Read the Scenario and Answer the Accompanying Questions

Multiple Choice

Read the scenario and answer the accompanying questions.
Scientists are currently using data from satellite images and climate simulation models to predict the effects of global warming on the distribution of biomes. Results from this research are being used by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to predict how global warming will cause biomes to shift. On some continents, these scientists are predicting forests spreading; however, when it comes to deserts and tropical biomes, they are finding predictions much more challenging, as it is uncertain how warmer temperatures will affect rainfall.
-The satellite remote sensing involved in this biome project is most likely measuring what specific parameter of Earth's surface?

A) sea- level rise
B) geology
C) extent of continental ice cover
D) El Niño effects
E) leaf cover