Which If the Following Is False Regarding the Possible Effects

question 68

Multiple Choice

Which if the following is false regarding the possible effects of climate change?

• A) Some spring events are happening four weeks earlier than they did 50 years ago.
• B) Climates could shift 100-400 km (60-250 mi) poleward in the next 100 years.
• C) The rate of climate change has been the same from the Tertiary Period until today.
• D) Sugar maple, beech, and hemlock trees are predicted to disappear from the U.S., except in Maine, as they move northward into eastern Canada.

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