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TEXT 3 (Questions number 60-64)


    Most people consider the landscape to be unchanging, but Earth is a dynamic body, and its surface is continually altering - slowly on the human time scale, but relatively rapidly when compared to the great age of Earth (about 4.5 billion years). There are two principal influences that shape the terrain: constructive processes such as uplift, which create new landscape features, and destructive forces such as erosion, which g radually wear away exposed landforms.

    Hills and mountains are often regarded as the epitome of permanence, successfully resisting the destructive forces of nature, but in fact they tend to be relatively short-lived in geological terms. As a general rule, 'the higher a mountain is, the more recently it was formed. Lower mountains tend to be older and a re often the eroded relics of much higher mountain chains.

    The Earth's crust is thought to be divided into huge, movable segments, called plates, which float on a soft plastic layer of rock. Some mountains were formed as a result of these plates crashing into each other and forcing up the rock at the plate margins. In this process, sed imentary rocks that originally formed on the seabed may be folded upwards to altitudes of more than 26,000 feet. Other mountains may be raised by earthquakes, which fracture the Earth's crust and can d isplace enough rock to produce block mountains. A third type of mountain may be formed as a result of volcanic activity which occurs in regions of active fold mounta in belts.

    Whatever the reason for mountain formation, as soon as land rises a bove sea level it is subjected to destructive forces. The exposed rocks a re attacked by the various weather processes and gradually broken down into fragments, which are then carried away and later deposited as sediments. Thus, any landscape represents only a temporary stage in the continuous battle between the forces of uplift and those of erosion.

    The weather, in its many forms, is the main agent of erosion. Rain washes away loose soil and penetrate cracks in the rocks. Carbon dioxide in the air reacts with the rain water, forming a weak acid (ca rbonic acid) that may chemically attack the rocks. The rain seeps underground and the water may reappear later as springs. These springs are the sources of streams and river which cut through the rocks and carry away debris from the mountains to the lowlands. U nder very cold conditions, rock can be shattered by ice and frost. Glaciers may form a permanently cold area, and these slowly moving masses of ice cut out va lleys, carrying with them huge quantities of eroded rock debris. In dry a reas, wind is the principal agent of erosion. It carries fine particles of sand, which bombard exposed rock surfaces, thereby wearing them into yet more sand.

63. Why does the author mention 'carbon dioxide' in the passage?

63. Why does the author mention 'carbon dioxide' in the passage?

  1. To explain the origin of a chemical that can erode rocks.

  2. To contrast carbon dioxide with carbonic acid.

  3. To give an example of how rain water penetrates soil.

  4. To argue for the desirability of preventing erosion.

  5. To show the destructive power of weather.

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Jawaban yang benar adalah A. Soal meminta untuk menjawab pertanyaan berdasarkan informasi dari teks. Makna dari kalimat soal adalah "Mengapa penulis menyebutkan 'karbon dioksida' dalam bacaan?". Kalimat yang memuat informasi mengenai karbon dioksida ada di paragraf ke lima. Kalimatnya adalah "Carbon dioxide in the air reacts with the rain water,forming a weak acid (carbonic acid) that may chemically attack the rocks." artinya "Karbon dioksida di udara bereaksi dengan air hujan, membentuk asam lemah (asam karbonat) yang secara kimiawi dapat menyerang batuan." Dari kalimat tersebut, diketahui karbon dioksida memiliki peran dalam mengikis batuan, maka pernyataan yang sesuai adalah "To explain the origin of a chemical that can erode rocks" artinya "Untuk menjelaskan asal dari zat kimia yang mengikis batuan." Jadi, jawaban yang benar adalah A.

Jawaban yang benar adalah A.

Soal meminta untuk menjawab pertanyaan berdasarkan informasi dari teks. Makna dari kalimat soal adalah "Mengapa penulis menyebutkan 'karbon dioksida' dalam bacaan?".

Kalimat yang memuat informasi mengenai karbon dioksida ada di paragraf ke lima. Kalimatnya adalah "Carbon dioxide in the air reacts with the rain water, forming a weak acid (carbonic acid) that may chemically attack the rocks." artinya "Karbon dioksida di udara bereaksi dengan air hujan, membentuk asam lemah (asam karbonat) yang secara kimiawi dapat menyerang batuan."

Dari kalimat tersebut, diketahui karbon dioksida memiliki peran dalam mengikis batuan, maka pernyataan yang sesuai adalah "To explain the origin of a chemical that can erode rocks" artinya "Untuk menjelaskan asal dari zat kimia yang mengikis batuan."

Jadi, jawaban yang benar adalah A.

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