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A group of scientists studying vegetation in a mountain range observe that a certain flowering plant grows taller at lower elevations and shorter at higher elevations. Assuming the two populations of plants are genetically similar, those height variations are most likely due to developmental flexibility that allows the plants to assume tall or short growth forms.


Describe three biotic or abiotic factors that could differ at high and low elevations and cause the difference in plant height.
Identify the experimental procedures for this investigation. Using one of the factors listed in part (a) as an independent variable, write a hypothesis that proposes how this variable could cause the difference in plant height at high and low elevations. Using seeds from this species of plant, design a procedure for a controlled experiment to test your hypothesis.
Predict the results that would support your proposed hypothesis and the results that would disprove your hypothesis.
Justify your prediction by providing supporting reasoning.