Choose the most appropriate option to fill in the blanks in the given passage.
Passage
The Earth's temperature is rising (1).......Scientists say that the rise in the average temperature ranges from 1.8°C to 4°C. This (2).......in temperature is called global warming or climate change. Although it is a natural phenomenon. human action is the (3)....... cause of global warming The burning of fossil fuels such as petroleum and coal (4) ...... a lot of greenhouse gases into the Earth's atmosphere. Carbondioxide. methane and nitrous oxide are the main greenhouse gases (5)...... for global warming. Besides greenhouse gases, deforestation is (6)....... major cause of this problem. Global warming has led to changes in temperature and rainfall patterns which have severely (7)...... agriculture. No one can (8)....... that this is the most serious environmental challenge that mankind is facing today. While it is not possible to reverse the process. the rate of global warming can be checked if all the countries (9)..... some measures. (10) ) ........ of the measures is the recycling and reusing articles like paper, glass. aluminum and plastic.
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