|Question 11Verbal

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To understand the extent of deforestation in the Chorotega region of Costa Rica, Juan Pablo Arroyo-Mora and colleagues used historical aerial photography and remote sensing data to track changes in the total number of forest patches in areas of different land use capability classes (categories that indicate possible uses of forest land). Due to the Chorotega region's accessibility, various types of forested areas were converted to cattle pasture as rising international meat prices drove a cattle ranching boom in the 1960s and 1970s; this conversion is evident in the _______.
Which choice most effectively uses data from the graph to complete the assertion?
high number of patches in Class VII and Class VIII in 1986.
A
difference between the number of patches in Class VII and Class VI in 2000.
B
increase in the number of patches for all classes from 1979 to 2000.
C
decrease in the number of patches for all classes from 1960 to 1979.
D