It definitely would not be the first answer! The other two answers I can see why someone would get stumped on. I believe it's C, when your talking about a decade you don't add a apostrophe. Hopefully this helps xx
Ships probably as they are used to overcome the physical feature of large bodies of water.
B
is the process in which industries remove salt sodium chloride to make it suitable for humans consumption and or industrial
The options c) and d) are not true (although d can be partially argued for: they have problems with soil erosion and winds).
a and b however are both true- and they are connected to each other, a being the result of b.
Becasue of this, I think that B is the best option, as they have some but not many natural resources- due to their size.