<span>I believe the answer is C. Grasslands and forests do not have permafrost--present in tundra and taiga so A can be eliminated. B is not right because forests and grasslands definitely do not get TOO much rain, assuming they're not talking about tropical rain forests. </span>
They all have instruments to "uncouple" oxidative phosphorylation from electron transport framework by giving an option system to protons to come back to the mitochondrial grid. As protons enter the lattice without going through ATP synthase, their vitality is discharged as warmth. So these produce warm by uncoupling those two procedures.