Understanding Plate Tectonics Has Helped Ecologists Make Sense of Ancient

question 64

Multiple Choice

Understanding plate tectonics has helped ecologists make sense of ancient biomes;when landmasses 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 north 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.

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