In a well-developed response of at least one paragraph, explain why the author of "Responding to Climate Change" wrote the text. Identify one central idea in the piece and analyze how the writer makes connections between events and ideas within the article. Be sure to use specific examples and evidence from the text to support your response.

Which of the following sentences requires a colon to be correct? a. in his vacation suitcase, jonathan packed two pairs of pants, four shirts, his swimsuit, and his favorite pajamas. b. when she decided to write a letter, she grabbed her pen, paper, stamps, and address book. c. the new dessert recipe called for equal parts of sugar, cream, peanut butter, and crushed pecans. d. she gathered all of her ingredients to make a smoothie strawberries, blueberries, bananas, and yogurt.