Read the Following Scenario and Answer the Question Below

question 19

Multiple Choice

Read the following scenario and answer the question below.
The western United States contains a series of tall mountain ranges that also extend far down into Mexico. The largest of these ranges are the Rockies and the Sierra Madres, but they are all part of the same mountain -building event that occurred many millions of years ago, and they all have similar features. However, the biodiversity of the southernmost mountains has more connection to that of Central America, while the biodiversity of the Rockies shares more affinity with temperate North American species. Still, much of the forest vegetation on these mountaintops is the same, or very similar, and they are often referred to as the ʺSky Islandsʺ because of their similarity to each other and their isolation from the lower, often drier, areas surrounding them. With global climate change producing increasingly visible effects, conservation biologists fear that these mountaintop ecosystems will undergo major changes in temperature and humidity and that the many endemic species that live there may literally have no place to go.
-The tendency of humans to want to live in these Sky Islands, visit them for recreation, and use them for lumber or for wood pulp, causes _____________.

• A) increased habitat fragmentation and alteration
• B) increased genetic diversity
• C) increased transitional areas
• D) increased buffer zones
• E) major changes in local climate

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Definitions:

Emergency Contraception

Methods used to prevent pregnancy after unprotected sex or contraceptive failure, such as certain pills or devices.

Levonorgestrel

A synthetic hormone used in various forms of birth control, including pills and intrauterine devices, to prevent ovulation and pregnancy.

Ulipristal

A medication used primarily for emergency contraception and also for treating fibroids in the uterus by acting on the progesterone receptors.

Barrier Method

A type of contraception that physically prevents sperm from reaching the egg, examples include condoms and diaphragms.