Answer:
Sentence describing the picture:
"<em><u>Polluting Earth</u></em> is mankind's self-inflicted curse"
Explanation:
Verbal phrase: "<em>Polluting Earth"</em>
Type: Gerund phrase
In this sentence, <em>"Polluting"</em> is a verb form (<em>a gerund</em>), which act as noun and the subject of the sentence, to become another part of the speech; and <em>"Earth"</em> is the object of the gerund.
Verbal phrases are verbals <em>(verb form acting as another part of the sentence)</em> plus an object, complement or a verb's form modifier.
