases, especially in areas like Tasmania.

Option 1: "The rate of increase is slower than in other regions."

Explanation: This option is incorrect because the text states that the rate of temperature increase in SE Australia is much steeper, especially as you move further south. Therefore, it contradicts the information presented in the text.

Option 2: "The rate of increase is consistent with global trends."

Explanation: While the text mentions that temperatures are rising globally, it specifically highlights that the rate of increase in SE Australia is steeper than in other regions. Thus, this option does not accurately reflect the unique situation in SE Australia.

Option 4: "The rate of increase is not affected by the southern location."

Explanation: This option is incorrect because the text indicates that the rate of temperature increase is indeed affected by the southern location, with the rate becoming steeper as one moves further south. This directly contradicts the claim made in this option.

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