Refer to the Table

question 210

Multiple Choice

Refer to the table. According to the table, during the past several decades, plants have begun to show earlier flowering and leaf unfolding, butterflies have appeared earlier, and animals show earlier breeding and migration dates.How do these changes provide evidence for climate change?

• A) They represent examples of species having unusual reactions to climate change.
• B) They represent ways in which organisms are failing to adapt to the changing climate.
• C) They correlate with temperature variations, which lead to random organism responses.
• D) They correlate with temperature decline, which leads to spring beginning later.
• E) They correlate with temperature rise, which leads to spring beginning earlier.

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Definitions:

Forecast Error

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Weighting Scheme

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Exponential Smoothing

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Exponential Smoothing Forecast

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