Ice And Fire Reading Passage Answer Ielts: 2021

Question : The geological landscape is constantly being carved by the activity of .

| Q | Answer | Explanation | |---|--------|-------------| | 27 | – to show how ice core data can be used to reconstruct climate history | The passage’s main purpose is explaining how volcanic ash in ice helps date climate events. | | 28 | B – it is possible to identify the source of volcanic ash in ice | Paragraph 3: chemical fingerprinting links ash to specific volcanoes. | | 29 | A – the difficulty of linking a volcanic eruption to a precise year | Paragraph 5: eruptions can appear in ice records over several years, making exact dating hard. |

While there is no single IELTS passage officially titled "Ice and Fire," the phrase typically refers to one of three common reading topics found in IELTS practice materials: "A New Ice Age," or "Iceland: Land of Ice and Fire."

IELTS passages use synonyms to distract you. Scan for these pairs: →right arrow Outbreak, thermal activity. Glacier →right arrow Ice mass, polar ice cap. Catastrophic →right arrow Devastating, large-scale destruction. 2. The "Locate and Verify" Method