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Select the correct answer.
Read the excerpt from the passage.
(4) Prairies exist in areas too wet for desert yet too dry to support healthy forests. Prairies respond to their environment, which includes soil type, water availability, and
natural forces such as grazing and fire. These have resulted in three distinct prairie regions.
What inference can be made about prairies based on this excerpt?
OA Prairies could develop just about anywhere in the world.
OB. The three prairie regions share the same characteristics.
OC. The adaptability of prairies is why they are able to survive.
OD. Humans have negatively altered natural prairie environments.