PASSAGE 14 (Questions 6-10)

Directions: In the below given passage, there are blanks each of which has been numbered. Five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.

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Warming temperatures are already __(6)__ a growing percentage of Arctic sea ice, exposing dark ocean water during the __(7)__ sunlight of summer. Snow cover on land is also __(8)__ in many areas. In the  __(9)__ of snow and ice, these areas go from having bright, sunlight-reflecting surfaces that cool the planet to having dark, sunlight-absorbing surfaces that __(10)__ more energy into the Earth system and cause more warming. 

[IBPS(PO), 2012]

Select the appropriate word for blank 6.