What does the term 'endemic' mean when it is used for the Cyprus cedar?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. It grows naturally only in Cyprus
- Step 1: The word describes the range of a species. Step 2. An endemic species is native to one place and found nowhere else. Answer: It grows naturally only in Cyprus. Why not the others: Growing everywhere would be a widespread species; brought by farmers would be introduced; extinct is a different status.
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