Two different dates have been offered as the approximate end point of the last ice age in North America. The first d...
Shiyion May 13, 2019
Why is E correct?
Why is E correct?
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Ravion May 13, 2019
@Shiyi-Zhang,
Great question.
(E) says, "Toward the end of the ice age, warmth-adapted open-ground beetles colonized the new terrain opened to them faster than soil changes and seed dispersion established new spruce forests."
The stimulus of the passage makes the implication that the warmth-adapted open-ground beetles were around before spruce forests were. This makes it quite likely that the beetles colonized the new terrain more quickly than the seed dispersion and soil changes established by spruce forests. Thus, (E) is the correct answer choice.
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