Human Impacts on Natural Environments Have Enabled Scientists to Use

question 45

Multiple Choice

Human impacts on natural environments have enabled scientists to use these habitats as natural laboratories for studying evolutionary adaptation. Which is an EXCEPTION to these natural laboratories currently being used by scientists?

• A)Hudson River in New York where there are high levels of industrial waste
• B)urban areas in Puerto Rico with expanding buildings
• C)backyard ponds where fish and frogs live
• D)areas in eastern North America where temperatures are cool

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