Read the excerpt and answer the question that follows The

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Read the excerpt and answer the question that follows The Antarctic is the vast source of cold on our planet just as the sun is the source of our heat and it exerts tremendous control on our climate Jacques Cousteau told the camera The cold ocean water around Antarctica flows north to mix with warmer water from the tropics and its upwellings help to cool both the surface water and our atmosphere Yet the fragility of this regulating system is now threatened by human activity From Captain Cousteau Audubon May 1990 17 What is the central idea of this passage The sun and its heat Global warming in Antarctica Human activity The fragile nature of all things in life Question 1 5 9 13 17 21 25 29 33 2 2 30 34