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This passage states that amphibians in the park exhibit highly specialized adaptations to the harsh glacier climate. Identify a claim that the text makes to support this theory. Provide two details that support this claim.


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Okay A cps by reading people nine of ten We're

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almost done with this thing All right so let's just

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get to it This passage states that amphibians in the

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park exhibit highly specialized adaptations to the harsh glacier climate

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Identify a claim that the text makes to support this

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theory provide two details that support the claim Okay here

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we go off top forehead Here's our paragraph to answer

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this thing The tailed frog has unique adaptations to help

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it survive and reproduce and its unique environment Male tailed

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frogs have an extension of the cloak their inside out

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reproductive opening and that allows it to fertilize the female's

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eggs Internally tailed frog tadpoles also have sucker mounts Toe

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latch onto rocks to keep them from being washed away

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but strong waters in which they live and feed If

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the tadpoles could not survive in their environment well then

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they would not live long enough to reach maturity And

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you know mate both of these adaptations make the tailed

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frogmore suitable for survival and reproduction in the cold turbulent

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mountain streams in which they live Okay so that's our

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big paragraph questions asking us to identify any specialized adaptations

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and provide to details who did The response provides the

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claim that the tailed frog has special traits to help

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it survive and reproduce the answer Then list the inside

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out reproductive opening in the sucker mouths As to details

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that help tailed frogs survive in may one claim to

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details were none

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