What is the scope chain?

The scope chain is the sequence of scopes JavaScript searches when resolving variables.

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JavaScript throws a ReferenceError.

Yes. Closures use the scope chain to access variables from outer scopes.

Yes. JavaScript moves up the scope chain until it finds the variable or reaches the global scope.

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