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Read the following paragraph from the text Help Rain Forests at Risk!

Give financial support to buy or otherwise protect rain forest areas, too. Small amounts add up. The 42,000-acre Bosque Eterno de los Niños (Children's Rain Forest) in Costa Rica was bought with money raised by children in Sweden, Canada, the United States, Japan, and other countries around the world. The park is run by the nearby Monteverde Cloud Forest Preserve.
Using context clues, what does the word financial mean?

A. having to do with rain forests
B. having to do with different countries
C. having to do with money
D. having to do with children

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Answer:

C. Having to do with money

Step-by-step explanation:

The word financial refers to money or finance. In the given paragraph, the author is suggesting that people can help rain forests by providing financial support to buy or otherwise protect rain forest areas. The author then gives an example of how small amounts of money raised by children in different countries around the world were used to buy a 42,000-acre rain forest area in Costa Rica. Therefore, the correct answer is C. having to do with money.

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