Biogeographers Classify Biomes in Terms of Their Basic Climatic Conditions

Multiple Choice

Biogeographers classify biomes in terms of their basic climatic conditions, especially temperature and precipitation.Ecologists often classify them in terms of their major plant life.Why do plants represent a good method of biome classification?

A) Plants are always present, whereas climatic conditions can change.
B) Plant types adapt to climatic conditions and reflect the climate of the biome.
C) Plants are more characteristic of biomes than climate because they determine climate.
D) Plants determine the animals that live in a biome, making them more important than climate.
E) The same plant species are found throughout a biome, whereas climate varies among parts of a biome on different continents.