Which Environment Would Have the Lowest Available Oxygen

question 9

Multiple Choice

Which environment would have the lowest available oxygen?

• A) At night, a small summer pond filled with algae
• B) The summit of Mount Everest
• C) The burrow of a black-tailed prairie dog
• D) The burrow of a lemming beneath the arctic snow

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