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xclash

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on: Aug 16, 2013
Plants often use changes in day length (photoperiod) to trigger events such as dormancy and flowering. It is logical that plants have evolved this mechanism because photoperiod changes
A) are more predictable than air temperature changes.
B) alter the amount of energy available to the plant.
C) are modified by soil temperature changes.
D) can reset the biological clock.
E) are correlated with moisture availability.


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Reply #1 on: Aug 20, 2013
I chose A and got the answer, hope that helps.


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