The options attached to this question are given below:
A. contains mostly needle-leaved evergreen trees.
B. is home to herds of giraffes, zebras, and wildebeests.
C. receives less than 25 cm of precipitation per year.
D. has low-growing; touch shrubs and rock, dry soils
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ANSWER
The correct option is D.
The chappral biome is one of the most widespread biome in the world, it can be found on almost all continents. The major characteristic of the biome include the following:
It has both forest and grassland,
It has two major seasons, winter and summer; the summer season is usually very dry and last for about five months.
The dry summer makes the biome sensitive to fire outbreak, which is a common occurrence there.
The amount of rain available to the biome is about 10 - 17 inches per year and is only able to support shrubs growth, only few trees can be found in the biome.
The biome can be a plain, a rolling hill or a mountain and the soil is usually very dry.
