Which Rate of Maturation Results in the Greatest Challenges to Adaptation

question 89

Multiple Choice

Which rate of maturation results in the greatest challenges to adaptation?

• A) maturing at the same rate as other peers
• B) maturing before peers
• C) maturing after peers
• D) boys maturing before girls

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Definitions:

Braided Streams

Networks of river channels that are separated by small, often temporary, islands called braid bars, typically found in environments with high sediment loads.

Cutoff Meanders

These are bends in a river that have been isolated from the main flow due to the river carving a shorter path.

Braided Stream

A network of river channels separated by small, often temporary, islands called braid bars, typically found in areas with high sediment supply.

Sinuosity

The measure of how much a river or stream meanders or the degree of its winding path.