Sugar maple trees are very sensitive to warm temperatures and do not grow and reproduce well south of Pennsylvania. Oaks and hickories, on the other hand, can tolerate a much wider range of temperatures and grow all the way from Canada south into Georgia and Florida. If a hillside in a state north of Pennsylvania has mostly oaks and hickories growing on it with very few sugar maples, what can you correctly conclude about the climate?
A. a hardier species of sugar maples has appeared.
B. The location must have unusual weather.
C. The global climate is changing rapidly.
D. The local climate on the hillside is relatively warm. <--- MY ANSWER
A. a hardier species of sugar maples has appeared.
B. The location must have unusual weather.
C. The global climate is changing rapidly.
D. The local climate on the hillside is relatively warm. <--- MY ANSWER
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Correct Answer. :)
You know A cannot be the correct answer because sugar maples already grow in Pennsylvania. Them being there has no real significance.
It's not B because there's no reason to assume the few sugar maples would have survived if the temperature had been different.
It's not C because again maples wouldn't have survived.
It's D because there are both maple trees and oaks and hickories because they can tolerate a wider range of temperatures.
The fact that there are only a few sugar maples is most likely due to the fact that the other trees are covering the space and taking up nutrition as well.
I hope this confirms your brilliance :)
You know A cannot be the correct answer because sugar maples already grow in Pennsylvania. Them being there has no real significance.
It's not B because there's no reason to assume the few sugar maples would have survived if the temperature had been different.
It's not C because again maples wouldn't have survived.
It's D because there are both maple trees and oaks and hickories because they can tolerate a wider range of temperatures.
The fact that there are only a few sugar maples is most likely due to the fact that the other trees are covering the space and taking up nutrition as well.
I hope this confirms your brilliance :)