If you were studying the effects of climate change on the geographic ranges of species living in the mountains and your climate records showed that mean temperatures were increasing, which species would you be MOST concerned about from a conservation standpoint?

-a species that is a habitat generalist and lives at low elevations
-a species that is a habitat specialist and lives at the highest elevations
-a species that is a habitat specialist and lives at low elevations
-a species that is a habitat generalist and lives at middle elevations
-a species that is a habitat specialist and lives at middle elevations

The interaction between the biotic and the abiotic components of an environment is called an ecosystem.

The correct option of the following is B.

The arrangement of the living material and the non-living material altogether is called an ecosystem, the abiotic and non-living materials are wind, water, gases, and etc.

The earth the different levels depending on the longitude and the latitude. Climate change is due to the increase in the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere.

The availability of the gases is very less in the highest elevation due to an increase in pressure. Therefore, climate change due to increases in Co2 will impact the highest elevation location.

Hence, the correct option is B that is - a species that is a habitat specialist and lives at the highest elevations.

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A species that is habitat specialist and lives at the highest elevation.

Explanation:

An ecosystem consist of plants, animals as well as micro-organisms but due to climate change the plants as well as animals are in danger . The case that has been provided in the question where due to climate change the temperature rises as a result the species living at the highest elevation are in problem .

Due to rise in temperature the snow is melting and the sea water level is rising. The animals and plants adapt themselves according to the climate where they are residing but suddenly if climatic change take place they will be unable to survive.

The animals which are mostly affected due to climatic change are snow leopard, polar bear, giant panda.  

an individual’s sex (i.e., whether they are a male or female) is determined by the sex chromosomes. most people have two sex chromosomes, one that is inherited from their mother and one that is inherited from their father. typically, females have two x chromosomes (xx) and males have one x chromosome and one y chromosome (xy). conditions caused by changes (“mutations”) in genes located on the x chromosome are considered x-linked.

x-linked recessive inheritance

most x-linked conditions are recessive. this means that in a person with two x chromosomes (most females), both copies of a gene (i.e., one on each x chromosome) must have a change or mutation whereas in a person with one x chromosome (most males), only one copy of a gene must have a mutation. a female with a mutation in one copy of a gene on the x chromosome is said to be a “carrier” for an x-linked condition. a male with a mutation in a gene on the x chromosome is typically affected with the condition. because females have two copies of the x chromosome and males have only one x chromosome, x-linked recessive diseases are more common among males than females. however, x-linked recessive diseases can occur in both males and females.

for x-linked recessive disorders, an unaffected carrier mother who has a mutation in a gene on the x chromosome can transmit either the x chromosome with this mutation or a “normal” x chromosome to her children. if the father is unaffected, none of her daughters will be affected and all of her daughters will be unaffected—since they will inherit at least one normal x chromosome from their father. however, each daughter will have a 50% chance of being an unaffected carrier like her mother and a 50% chance of both x chromosomes being normal.