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Here's an unshmoopy question you'll find on an exam somewhere in life...

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Which word could fill in the blank so that the sentence below makes sense?

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Many scientists predict that the amount of carbon emissions in our atmosphere will increase

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blank, unless we take immediate and global action against pollution.

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And here are the potential answers...

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The recommended solution of "immediate and global action" means carbon emissions in the

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atmosphere will increase quickly, and they'll increase by a lot.

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Armed with this information, we can start eliminating answers like they're greenhouse

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gases...

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"Facetiously" refers to a lack of seriousness.

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"Vociferously" means that somebody's arguing loudly and forcefully for something.

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And "excrementally" concerns...well, yeah that...we just won't go there.

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"Sparingly" describes a little, not a lot.

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D is the correct answer, as "Exponentially" implies a rapid increase.

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Like... how dealing with exponents exponentially increases your enjoyment of algebra.

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