Which of the Following Statements Regarding Altitude and Climate Are

question 20

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements regarding altitude and climate are TRUE?
I. Species composition on different sides of a mountain range are often different from each other.
II. Rain shadows may appear on one side of a mountain range.
III. The higher the altitude, the warmer the climate.
IV. Both sides of a mountain range generally receive equal amounts of precipitation.

• A) only I and II
• B) only III and IV
• C) only I, II, and IV
• D) only II, III, and IV
• E) only I, II, and III

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Definitions:

Normal Distribution

The normal distribution is a bell-shaped curve describing the spread of a characteristic throughout a population, where most occurrences take place near the mean value, decreasing symmetrically in both directions.

Skewed

A distribution that is not symmetrical, with a majority of data points lying on one side of the mean.

Bimodal

A distribution with two different modes, or peaks, in a set of data, indicating two dominant frequencies or values.