A group of students is brainstorming ways to decrease the effect of urbanization on the surrounding climate.In particular, they want to decrease temperatures both in and around cities.Increasing the presence of _______ would most likely have the desired effect.
A) factories
B) cars and trucks
C) parks and greenspaces
D) suburban neighborhoods
E) dark roofs, streets, and other surfaces

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Parks and greenspaces help to reduce temperatures by providing shade, increasing evaporation, and reducing the amount of heat-absorbing surfaces. Dark roofs, streets, and other surfaces would actually increase temperatures by absorbing more heat from the sun. Factories and cars/trucks would have the opposite effect of increasing temperatures and suburban neighborhoods may not have enough greenspaces to make a significant impact.

A Group of Students Is Brainstorming Ways to Decrease the Effect