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Climate of Russia
This area of Russia is famous for its extreme climate with very cold winters, but warm to hot summers, although they tend to be short and wet. ... The north and northeastern areas around the Black Sea have milder winters, but frequent rainfall all the year round.
Climate of Finland
July temperatures in Finland average 13 to 17°C. February is usually Finland's coldest month, with temperatures averaging from - 22 to -3°C. In northern Finland, winter temperatures often drop as low as -30°C or even down to -50°C, sometimes with strong, cold easterly or northeasterly winds.
Climate of Minnesota
Minnesota has a continental climate, with hot summers and cold winters. ... Temperatures as low as −60 °F (−51 °C) have occurred during Minnesota winters. Spring is a time of major transition in Minnesota.
The answer is "because water is produced as a by-product"...the word dehydration should also be a major clue because that means water loss.
Answer:
Directional selection
Explanation:
Directional selection is a type of natural selection that favors one extreme phenotype of a genetic trait due to its survival and reproductive advantage to the individuals over another extreme phenotype and the intermediate phenotype.
In the given example, the thick-leaved plants are better adapted to a drier climate due to reduced water loss. Directional selection favored the plants with thick leaves which in turn produced more progeny. Over the generations, the population evolved into the one having more number of thick-leaved plants.
