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Understanding plate tectonics has helped ecologists make sense of ancient biomes; when land masses move in elevation or to different regions of the globe they experience climatic change. Understanding plate tectonics has helped ecologists make sense of ancient biomes; when land masses move in elevation or to different regions of the globe they experience climatic change.   Use the figure above to predict the change for a temperate deciduous forest as it moves south and elevates by 5,000 feet. A)  It becomes a tropical forest. B)  It becomes a grassland. C)  It becomes chaparral. D)  It becomes a boreal forest.
Use the figure above to predict the change for a temperate deciduous forest as it moves south and elevates by 5,000 feet.


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