The Present Range of the Sugar Maple in North America

question 65

Multiple Choice

The present range of the sugar maple in North America extends from the Atlantic Ocean west to the Mississippi River and from southern Ontario, Quebec, and New Brunswick south to Tennessee and Virginia. If the global temperature rises 10°C in the future, where will the range of sugar maples be found?

• A) Farther west
• B) Farther south
• C) Farther north
• D) In the same place; global warming will not affect the heat tolerance of plants.
• E) Nowhere; sugar maples will become extinct.

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