The statement, "hiking up a mountain in the southwestern United States is like walking from Mexico to Canada," is meant to demonstrate that ________ change(s) rapidly as you change altitude and latitude

A) carbon dioxide levels
B) levels of industrial air pollutants
C) oxygen levels
D) human population density
E) biomes


E

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