Why would an increase in temperatures be detrimental to the tundra? Select all that apply.
A. Consumers would not be able to eat if cold weather producers couldn’t grow.
B. New animals would migrate to the tundra.
C. Methane gas would be released when permafrost melts.
D. Plants would die when the active soil freezes.
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A, B, and C.
Because the tundra is a sensitive biome, it would be detrimental if cold weather produces could not grow due to temperature increases.
A warm tundra also becomes a place for new and potentially invasive species that are used to warmer climates.
Methane gas is also stored as methyl calthrate deposits by some forms of moss and microbes. They are temperature sensitive and can be released to the environment.
D is just the opposite effect of a warming tundra. Plants indeed die, but because the soil warms, not freezes.