48. It can be inferred from information in the passage that the existence in alpine regions
of Hawaii of a plant species that also grows in the southwestern United States would
justify which of the following conclusions?
(A) There are ocean currents that flow from the southwestern United
States to Hawaii.
(B) The plant species discovered in Hawaii must have traveled from the
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southwestern United States only very recently.
(C) The plant species discovered in Hawaii reached there by attaching to the
feathers of birds migrating from the southwestern United States.
(D) The ecology of the southwestern United States is similar in important respects
to the ecology of alpine regions of Hawaii.