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The main purpose of this passage is to:


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Okay Ccs fire readers Yeah another one of these things

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We've read this thing like eighteen times We don't need

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to re skin the main purpose of the passages To

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what Well the past discusses the different adaptive traits of

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alpine wildflowers in glacier park It talks about how these

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pretty flowers are more than just good looks there too

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tough to and have many strategies for surviving in the

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harsh alpine zones What's the answer's got to be de

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described wildflower adaptations in the harsh climate yeah that's it

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right there with the purpose not for like the wild

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flowers to their relatives in greenland and in some purpose

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the passage only one paragraph discusses greenland so answer choices

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to specific and the purpose is also not to discuss

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the reproductive abilities of alpine wildflowers is a g rated

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course people what are you thinking it's also way too

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specific on the other hand explaining the wildflower population on

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the glacier national park just too broad the passage talks

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aboutthe wildflowers but specifically certain plants and throughout the entire

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section it focuses on their adaptive quality so that's it

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it's the way we're done

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