Pronghorn Antelopes Are Well Adapted for Dry Conditions with Extremes

question 23

Multiple Choice

Pronghorn antelopes are well adapted for dry conditions with extremes of temperature, especially cold. As global climate change causes the area where the pronghorn live to change, not only in temperature but also in what plants grow there and what predators and prey live there, what is likely to happen to the pronghorn?

• A)The animals will learn to eat whatever plants exist in their area and escape from any new predators that arrive.
• B)If the pronghorn population includes genetic variation that allows survival and reproduction in the new conditions, they will adapt.
• C)If climate change is not too rapid, the pronghorn can produce new traits needed to survive and reproduce in the changed conditions.
• D)Because pronghorns will need to be cooler, their fur will become thinner.

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