Humid Tropical Forests Have Extraordinary Biological Diversity

question 74

Multiple Choice

Humid tropical forests have extraordinary biological diversity

• A) Because of the very fertile tropical soils
• B) Because rainfall dissolves soil nutrients and makes them available to plants
• C) Despite a complete absence of nutrients in the environment
• D) Despite the poor, weathered soils

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