The temperature is nearly uniform throughout a lake
A. at all times due to winds causing constant mixing of the layers.
B. never. The lake always has different temperature layers and they are reversed in winter and summer.
C. during winter when the ice forms an insulating cover.
D. by the end of the fall and spring overturn.
E. during summer when the sunlight warms the surface and the wind mixes the layers.
Answer: D
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